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Two recombinant clones, lambda LC5 and lambda LC13, encompassing the entire regulatory myosin light chain 2 (MLC2A) gene of chicken heart muscle were isolated. Of these, lambda LC5 which contains a large 5'-flanking sequence of about 7.0 kb, was characterized by a partial nucleotide sequence analysis. A TATA-like sequence (TATTTTTA) and a CAAT-box (CAAAAGT) are located at positions -32 and -59, respectively, which most likely constitute the functional promoter region in the gene. Based on primer extension reaction with a synthetic 20-mer corresponding to the 5'-leader sequence and total poly(A+) RNA, the probable transcription initiation site in the gene was located. The gene promoter activity was demonstrated following transient expression of recombinant genomes containing the chicken upstream sequence fused to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) or to the rat preproinsulin II genes. The extracts from a Quail fibroblast cell line (QT35) transfected with the construct (pLCo5.2iCat) containing the putative chicken promoter, and the CAT gene promoted the formation of 3'-acetate chloramphenicol. Another construct (pBC12LC5.2f) contains the rat preproinsulin II gene placed under the control of chicken promoter and a simian virus 40 origin of replication. Transfection of COS cell line with pBC12LC5.2f DNA resulted in an efficient expression of rat preproinsulin mRNA initiating from the chicken promoter. The transfection assay also allowed detection of chicken MLC2A gene transcripts by S1-nuclease protection of end-labeled DNA probes. A comparison of the MLC2A upstream gene sequence with those available for skeletal myosin light chains revealed no common sequence elements, suggesting that cardiac MLC2A gene promoter region has diverged considerably from its counterparts in skeletal muscle.
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