Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.1.30.2 (endonuclease)
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We have isolated five genomic clones for human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), using cDNA probes encoding the catalytic subunit of the hydrophilic tetramer [McTiernan et al. (1987) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84, 6682-6686]. The BChE gene is at least 73 kb long and contains four exons. Exon 1 contains untranslated sequences and two potential translation initiation sites at codons -69 and -47. Exon 2 (1525 bp) contains 83% of the coding sequence for the mature protein, including the N-terminal and the active-site serine, and a third possible translation initiation site (likely functional), at codon -28. Exon 3 is 167 nucleotides long. Exon 4 (604 bp) codes for the C-terminus of the protein and the 3' untranslated region where two polyadenylation signals were identified. Intron 1 is 6.5 kb long, and the minimal sizes of introns 2 and 3 are estimated to be 32 kb each. Southern blot analysis of total human genomic DNA is in complete agreement with the gene structure established by restriction endonuclease mapping of the genomic clones: this strongly suggests that the BChE gene is present in a single copy.
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PMID:Structure of the gene for human butyrylcholinesterase. Evidence for a single copy. 232 35

We detected 121 individuals with silent type of serum cholinesterase from 36 families in Japan. DNA analysis totaling 37 members of eleven blood unrelated families were carried out by four useful methods, namely, 1) PCR-SSCP analysis, 2) dot blot hybridization (DBH) with the use of synthetic oligonucleotide probe, 3) restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) and 4) direct sequencing analysis. Their mutations were classified into four groups, namely, 1) a G-->C transversion at codon 365, 2) a frameshift mutation with insertion of an extra A at codon 315, 3) an A-->G transition at codon 128 and 4) a C-->A transition at codon 400. The three procedures including (PCR-SSCP, DBH, REA) without the use of radio labeled materials (non-RI) are recommendable for the analyses. However, the direct sequencing analysis of bases with RI might be, at present, necessary for the final identification.
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PMID:[Determination of gene mutation of silent serum cholinesterase and its epidemiologic characters in the Japanese]. 747 37