title: Genomic organization and molecular characterization of the human ninein gene.
abstract: The centrosome plays a key role in the formation of the mitotic spindle, cell polarity, and cell locomotion. Previously we identified a novel centrosomal associated protein hNinein using GSK-3beta as a bait in the yeast two-hybrid assay. In this report, the hNinein genome was found to correspond to 29 exons of genomic sequence on human chromosome 14q22. Promoter analysis predicts that hNinein contains a TATA, two CCAAT, and three GC boxes. The promoter exhibits the following potential transcription factor binding sites: Sp1, p300, and AP-1. In addition, an alternatively spliced isoform, encoded a 2041-amino-acid protein of 237,900 Da, which was designated hNinein-Lm (GenBank AF302773). The hNinein-Lm genome was found to correspond to 28 exons (2'-29). Amino acid sequence comparison with hNinein showed that hNinein-Lm exhibited an EF-hand Ca2+ binding domain in the N-terminus which similar to mouse ninein. Northern blot showed that this hNinein-Lm isoform was expressed more than hNinein in tissues examined. Differential RT-PCR combining Southern blotting also showed that hNinein-Lm is much more abundant compared to hNinein. Two forms of ninein may also imply the status of ninein associated with a pair of the centrioles in the centrosome structure. Furthermore, molecular characterization shows that human ninein is oligomerized at the C-terminal end which overlapped with GSK-3beta binding site, suggesting that oligomerization of ninein may be regulated by GSK-3beta phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, 807, Taiwan, Republic of China. yiren@mail.nsysu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chuo
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Liou
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Howng
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005091:Exons; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015894:Genome, Human; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C512806:NIN protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D004247:DNA; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins