title: Promoter analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster gene encoding the pterin 4alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase.
abstract: Pterin-4alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase (PCD) is a key enzyme in the regeneration pathway of tetrahydrobiopterin. Previously, we isolated and reported the Drosophila melanogaster gene encoding PCD. In the present study, we isolated and characterized the Drosophila virilis gene encoding PCD. The Drosophila virilis PCD gene has two introns and an open reading frame to encode a protein of 101 amino acids. The amino acid sequence of Drosophila virilis PCD shows a 83% homology to that of the Drosophila melanogaster PCD protein. From the alignment of the nucleotide sequence in the 5'-flanking region of the Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis PCD genes, we found four conserved sequences. Using a transient transfection assay, we showed that one of the conserved sequences (-127 to approximately -115) is critical for expression, also the minimal promoter region between -127 and +51 is necessary for the efficient expression of Drosophila melanogaster PCD.
authors.affiliation: Department and Institute of Genetic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baek
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D017344:Genes, Insect; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; C076392:pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase