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  • Title: Comparison of 5' region sequences of human and rabbit phosphofructokinase genes.
    Author: Kao MC, Wuu JA, Pai SH.
    Journal: Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B; 1990 Jan; 14(1):15-9. PubMed ID: 2143297.
    Abstract:
    A phosphofructokinase gene was screened and cloned from a human genomic library prepared in the lambda EMBL4 phage vector. DNA sequencing shows that the first exon of this human phosphofructokinase gene is identical in length and highly homologous in sequence to that of a rabbit phosphofructokinase gene. Two amino acid replacements are indicated, an Arg----Lys and a Val----Ile at positions 9 and 13, respectively. Eleven base substitutions, 8 of them silent, are identified. Surprisingly, at ten of these sites, complete bias for A's and T's in the human gene and C's and G's in the rabbit gene are seen. Strong conservation is also observed in the 5' untranslated region and for the first 15 base pairs in the intron. All the nine variant nucleotides in these regions are, again, A's and T's in the human gene and G's and C's in the rabbit gene. The unit evolutionary period of change between the first exon of rabbit and human phosphofructokinase genes is estimated as 2.3 million years at silent sites and 15.6 million years at replacement sites.
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