Structure, expression, and mutation of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene.
The wild-type mouse hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT; IMP:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase, EC 2.4.2.8) gene has been isolated from genomic libraries and its structure has been determined. This X chromosome-linked gene is greater than 33 kilobases long and is split into nine exons. All the exon sequences have been determined, and a single-base substitution in the HPRT cDNA coding sequence from a mouse neuroblastoma cell line that overproduces a mutant HPRT protein has been identified. The 5' end of the gene has been defined, both by nuclease S1 protection and primer extension studies and by a functional assay in which an HPRT minigene, capable of expression in cultured cells, was created by ligating the 5' end of the gene onto wild-type human HPRT cDNA. Sequences normally associated with eukaryotic promoters are not present in the immediate 5'-flanking region of the HPRT gene, which is instead highly G+C rich. This observation is discussed in relation to the possible link between DNA methylation and X-chromosome inactivation.[1]References
- Structure, expression, and mutation of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene. Melton, D.W., Konecki, D.S., Brennand, J., Caskey, C.T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1984) [Pubmed]
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