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Two genes for de novo purine nucleotide synthesis on human chromosome 4 are closely linked and divergently transcribed.
J. Biol. Chem. 269, 5313-5321 (1994)
A cDNA encoding human glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase for step one in de novo purine nucleotide synthesis was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells to yield functional enzyme. Enzyme function was dependent upon removal of an 11-amino-acid propeptide. A mutant enzyme having three propeptide amino acid replacements was not processed and was not active. The human genes GPAT, encoding the amidotransferase, and AIRC, encoding a bifunctional enzyme for steps six and seven in the pathway, were cloned and characterized. GPAT and AIRC are closely linked and divergently transcribed from an intergenic region of approximately 625 base pairs. Expression of a luciferase reporter from the GPAT promoter was approximately 3-4-fold higher than from the AIRC promoter. The GPAT gene was mapped to the q12 region of chromosome 4.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Language
english
Publication Year
1994
HGF-reported in Year
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ISSN (print) / ISBN
0021-9258
e-ISSN
1083-351X
Quellenangaben
Volume: 269,
Issue: 7,
Pages: 5313-5321
Publisher
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
POF-Topic(s)
90000 - German Center for Diabetes Research
Research field(s)
Helmholtz Diabetes Center
PSP Element(s)
G-502600-003
PubMed ID
8106516
Erfassungsdatum
1994-12-31