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Beta1,4-galactosyltransferase and lactose biosynthesis: recruitment of a housekeeping gene from the nonmammalian vertebrate gene pool for a mammary gland specific function.

Beta1,4-galactosyltransferase (beta4GalT-I) is a constitutively expressed trans-Golgi enzyme, widely distributed in vertebrates, which synthesizes the beta4-N-acetyllactosamine structure commonly found in glycoconjugates. In mammals beta4GalT-I has been recruited for a second biosynthetic function, the production of lactose; this function takes place exclusively in the lactating mammary gland. In preparation for lactose biosynthesis, beta4GalT-I enzyme levels are increased significantly. We show that mammals have evolved a two-step mechanism to achieve this increase. In step one there is a switch to the use of a second transcriptional start site, regulated by a stronger, mammary gland-restricted promoter. The transcript produced is distinguished from its housekeeping counterpart by the absence of approximately 180 nt of 5'-untranslated sequence. In step two, this truncated transcript is translated more efficiently, relative to the major transcript expressed in all other somatic tissues.[1]

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