Genomic structure and polymorphism of the human thromboxane synthase-encoding gene

Gene
S J BaekR F Shen

Abstract

Thromboxane synthase (TS) is a cytochrome P-450 (CYP450) enzyme catalyzing the conversion of prostaglandin endoperoxide (PGH2) into thromboxane A2 (TxA2) which plays a crucial role in hemostasis and cardiovascular diseases. Twelve genomic clones containing the DNA encoding the human TS gene (hTS) were isolated and characterized to determine the exon/intron boundaries and restriction maps of the nearly contiguous structure of the gene. The hTS contains 13 exons spanning more than 150 kb. Its first five exons, divided by relatively large introns, spread over 100 kb, but encode less than one third of the full-length TS transcript. Southern analysis indicates that the human haploid genome contains a single copy of the TS gene. Although multiple transcription start points (tsp) are utilized, transcription of hTS is primarily TATA-independent, as determined by promoter-directed reporter gene expression in transfected cells. A dinucleotide (CA) repetitive sequence identified in the ninth intron of the gene exhibits allelic polymorphism. At least four distinctive alleles, containing from 13 to 20 copies of the CA repeats, have been detected.

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