A single expression site with a conserved leader sequence regulates variation of expression of the Pneumocystis carinii family of major surface glycoprotein genes.

Abstract:

:The major surface glycoprotein (MSG) of Pneumocystis carinii is encoded by a family of related but distinct genes distributed throughout the P. carinii genome. Previous reports of the genomic and mRNA MSG structure suggested that there was a highly conserved 5'-untranslated region and a highly variable translated region. In the current study, we demonstrate that there is a single expression site for MSG expression and that different MSG genes are located downstream of this expression site. Isolation of a genomic clone containing the putative 5'-untranslated region has demonstrated that there was a single base sequencing error in what was considered to be the untranslated region. The corrected sequence reveals an extended open reading frame encoding a constant amino-terminal leader domain, with a typical signal peptide, for the MSG protein family. Since this constant amino-terminal domain is encoded by a single copy genomic sequence, a recombination/gene conversion-mediated antigenic switching event is required to effect the known variability in expressed MSG sequences. Therefore, like some bacterial and protozoan pathogens, the opportunistic fungal pathogen P. carinii contains a constant genomic site dedicated to MSG expression and a switchable downstream region for the variable part of the MSG gene family.

journal_name

DNA Cell Biol

journal_title

DNA and cell biology

authors

Edman JC,Hatton TW,Nam M,Turner R,Mei Q,Angus CW,Kovacs JA

doi

10.1089/dna.1996.15.989

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-11-01 00:00:00

pages

989-99

issue

11

eissn

1044-5498

issn

1557-7430

journal_volume

15

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