[Nucleotide sequence of cDNA and organization of the gene for alpha-subunit of photoreceptor phosphodiesterase of cyclic GMP in human retinal cones].

Five clones were isolated from a human retina cDNA library whose cDNA inserts allowed reconstruction of the total sequence of the human clone cGMP phosphodiesterase alpha'-subunit cDNA comprising 3455 bp. The protein's deduced sequence contains 858 amino acids residues with molecular mass 99,169 Da. A substantial homology was revealed between the amino acid sequence of the human cones cGMP-phosphodiesterase alpha'-subunit and the corresponding sequences of alpha, beta, and alpha' subunits of visual cGMP-phosphodiesterase of bovine, murine, chicken and human retinas. Four recombinant bacteriophages were isolated from a genomic library whose inserts made it possible to reconstruct a 32-kb fragment of the human cones cGMP-phosphodiesterase alpha'-subunit gene. 5'-Flanking region of the gene and first 14 exons, encoding an N-terminal segment of the protein, along with the adjacent intron segments were sequenced.