de Jong P J, Grosovsky A J, Glickman B W
York University, Department of Biology, North York, ON, Canada.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 May;85(10):3499-503. doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.10.3499.
The spectrum of spontaneous mutation of an endogenous mammalian cell gene has been determined at the DNA sequence level. Thirty independent spontaneous APRT- mutations were cloned and subsequently completely sequenced. Twenty-seven contained single base substitutions. Of these, 22 were G.C to A.T transitions, suggesting a major role for the deamination of cytosine in spontaneous mutagenesis of Chinese hamster ovary cells. The remaining mutants included a tandem double substitution, a -1 frameshift, and a 17-base-pair deletion flanked by a 2-base-pair direct repeat. Many of the independently recovered mutants were clustered at sites of multiple occurrence (hot spots). One site accounted for greater than 25% of all independently recovered events. Mutations were generally located within the coding sequence, although two mutations occurred within the consensus sequence for a 3' splice site.
已在DNA序列水平上确定了内源性哺乳动物细胞基因的自发突变谱。克隆了30个独立的自发APRT-突变体,随后对其进行了全序列测定。其中27个含有单碱基替换。在这些替换中,22个是G.C到A.T的转换,这表明胞嘧啶脱氨在中国仓鼠卵巢细胞的自发诱变中起主要作用。其余的突变体包括一个串联双替换、一个-1移码突变和一个由2个碱基对直接重复序列侧翼的17个碱基对缺失。许多独立获得的突变体聚集在多次出现的位点(热点)。一个位点占所有独立获得事件的25%以上。突变通常位于编码序列内,尽管有两个突变发生在3'剪接位点的共有序列内。