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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 203, Issue 4 693-704, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists

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Transcriptional control of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel expression: identification of a second, evolutionarily conserved, neuronal promoter

RA Bohm, B Wang, R Brenner and NS Atkinson
Section of Neurobiology, The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1064, USA.

Neuronal signaling properties are largely determined by the quantity and combination of ion channels expressed. The Drosophila slowpoke gene encodes a Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel used throughout the nervous system. The slowpoke transcriptional control region is large and complex. To simplify the search for sequences responsible for tissue-specific expression, we relied on evolutionary conservation of functionally important sequences. A number of conserved segments were found between two Drosophila species. One led us to a new 5' exon and a new transcriptional promoter: Promoter C0. In larvae and adults, Promoter C0 was demonstrated to be neural-specific using flies transformed with reporter genes that either contain or lack the promoter. The transcription start site of Promoter C0 was mapped, and the exon it appends to the 5' end of the mRNA was sequenced. This is the second neural-specific slowpoke promoter to be identified, the first being Promoter C1. Promoter choice does not alter the encoded polypeptide sequence. RNAase protection assays indicate that Promoter C0 transcripts are approximately 12 times more abundant that Promoter C1 transcripts. Taken together, these facts suggest that promoter choice may be a means for cells to control channel density.
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