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Structural analysis of the chicken hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase gene

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Hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase (HIOMT) catalyzes the final step of melatonin synthesis, a neurohormone involved in photoperiodism and produced specifically in the pineal gland and in the retina. In the chicken, HIOMT gene transcription appears to be controlled by a circadian oscillator located in the pineal gland. We have characterized the chicken HIOMT gene over 17 kb, including 2.9 kb of 5′-flanking sequence. The major transcript (1.6 kb) is composed of eight exons distributed over 7.5 kb of genomic DNA. A ninth alternative exon was identified 6 kb downstream of exon 8. It was found in minor transcripts in the pineal gland and in the retina. Sequence similarity between exons 8 and 9 suggests their origin by exon duplication. Due to early stop codons, inclusion of exon 9 truncates the open reading frame by up to 33 %. A restriction fragment length polymorphism was detected for a BglII site in intron 8. Fluorescence hybridization localized the HIOMT gene on chicken chromosome 1q22. The 5′-flanking region contains GATTAA and TAATCC sequences that may be related to tissue-specific expression. An ATTTAAAT sequence at position −29 would play the role of a TATA box, as evidenced by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Information obtained in this study open the way to further studies aimed at analyzing the circadian rhythm of transcription at promoter level.
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hal-04268804 , version 1 (19-01-2024)

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Aline Grechez-Cassiau, Marianne Bernard, Kafia Ladjali, Ignacio Rodriguez, Pierre Voisin. Structural analysis of the chicken hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase gene. European Journal of Biochemistry, 1998, 258 (1), pp.44-52. ⟨10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580044.x⟩. ⟨hal-04268804⟩

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