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  • Title: Human sphingolipid activator protein-1 and sphingolipid activator protein-2 are encoded by the same gene.
    Author: Reiner O, Dagan O, Horowitz M.
    Journal: J Mol Neurosci; 1989; 1(4):225-33. PubMed ID: 2484333.
    Abstract:
    Mixed oligonucleotide primers complementary to the translation product of the sphingolipid activator protein (SAP)-2 were used to generate a 144-base pair (bp) complementary DNA (cDNA). This cDNA probe was used to isolate a 2,649-nucleotide-long cDNA that was sequenced and found to contain coding sequences for two known activators of lysosomal enzymes, namely, the sphingolipid activator protein (SAP)-1 and SAP-2. The cDNA contains an open reading frame of 1,482 nucleotides and 1,167 nucleotides of 3'-nontranslated region, followed by a stretch of 24 residues of adenylic acid. At 20 nucleotides upstream from the poly(A) tail there is a consensus AATAAA polyadenylation signal that is preceded by another potential polyadenylation signal. The cDNA, designed SAP-1/SAP-2 cDNA, hybridizes with two human mRNA species of approximately 3 kb in length, which most probably arise from polyadenylation at different sites. There are higher amounts of steady-state RNA levels of the SAP-1/SAP-2 mRNA in skin fibroblasts in comparison to B cells. The steady-state SAP-1/SAP-2 mRNA levels in Gaucher B cells are higher than in their normal counterparts. There is one human SAP-1/SAP-2 gene that has been cloned and is localized on two approximately 5 kb BamHI fragments.
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