Characterization of a processed pseudogene of human psiHSP40 on chromosome 2q32.
A pseudogene for the human Hsp40 gene has been characterized (psiHSP40). The pseudogene sequence shows 90% similarity to the human Hsp40 mRNA at the nucleotide level. No introns were found in the region corresponding to the human Hsp40 cDNA, and two direct repeats flank this same region. Because of these features, the pseudogene can be classified as a processed pseudogene. PsiHSP40 was assigned to chromosome 2q32 by in situ hybridization. This is the first report of a pseudogene for a member of the DnaJ (Hsp40) family protein gene.
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Cell and Stress Biology, Research Group, Aichi Cancer Research Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
Kagotani
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Okumura
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Seto
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Ohtsuka
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D001483:Base Sequence; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D015894:Genome, Human; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011544:Pseudogenes; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
C494647:DNAJB1 protein, human; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins