Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-31
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Messenger RNA polyadenylation in male germ cells does not seem to require the AAUAAA polyadenylation signal required in all other cell types. To account for this difference, we found a variant form of the polyadenylation protein, the 64,000 Mr protein of the cleavage stimulation factor (CstF-64), in mouse meiotic and postmeiotic germ cells. This protein is a candidate to alter polyadenylation in those cells. More recently, we reported the cloning from mouse pachytene spermatocytes of mouse tauCstF-64 (gene symbol Cstf2t), which is a homolog of CstF-64 fitting the criteria we expected for the variant CstF-64 protein. Here we report the cloning and mapping of the human ortholog of mouse tauCstF-64. The human tauCstF-64 cDNA (gene symbol CSTF2T) is 2324 bp in length and encodes a protein of 616 amino acids (64,442.90 Da). Although most highly related to mouse tauCstF-64 (89.8% identity), human tauCstF-64 is also related to the human and mouse somatic CstF-64 (74.9% and 73.4% identity, respectively). Alignment of human tauCstF-64 with human genome sequence from chromosome 10 shows that CSTF2T lacks introns. Radiation hybrid mapping places the human tauCstF-64 gene at 10q22-q23, which is the site of a translocation that has been associated with human neurological problems and male infertility.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
509-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The gene CSTF2T, encoding the human variant CstF-64 polyadenylation protein tauCstF-64, lacks introns and may be associated with male sterility.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, 79430, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't