The Protein Kinase N (PKN) Gene PRKCL1/Prkcl1 Maps to Human Chromosome 19p12-p13.1 and Mouse Chromosome 8 with Close Linkage to the Myodystrophy (myd) Mutation

Authors: Bartsch J.W.¹; Mukai H.²; Takahashi N.³; Ronsiek M.¹; Fuchs S.¹; Jockusch H.¹; Ono Y.²

Source: Genomics, Volume 49, Number 1, April 1998 , pp. 129-132(4)

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Abstract:

Protein kinase N (PKN) is a fatty acid- and Rho-activated serine/threonine protein kinase involved in the regulation of cell motility by association with cytoskeletal components such as neurofilament and alpha-actinin. We determined the chromosomal location of the human PKN gene PRKCL1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization and by radiation hybrid mapping. The corresponding mouse gene Prkcl1 was mapped by segregation analysis. We found by FISH that PRKCL1 is localized to chromosome 19p12-p13.1 and, more precisely, by radiation hybrid mapping, about 11 cR from EST WI-6344 in subband 19p12. Prkcl1 maps to mouse chromosome 8 between D8Mit6 and junb. This region of mouse Chr 8 shows a scrambled syntenic conservation to human chromosomes 4q, 8p, and 19p. As the mouse mutation myodystrophy myd has been mapped to the same region, Prkcl1 is a candidate gene for myd. Copyright 1998 Academic Press.

Language: English

Document Type: Short communication

Affiliations: 1: Developmental Biology Unit, W7, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, 33501, Germany 2: Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, 657, Japan 3: Central Laboratories for Key Technology, Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd., 1-13-5, Fukuura, Yokohama, 236, Japan

Publication date: 1998-04-01