pDRIVE-FerH / RU5′

FerH / RU5′ promoter (Ubiquitous) in pDRIVE expression plasmid

Ferritin H prom / HTLV 5’UTR 

Ferritin is a ubiquitous iron storage protein, whose major role is to sequester and detoxify intracellular iron that has not been utilized in cellular metabolism.

Ferritin is a 24 subunit protein composed of two subunit types, termed H (heavy) and L (light), which perform complementary functions in the protein.

The H subunit plays a role in the rapid detoxification of iron whereas the L subunit facilitates long-term iron storage.

The synthesis of ferritin is highly regulated by the iron status of the cell.

The iron regulation is achieved at the translational level through interaction between a 28-nucleotide iron-responsive element (IRE), located in the 5’ untranslated region (5’UTR) of ferritin mRNAs, and a cytosolic protein, the iron regulatory protein [1, 2].

To eliminate the iron regulation of the ferritin promoters, the 5’UTR of FerH and FerL have been replaced by the 5’UTR of the HTLV or EF-1α.

References:

1. Eisenstein RS & Munro HN. 1990. Translational regulation of ferritin synthesis by iron. Enzyme 44(1-4):42-58.
2. Bevilacqua MA et al. 1992. Promoter for the human ferritin heavy chain-encoding gene (FERH): structural and functional characterization. Gene 15;111(2):255-60.

Specifications

pDRIVE bearing human FerH / RU5' promoter - LacZ, SEAP or Lucia

Gene Promoter: FerH : Ferritin Heavy Chain

Specificity: Ubiquitous

Backbone: pDRIVE, pDRIVE5-SEAP or pDRIVE5-Lucia

Selection: Zeocin™

pDRIVE contents

• 20 µg of lyophilized DNA
• 1 ml of Zeocin™ (100 mg/ml)

Product is shipped at room temperature

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