Figure 1.
Schematic diagram of the gene locus of human and mouse 21-hydroxylase. The CYP21A2/Cyp21a1 gene and its related pseudogene CYP21A1P/Cyp21a2-p are located in the major histocompatibility (MHC) locus neighboring 3 other genes which are serine/threonine kinase 19 (STK19/Stk19), complement C4A/C4a and C4B/C4b as well as tenascin-X A and B (TNXA/B, Tnxa/b). The mouse locus on chromosome 17 have the same gene duplication cassette as the human locus on chromosome 6 except the extra pseudogene superkiller viralicidic activity 2-like (Skiv2l-ps1). Pseudogenes are framed in red. Arrows mark the reading direction of the genes.