Ahch, the mouse homologue of DAX1: Cloning, characterization and synteny with GyK, the glycerol kinase locus

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作者
Guo, WW
Lovell, RS
Zhang, YH
Huang, BL
Burris, TP
Craigen, WJ
McCabe, ERB
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,SCH MED,DEPT PEDIAT,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[2] BAYLOR COLL MED,DEPT MOL & HUMAN GENET,HOUSTON,TX 77030
关键词
adrenal hypoplasia congenita; hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; steroidogenic factor 1 response element; dosage sensitive sex reversal locus; zinc-finger domain;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(96)00320-4
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
We cloned the murine full-length cDNA encoding Ahch, the mouse homologue of DAX1 (DSS-AHC Region on Human X Chromosome, Gene1) which is the gene responsible for human X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH). Sequence analysis revealed that the murine and human cDNAs have 65% aa identity and 75% aa similarity overall. The cysteine residues in the putative DNA binding domain, which may interact with Zn2+ ions to form zinc fingers, are 100% conserved between the two species, indicating that the novel zinc-finger structures in DAX1 may be functional. In addition, mouse interspecific backcrosses show that the Ahch gene is closely linked to the glycerol kinase locus, GyK, on the mouse X chromosome, indicating that the order of the loci is conserved in this syntenic region between mouse and human.
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