Abstract
A processed pseudogene for hexokinase II (HKII), the first such reported for a member of the hexokinase gene family, was isolated from a human genomic library by using a rat HKII cDNA as a probe. The pseudogene contains a region that is identical to the open reading frame of the human HKII cDNA at 97% of the nucleotide positions, but it contains several frameshift mutations, small deletions and insertions, and several stop codons. The human HKII pseudogene is located on the X chromosome and is integrated into a long interspersed nuclear repetitive DNA element (LINE). We estimate that this integration event occurred approximately 14-16 Myr (million years) ago.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 357-361 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Gene |
Volume | 164 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 27 1995 |
Keywords
- LINE element
- Somatic cell hybrids
- X chromosome
- evolution
- processed pseudogene
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics