TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic Organization and Chromosomal Assignment of the Human Voltage-Gated Na+ Channel β1 Subunit Gene (SCN1B)
AU - Makita, Naomasa
AU - Sloan-Brown, Karen
AU - Weghuis, Danielle O.
AU - Ropers, Hans H.
AU - George, Alfred L.
PY - 1994/10
Y1 - 1994/10
N2 - Voltage-gated sodium (Na+) channels are essential for the generation and propagation of action potentials in striated muscle and neuronal tissues. Biochemically, Na+ channels consist of a large α subunit and one or two smaller β subunits. The α subunit alone can exhibit all of the functional attributes of a voltage-gated Na+ channel, but requires a β1 subunit for normal inactivation kinetics. While genetic mutations in the skeletal muscle Na+ channel α-subunit gene can cause human disease, it is not known whether hereditary defects in the β1 subunit underlie any inherited syndromes. To help explore this further, we have carried out an analysis of the detailed structure of the human β1 subunit gene (SCN1B) including the delineation of intron-exon boundaries hy genomic DNA cloning and sequence analysis. The complete coding region of SCN1B is found in ∼9.0 kb of genomic DNA and consists of five exons (72 to 749 bp) and four introns (90 bp to 5.5 kb). Using a 15.9-kb genomic SCN1B clone, we assigned the gene to the long arm of chromosome 19 (19q13.1-q13.2) by fluorescence in situ hybridization. An intragenic polymorphic (TTA)n repeat that is positioned between two tandem Alu repetitive sequences was also characterized. The (TTA)n repeat exhibits 5 distinct alleles and a heterozygosity index of 0.59. This information should be useful in evaluating SCN1B as a candidate gene for hereditary disorders affecting membrane excitability.
AB - Voltage-gated sodium (Na+) channels are essential for the generation and propagation of action potentials in striated muscle and neuronal tissues. Biochemically, Na+ channels consist of a large α subunit and one or two smaller β subunits. The α subunit alone can exhibit all of the functional attributes of a voltage-gated Na+ channel, but requires a β1 subunit for normal inactivation kinetics. While genetic mutations in the skeletal muscle Na+ channel α-subunit gene can cause human disease, it is not known whether hereditary defects in the β1 subunit underlie any inherited syndromes. To help explore this further, we have carried out an analysis of the detailed structure of the human β1 subunit gene (SCN1B) including the delineation of intron-exon boundaries hy genomic DNA cloning and sequence analysis. The complete coding region of SCN1B is found in ∼9.0 kb of genomic DNA and consists of five exons (72 to 749 bp) and four introns (90 bp to 5.5 kb). Using a 15.9-kb genomic SCN1B clone, we assigned the gene to the long arm of chromosome 19 (19q13.1-q13.2) by fluorescence in situ hybridization. An intragenic polymorphic (TTA)n repeat that is positioned between two tandem Alu repetitive sequences was also characterized. The (TTA)n repeat exhibits 5 distinct alleles and a heterozygosity index of 0.59. This information should be useful in evaluating SCN1B as a candidate gene for hereditary disorders affecting membrane excitability.
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U2 - 10.1006/geno.1994.1551
DO - 10.1006/geno.1994.1551
M3 - Article
C2 - 7851891
AN - SCOPUS:0028020577
SN - 0888-7543
VL - 23
SP - 628
EP - 634
JO - Genomics
JF - Genomics
IS - 3
ER -