Structure and splice products of the human gene encoding sds22, a putative mitotic regulator of protein phosphatase-1

sds22 is a regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase-l that is required for the completion of mitosis in yeast. It consists largely of 11 tandem leucine-rich repeats of 22 residues that are expected to mediate interactions with Ether polypeptides, including protein phosphatase-1. In this paper, we report on the structure of the human gene encoding sds22, designated PPP1R7. This gene (33 kb) comprises 11 exons, but these do not coincide with the sequences encoding the leucine-rich repeats. Up to six splice variants can be generated by exon skipping and alternative polyadenylation, as revealed by expressed sequence tag database analysis, RT-PCR and Northern blot analysis. The sds22 transcripts are expected to encode four different polypeptides. sds22 alpha(1) corresponds to the variant cloned previously from human brain [Renouf et al. (1995) FEES Lett. 375, 75-78]. Sds22 beta(1) is truncated within the ninth repeat and has a short and different C-terminus. Both variants also exist without the sequence corresponding to exon 2, and these are termed sds22 alpha(2) and sds22 beta(2). The 5'-flanking region of PPP1R7 contains two NF-Y-binding CCAAT boxes near the transcription start site and potential binding sites for the transcription factors c-Myb, Ik-2 and NF-1, which are conserved in the mouse gene.