Isolation of cDNAs encoding subunit VIb of human cytochrome c oxidase and steady-state levels of coxVIb mRNA in different tissues
- 31 December 1990
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Gene
- Vol. 93 (2), 285-291
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(90)90237-l
Abstract
A full-length cDNA clone specifying the nuclear-encoded subunit VIb of human cytochrome c oxidase (COX) was isolated from a human skeletal muscle cDNA expression library. This was done with antiserum directed against the group of subunits VIa, b and c of bovine heart COX. A potential ribosome-binding site was located immediately upstream from the initiation codon. The predicted amino acid sequence revealed 85% similarity with the corresponding subunit of bovine heart COX. Subunit VIb lacks a cleavable presequence for mitochondrial addressing. We assume that there are no tissue-specific isoforms of subunit VIb, since (i) in a Northern blot experiment a single hybridizing band of approx. 500 nucleotides was demonstrated in RNA from liver, skeletal muscle, MOLT-4 cells and fibroblasts and (ii) a full-length cDNA clone with an identical sequence was isolated from a human liver cDNA library. Steady-state levels of the coxVIb transcript were different in the tissues examined.Keywords
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