Homologous genes for enolase, phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase, and adenylate kinase are syntenic on mouse chromosome 4 and human chromosome 1p

P. A. Lalley, U. Francke, J. D. Minna

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Abstract

It is possible to generate interspecific somatic cell hybrids that preferentially segregate mouse chromosomes, thus making possible mapping of mouse genes. Therefore, comparison of the linkage relationships of homologous genes in man and mouse is now possible. Chinese hamster X mouse somatic cell hybrids segregating mouse chromosomes were tested for the expression of mouse enolase (ENO-1; EC 4.2.1.11, McKusick no. 17245), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD; EC 1.1.1.44, McKusick no. 17220), phosphoglucomutase-2 (PGM-2; EC 2.7.5.1, McKusick no. 17190), and adenylate kinase-2 (AK-2; EC 2.7.4.3, McKusick no. 10302). In man, genes coding for the homologous forms of these enzymes have been assigned to the short arm of human chromosome 1. Analysis of 41 primary, independent, hybrid clones indicated that, in the mouse, ENO-1 and AK-2 are syntenic with PGD and PGM-2 and therefore can be assigned to mouse chromosome 4. In contrast, they were asyntenic with 21 other enzymes including mouse dipeptidase-1 (DIP-1, human PEP-C; EC 3,4,11, McKusick no. 17000) assigned to human chromosome arm 1q and mouse chromosome 1. Karyologic analysis confirmed this assignment. These data demonstrate that a large autosomal region (21 map units in the mouse and 51 map units in the human male) has been conserved in the evolution of mouse chromosome 4 and the short arm of human chromosome 1. Identification of such conserved regions will contribute to our understanding of the evolution of the mammalian genome and could suggest gene location by homology mapping.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2382-2386
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume75
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1978

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