Comparative Sequence of Human and Mouse BAC Clones from the mnd2 Region of Chromosome 2p13

AUTOR(ES)

Jang, Wonhee

FONTE

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

RESUMO

The mnd2 mutation on mouse chromosome 6 produces a progressive neuromuscular disorder. To determine the gene content of the 400-kb mnd2 nonrecombinant region, we sequenced 108 kb of mouse genomic DNA and 92 kb of human genomic sequence from the corresponding region of chromosome 2p13.3. Three genes with the indicated sizes and intergenic distances were identified: D6Mm5e (⩾81 kb)–787 bp–DOK (2 kb)–845 bp–LOR2 (⩾6 kb). D6Mm5e is expressed in many tissues at very low abundance and the predicted 526-residue protein contains no known functional domains. DOK encodes the p62dok rasGAP binding protein involved in signal transduction. LOR2 encodes a novel lysyl oxidase-related protein of 757 amino acid residues. We describe a simple search protocol for identification of conserved internal exons in genomic sequence. Evolutionary conservation proved to be a useful criterion for distinguishing between authentic exons and artifactual products obtained by exon amplification, RT–PCR, and 5′ RACE. Conserved noncoding sequence elements longer than 80 bp with ⩾75% nucleotide sequence identity comprise ∼1% of the genomic sequence in this region. Comparative analysis of this human and mouse genomic DNA sequence was an efficient method for gene identification and is independent of developmental stage or quantitative level of gene expression.

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