Abstract
Sequencing of genomic DNA and cloned transcripts from the 200-kb human GRINL1A gene on chromosome 15 revealed a complex gene structure comprising at least 28 exons. In one gene model, transcription begins at exon 1 and ends at exon 15b. Another gene model begins transcription at exon 20 and terminates at exon 23, 24, or 28. In a third gene model, transcription begins at exon 1 and ends at exon 23, thus conjoining two apparently discrete genes into a third combined gene. Exon 15 can function as a terminating exon or as an alternatively spliced internal exon, or it can be skipped altogether. Exons 11, 14, 15a, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20a, and 20f are found only in transcripts that do not terminate at exon 15b. Combined transcripts that convert two genes into a third provide evidence for an unusual form of gene organization and expression that we call the complex transcription unit (CTU). Organization of exons into a CTU increases the extractable information content of a segment of genomic DNA and constitutes a potentially significant mechanism for augmenting the proteome of a genome.
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