Human Genes for KNSL4 and MAZ Are Located Close to One Another on Chromosome 16p11.2
Jun SongHiroo MurakamiZeng Quan YangChie KogaNaoki AdatiTakehide MurataChristian GeltingerFumiko Saito-OharaTatsuro IkeuchiMasatoshi MatsumuraKeiichi ItakuraIchirou KanazawaKailai SunKazunari K. Yokoyama
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Overlapping genomic clones have been isolated that contain the alpha chain and COOH-terminal propeptide coding regions of the chicken type II procollagen gene. All type II procollagen exon sequences present in these clones have been identified and mapped by DNA sequencing. These include 43 exons coding for the alpha-chain triple helix, 1 exon coding for the junction between the COOH-terminal propeptide and the alpha-chain region, and 3 exons coding for the COOH-terminal propeptide and 3' noncoding sequences. With the exception of one additional intron between 2 exons coding for amino acids 568-585 and 586-603, exon-intron boundaries have been conserved when compared with genes for all other characterized genes for fibrillar collagens. The chicken type II procollagen gene differs from most other collagen genes in having introns of considerably smaller average size. The size distribution of the introns suggests that approximately equal to 80 base pairs may be a minimal functional size for introns in this gene. This size of intron may be necessary in a gene with a very large number of small exons to prevent aberrant splicing from removing exon sequence together with intron sequence.
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Two issues in the evolution of the intron/exon structure of genes are the role of exon shuffling and the origin of introns. Using a large data base of eukaryotic intron-containing genes, we have found that there are correlations between intron phases leading to an excess of symmetric exons and symmetric exon sets. We interpret these excesses as manifestations of exon shuffling and make a conservative estimate that at least 19% of the exons in the data base were involved in exon shuffling, suggesting an important role for exon shuffling in evolution. Furthermore, these excesses of symmetric exons appear also in those regions of eukaryotic genes that are homologous to prokaryotic genes: the ancient conserved regions. This last fact cannot be explained in terms of the insertional theory of introns but rather supports the concept that some of the introns were ancient, the exon theory of genes.
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The vast majority of mammalian pre‐mRNAs contains multiple introns that are excised prior to export and translation. After intron excision, ligated exon intermediates participate in subsequent intron excisions. However, exon ligation generates an exon of increased size, a feature of pre‐mRNA splicing that can interfere with downstream splicing events. These considerations raise the question whether unique mechanisms exist that permit efficient removal of introns neighboring ligated exons. Kinetic analyses of multiple intron‐containing pre‐mRNAs revealed that splicing is more efficient following an initial intron removal event, suggesting that either the recruitment of the exon junction complex (EJC) to ligated exons increases the efficiency of multiple intron excisions, or that the initial definition of splice sites is sufficient to permit efficient splicing of introns neighboring ligated exons. Knockdown experiments show that the deposition of the EJC does not affect subsequent splicing kinetics. Instead, kinetic trap experiments show that spliceosomal components that are not involved in the initial splicing event remain associated with the pre‐mRNA to ensure efficient subsequent intron removal. Thus, ligated exons do not require redefinition, providing an additional kinetic advantage for exon defined splices sites. NIH funding.
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Exon/intron architecture varies across the eukaryotic kingdom with large introns and small exons the rule in vertebrates and the opposite in lower eukaryotes. To investigate the relationship between exon and intron size in pre-mRNA processing, internally expanded exons were placed in vertebrate genes with small and large introns. Both exon and intron size influenced splicing phenotype. Intron size dictated if large exons were efficiently recognized. When introns were large, large exons were skipped; when introns were small, the same large exons were included. Thus, large exons were incompatible for splicing if and only if they were flanked by large introns. Both intron and exon size became problematic at ≈500 nt, although both exon and intron sequence influenced the size at which exons and introns failed to be recognized. These results indicate that present-day gene architecture reflects at least in part limitations on exon recognition. Furthermore, these results strengthen models that invoke pairing of splice sites during recognition of pre-mRNAs, and suggest that vertebrate consensus sequences support pairing across either introns or exons.
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The molecular basis of simultaneous two-exon skipping induced by a splice-site mutation has yet to be completely explained. The splice donor site mutation c.1248+5g>a (IVS13) of the OXCT1 gene resulted predominantly in skipping of exons 12 and 13 in fibroblasts from a patient (GS23) with succinyl-CoA:3-ketoacid CoA transferase (SCOT) deficiency. We compared heteronuclear RNA (hnRNA) intermediates between controls' and GS23's fibroblasts. Our strategy was to use RT-PCR of hnRNA to detect the presence or absence of spliced exon clusters in RNA intermediates (SECRIs) comprising sequential exons. Our initial hypothesis was that a SECRI comprising exons 12 and 13 was formed first followed by skipping of this SECRI in GS23 cells. However, such a pathway was revealed to be not a major one. Hence, we compared the intron removal of SCOT transcript between controls and GS23. In controls, intron 11 was the last intron to be spliced and the removal of intron 12 was also rather slow and occurred after the removal of intron 13 in a major pathway. However, the mutation in GS23 cells resulted in retention of intron 13, thus causing the retention of introns 12 and 11. This "splicing paralysis" may be solved by skipping the whole intron 11–exon 12–intron 12–exon 13–mutated intron 13, resulting in skipping of exons 12 and 13.
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