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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 36, 19274-19277, 12, 1988

Head-to-head arrangement of murine type IV collagen genes

P Kaytes, L Wood, N Theriault, M Kurkinen and G Vogeli
Molecular Biology Research, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.

The genes for the two dissimilar subunits of type IV collagen are organized in a head-to-head manner with their translation initiation codons within 874 base pairs. Murine genomic clones which contain portions of both genes have been isolated and characterized. These clones contain the first exon of the alpha 1(IV) chain and the first 3 exons for the alpha 2(IV) chain within a 1.7-kilobase HindIII fragment. The intergenic region appears not to resemble previously described bidirectional promoters. The HindIII fragment is present as a single copy in the mouse genome ruling out the presence of one of these gene fragments as a pseudogene. These findings agree with linkage studies of these two genes and differ from the known organization of human fibrillar collagen genes which have been found to be dispersed within the human genome.
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