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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Thomas, M. J. Freeland, T. M. Strobl, J. S. |
| Abstract | The complete DNA sequence of the 1.7 kilobase pairs (kbp) 5' of the rat growth hormone gene (rGH) has been determined and analyzed for Z-DNA-forming potential. Regions of alternating purine-pyrimidine (APP) sequences located between -1047 and -986 [(GT)31], between -445 and -433 bp, and between -426 and -403 bp relative to the rGH RNA transcription initiation site were identified and shown to form Z-DNA in negatively supercoiled plasmids by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Free-energy calculations indicated that Z-DNA forms most readily in the proximal Z-DNA regions. Diethyl pyrocarbonate footprinting of physiologically supercoiled plasmid DNA confirmed the presence of Z-DNA from -444 to -404 bp spanning the two most proximal APP sequences and a short non-APP sequence in between. DNA sequence analysis also predicted a region of DNA curvature near this proximal Z-DNA region. Formation of Z-DNA in the distal Z-DNA region consisting of a (GT)31 repeat was constrained at physiological plasmid superhelical densities. This may be related to the presence of DNA sequences (-1584 to -1559) 512 bp upstream of (GT)31 that undergo cruciform formation and thereby utilize the available free energy. Removal of 580 bp containing the cruciform region resulted in Z-DNA formation within (GT)31, thus demonstrating that deletion mutations can exert topological changes at a distance within the rGH 5'-flanking region. Methylation of two specific cytosines in the rGH 5'-flanking DNA that have been associated with inhibition of rGH promoter activity had no effect on Z-DNA formation. No evidence for DNA secondary structure formation within the rGH second exon-intron or 3'-flanking region was observed. We conclude that the rGH 5'-flanking region undergoes secondary-structure formation at physiological superhelical densities, thus providing a potential mechanism(s) for modulating rGH activity. |
| Starting Page | 5378 |
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| ISSN | 10985549 |
| e-ISSN | 10985549 |
| Journal | Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Molecular Biology |
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