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Three human cosmid clones containing pepsinogen A (PGA) encoding sequences were isolated from a genomic bank derived from a single individual. One cosmid contains two PGA genes in tandem in a head-to-tail orientation, while the other two cosmids each contain a single PGA gene. The three cosmids were characterized by restriction mapping and sequence analysis (exons 1 and 2 and flanking regions). As judged from these data, three of the four PGA genes isolated appear to be nearly identical, but one of the tandem genes is clearly different from the other genes. The first exon of all four genes codes for the same amino acid sequence. However, in the second exon of one of the tandem genes we found a nucleotide substitution giving rise to a Glu→Lys substitution of the 43rd amino acid residue of the activation peptide, leading to a charge difference of the corresponding isozymogens. The presence of two distinct PGA genes in the isolated gene pair conclusively proves the multigene structure of the PGA system. These genes might be responsible for at least part of the electrophoretic polymorphism at the protein level.
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Evers, M.P.J., Zelle, B., Peeper, D.S. et al. Molecular cloning of a pair of human pepsinogen A genes which differ by a Glu→Lys mutation in the activation peptide. Hum Genet 77, 182–187 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272389
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