IκB kinase-α and -β genes are coexpressed in adult and embryonic tissues but localized to different human chromosomes

被引:15
作者
Hu, MCT [1 ]
Wang, YP [1 ]
机构
[1] Amgen Inc, Dept Cell Biol & Funct Genom, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 USA
关键词
NF-kappa B; I kappa B; protein kinase; gene expression; chromosome mapping;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00462-4
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) is regulated by phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and degradation of its inhibitory factor I kappa B. Very recently, two closely related serine/threonine kinases have been identified as I kappa B kinases which are essential for I kappa B phosphorylation and NF-kappa B activation. Here, we isolated the full-length human cDNA clones encoding these two I kappa B kinases, IKK-alpha and IKK-beta. Both polypeptides contain a conserved amino-terminal kinase domain, a leucine zipper motif and a helix-loop-helix domain at their carboxyl terminus. We showed that IKK-alpha and IKK-beta were coexpressed in most human adult tissues as well as in different developmental stages of mouse embryos, suggesting that they may cooperate in the cells. The IKK-alpha and IKK-beta genes are distinct but evolutionarily conserved. Moreover, the IKK-alpha gene locus was mapped to human chromosome 10q24, whereas the IKK-beta gene locus was localized to human chromosome 8p11.2. These results indicated that both genes are not clustered on the same chromosome; nevertheless, both genes may be still regulated similarly during development and in adult tissues. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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