The DNA sequence of sea urchin (S. purpuratus) H2A, H2B and H3 histone coding and spacer regions - PubMed (original) (raw)
The DNA sequence of sea urchin (S. purpuratus) H2A, H2B and H3 histone coding and spacer regions
I Sures et al. Cell. 1978 Nov.
Abstract
The DNA sequence of two cloned segments of the histone gene repeat unit of the sea urchin S. purpuratus has been determined. One sequence contains the contiguous H2B and H3 genes and their interdigitated spacer regions; the other comprises the H2A gene and flanking spacer sequences. Analysis of the coding regions reveals a methionine residue within the H2A protein. H2A, which generally lacks this amino acid, contains methionine only in a protein variant which is synthesized in early sea urchin embryogenesis. We thus conclude that the cloned DNA represents a set of genes which is active early in development. Codon selection is markedly skewed and similar for each of the three genes. The DNA sequences are co-linear with known histone protein sequences and-unlike several other eucaryotic genes-do not show any insertions in the coding regions. The spacer regions are relatively AT-rich although GC cluster are scattered throughout. Several short stretches of homology are found in regions both upstream and downstream from the protein coding segments. The conservation of these sequences and their location at analogous sites suggest that they are involved in gene transcription or in mRNA translation. No tandem or dispersed repeats were found, with the exception of the remarkable sequence having the structure located in the spacer between the H2A and H1 genes.
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