Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: COPG2IT1
Cytogenetic location: 7q32.2 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 7:130,543,453-130,546,900 (from NCBI)
The COPG2 gene (604355) is located on chromosome 7q32 adjacent to the MEST gene (610029), which is paternally expressed in fetal tissues due to genomic imprinting. Yamasaki et al. (2000) identified CIT1, an antisense transcript of COPG2 intron 20. Genomic PCR and RT-PCR revealed no significant ORF in CIT1. Unlike COPG2, which showed biallelic expression in all fetal tissues examined and in adult blood lymphocytes, CIT1 was expressed from the paternal allele in all fetal tissues examined. Adult blood lymphocytes showed biallelic expression of CIT1.
By genomic sequence analysis, Yamasaki et al. (2000) mapped COPG2IT1 within intron 20 of the COPG2 gene on chromosome 7q32.
Yamasaki, K., Hayashida, S., Miura, K., Masuzaki, H., Ishimaru, T., Niikawa, N., Kishino, T. The novel gene, gamma-2-COP (COPG2), in the 7q32 imprinted domain escapes genomic imprinting. Genomics 68: 330-335, 2000. [PubMed: 10995575] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1006/geno.2000.6265]