PUBLICATION
Promoter-sharing by different genes in human genome-- CPNE1 and RBM12 gene pair as an example
- Authors
- Yang, W., Ng, P., Zhao, M., Wong, T.K., Yiu, S.M., and Lau, Y.L.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-081008-6
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- BMC Genomics 9(1): 456 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Promoter Regions, Genetic*
- RNA/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Conserved Sequence
- Synteny
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Carrier Proteins/genetics*
- Exons
- Alternative Splicing
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Expressed Sequence Tags
- Gene Expression Regulation*
- Humans
- 5' Untranslated Regions/genetics
- Animals
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mice
- Base Sequence
- Sequence Alignment
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics*
- Phylogeny
- Genome, Human*
- PubMed
- 18831769 Full text @ BMC Genomics
Citation
Yang, W., Ng, P., Zhao, M., Wong, T.K., Yiu, S.M., and Lau, Y.L. (2008) Promoter-sharing by different genes in human genome-- CPNE1 and RBM12 gene pair as an example. BMC Genomics. 9(1):456.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Regulation of gene expression plays important role in cellular functions. Co-regulation of different genes may indicate functional connection or even physical interaction between gene products. Thus analysis on genomic structures that may affect gene expression regulation could shed light on the functions of genes. RESULTS: In a whole genome analysis of alternative splicing events, we found that two distinct genes, copine I (CPNE1) and RNA binding motif protein 12 (RBM12), share the most 5' exons and therefore the promoter region in human. Further analysis identified many gene pairs in human genome that share the same promoters and 5' exons but have totally different coding sequences. Analysis of genomic and expressed sequences, either cDNAs or expressed sequence tags (ESTs) for CPNE1 and RBM12, confirmed the conservation of this phenomenon during evolutionary courses. The co-expression of the two genes initiated from the same promoter is confirmed by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) in different tissues in both human and mouse. High degrees of sequence conservation among multiple species in the 5'UTR region common to CPNE1 and RBM12 were also identified. CONCLUSION: Promoter and 5'UTR sharing between CPNE1 and RBM12 is observed in human, mouse and zebrafish. Conservation of this genomic structure in evolutionary courses indicates potential functional interaction between the two genes. More than 20 other gene pairs in human genome were found to have the similar genomic structure in a genome-wide analysis, and it may represent a unique pattern of genomic arrangement that may affect expression regulation of the corresponding genes.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping