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type |
Journal Article |
authors |
Oda, T.; Nishiyama, K.; Ichiyama, A. |
title |
Characterization and sequence analysis of rat serine:pyruvate/alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase gene |
journal |
Genomics |
Activity |
2.6.1.51 |
sel |
unselected |
ui |
94010910 |
year |
(1993) |
volume |
17 |
number |
1 |
pages |
59-65. |
| |
keywords |
Alanine Transaminase/*genetics |
abstract |
We have reported the isolation of genomic clones encoding serine:pyruvate aminotransferase (SPT; also named alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase, AGT) (T. Oda, T. Funai, and A. Ichiyama, 1990, J. Biol. Chem. 265: 7513-7519). These clones contained the entire SPT/AGT gene of 10 kb. In this work, we characterized this gene. The SPT/AGT gene consists of 11 exons, and the exon-intron boundaries have typical splice donor and acceptor sequences. Determination of the nucleotide sequence up to -1.25 kb from the transcription initiation site revealed the presence of many putative cis elements, some of which may explain the transcriptional regulation of the SPT/AGT gene by glucagon and glucocorticoid. The nucleotide sequence around the 5' flanking region of the rat SPT/AGT gene and the whole gene organization were compared with those of the human SPT/AGT gene. No obvious similarities were observed in the 5' flanking region up to -1.25 kb from the initiation site of the gene, but exons 2 to 10 of the rat and human genes have identical sizes and show high similarities. |
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