Molecular cloning and characterization of AAAS-V2, a novel splice variant of human AAAS

Xin Li, Chaoneng Ji, Jiefeng Gu, Jian Xu, Zhe Jin, Liyun Sun, Xianqiong Zou, Yun Lin, Ruping Sun, Peng Wang, Shaohua Gu, Yumin Mao

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Abstract

Triple-A syndrome (MIM 231550; also known as Allgrove syndrome) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)-resistant adrenal insufficiency, achalasia of the oesophageal cardia and alacrima. Much initial molecular analysis supported that Triple-A syndrome was caused by mutations in AAAS, a WD-repeat protein gene. Here we report cloning and characterization of a novel splice variant of human AAAS, which we named AAAS-v2, which is located on the human chromosome 12p13. The cDNA is 1703∈bp, encoding a 513-amino acid polypeptide, which contains three WD40 domains, one less than the original which we called AAAS-v1 (Gen Bank: NM_015665.3). RT-PCR analysis in our work revealed that AAAS-v2 and AAAS-v1 were ubiquitously detected in human multiple tissue cDNA (MTC) panels (CLONTECH).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)127-131
Number of pages5
JournalMolecular Biology Reports
Volume32
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2005
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
This work is part of project 30170315 supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China.

Keywords

  • AAAS-V2
  • RT-PCR
  • WD40 repeat

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