title: Genomic sequence analysis of the 238-kb swine segment with a cluster of TRIM and olfactory receptor genes located, but with no class I genes, at the distal end of the SLA class I region.
abstract: Continuous genomic sequence has been previously determined for the swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) class I region from the TNF gene cluster at the border between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class III and class I regions to the UBD gene at the telomeric end of the classical class I gene cluster (SLA-1 to SLA-5, SLA-9, SLA-11). To complete the genomic sequence of the entire SLA class I genomic region, we have analyzed the genomic sequences of two BAC clones carrying a continuous 237,633-bp-long segment spanning from the TRIM15 gene to the UBD gene located on the telomeric side of the classical SLA class I gene cluster. Fifteen non-class I genes, including the zinc finger and the tripartite motif (TRIM) ring-finger-related family genes and olfactory receptor genes, were identified in the 238-kilobase (kb) segment, and their location in the segment was similar to their apparent human homologs. In contrast, a human segment (alpha block) spanning about 375 kb from the gene ETF1P1 and from the HLA-J to HLA-F genes was absent from the 238-kb swine segment. We conclude that the gene organization of the MHC non-class I genes located in the telomeric side of the classical SLA class I gene cluster is remarkably similar between the swine and the human segments, although the swine lacks a 375-kb segment corresponding to the human alpha block.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Asako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shigenari
authors.forename: Jerzy K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kulski
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chardon
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiina
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoko
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids; D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D020451:Contig Mapping; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D006801:Humans; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D020161:Physical Chromosome Mapping; D018035:Receptors, Odorant / Q000235:genetics*; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013552:Swine / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D018035:Receptors, Odorant; C438668:swine leukocyte antigen