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. 1996 Jul 9;93(14):7300–7304. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.14.7300

Molecular cloning of a rat chromosome putative recombinogenic sequence homologous to the hepatitis B virus encapsidation signal.

H Aoki 1, K Kajino 1, Y Arakawa 1, O Hino 1
PMCID: PMC38978  PMID: 8692987

Abstract

Previously, we reported that a 61-bp subgenomic HBV DNA sequence (designated as 15AB, nt 1855-1915) is a hot spot for genomic recombination and that a cellular protein binding to 15AB may be the putative recombinogenic protein. In the present study, we established the existence of a 15AB-like sequence in human and rat chromosomal DNA by Southern blot analysis. The 15AB-like sequence isolated from the rat chromosome demonstrated a 80.9% identity with 5'-CCAAGCTGTGCCTTGGGTGGC-3', at 1872-1892 of the hepatitis B virus genome, thought to be the essential region for recombination. Interestingly, this 15AB-like sequence also contained the pentanucleotide motifs GCTGG and CCAGC as an inverted repeat, part of the chi known hot spot for recombination in Escherichia coli. Importantly, a portion of the 15AB-like sequence is homologous (82.1%, 23/28 bp) to break point clusters of the human promyelocytic leukemia (PML) gene, characterized by a translocation [t(15;17)], and to rearranged mouse DNA for the immunoglobulin kappa light chain. Moreover, 15AB and 15AB-like sequences have striking homologies (12/15 = 80.0% and 13/15 = 86.7%, respectively) to the consensus sequence for topoisomerase II. Our present results suggest that this 15AB-like sequence in the rat genome might be a recombinogenic candidate triggering genomic instability in carcinogenesis.

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