PMID- 15094197 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040806 LR - 20061115 IS - 0378-1119 (Print) IS - 0378-1119 (Linking) VI - 331 DP - 2004 Apr 28 TI - Cloning, expression and subcellular localization of HN1 and HN1L genes, as well as characterization of their orthologs, defining an evolutionarily conserved gene family. PG - 115-23 AB - The present work reported the cloning and characterization of two novel human genes--HN1 (hematopoietic- and neurologic-expressed sequence 1) and HN1L (HN1-like gene) which are proposed to be involved in embryo development. HN1 is mapped on chromosome 17q25.2, with two transcripts (1.0 and 1.6 kb in length, respectively) due to alternative splicing. HN1 is expressed abundantly in testis and skeletal muscle among 16 human tissues, and it is localized in the nucleus indicated by GFP fusion expression. Western blot confirmed that HN1 encodes a 16.5-kDa protein. HN1L is on chromosome 16p13.3, with three splicing in the length of 2.0, 4.0 and 4.2 kb, respectively. HN1L is expressed in a variety of tissues such as liver, kidney, prostate, testis and uterus at varying levels. HN1L gene encodes a 20-kDa protein, which is localized in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. Fourteen of HN1 and sixteen of HN1L homologous genes in different species were determined and analyzed by BLAST searches. Silicon analyses of the 14 orthologous proteins of HN1 and 16 orthologous proteins of HN1L revealed that they share great conservation in vertebrate. Additionally, we identified nine pseudogenes of HN1 (six) and HN1L (three) in the genomes of the human, mouse and rat. Based on sequence alignments and phylogenetic analysis, all these homologous genes and pseudogenes were defined as a HN1 gene family. FAU - Zhou, Guangjin AU - Zhou G AD - State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, PR China. FAU - Wang, Jian AU - Wang J FAU - Zhang, Yue AU - Zhang Y FAU - Zhong, Chaomin AU - Zhong C FAU - Ni, Jun AU - Ni J FAU - Wang, Li AU - Wang L FAU - Guo, Jinhu AU - Guo J FAU - Zhang, Kexiong AU - Zhang K FAU - Yu, Long AU - Yu L FAU - Zhao, Shouyuan AU - Zhao S LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AF086910 SI - GENBANK/AY323831 PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Gene JT - Gene JID - 7706761 RN - 0 (DNA, Complementary) RN - 0 (Luminescent Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Motifs/genetics MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Base Sequence MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Line MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Conserved Sequence/genetics MH - DNA/chemistry/genetics MH - DNA, Complementary/chemistry/genetics MH - *Evolution, Molecular MH - Exons MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Profiling MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Introns MH - Luminescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Male MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Nuclear Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Phylogeny MH - Pseudogenes/genetics MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Transfection EDAT- 2004/04/20 05:00 MHDA- 2004/08/07 05:00 CRDT- 2004/04/20 05:00 PHST- 2003/09/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/01/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/04/20 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/08/07 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/04/20 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0378111904000691 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.gene.2004.02.025 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gene. 2004 Apr 28;331:115-23. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.02.025.