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Transcriptional transactivators are important proteins which in addition to controlling the cell regulatory circuitries, can be manipulated for various biotechnological processes. The latter is of great interest for non-conventional yeasts used for industrial purposes. To facilitate the identification of these transactivators, we have reanalyzed the "Génolevures" data (FEBS Lett. 487 (2000); http://cbi.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/Genolevures/) for the presence of zinc finger (Zf) proteins. After analysis of 239 RST ("random sequence tag") sequences, we describe in this paper 161 homologs of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Zf proteins present in one or several of 13 different hemiascomyceteous yeasts. These partial sequences have been evaluated on different criteria such as percentage of identity of the proteins, synteny, detailed analysis of the Zf motif and flanking regions, and iterative BLASTs. They can be used to fetch the corresponding gene.
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- Francoise Bussereau
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (CNRS UMR 8621), Bâtiment 400, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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de Bettignies G, Thoraval D, Morel C, Peypouquet MF, Crouzet M. Overactivation of the protein kinase C-signaling pathway suppresses the defects of cells lacking the Rho3/Rho4-GAP Rgd1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2001; 159:1435-48. [PMID: 11779787 PMCID: PMC1461911 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/159.4.1435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The nonessential RGD1 gene encodes a Rho-GTPase activating protein for the Rho3 and Rho4 proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Previous studies have revealed genetic interactions between RGD1 and the SLG1 and MID2 genes, encoding two putative sensors for cell integrity signaling, and VRP1 encoding an actin and myosin interacting protein involved in polarized growth. To better understand the role of Rgd1p, we isolated multicopy suppressor genes of the cell lethality of the double mutant rgd1Delta mid2Delta. RHO1 and RHO2 encoding two small GTPases, MKK1 encoding one of the MAP-kinase kinases in the protein kinase C (PKC) pathway, and MTL1, a MID2-homolog, were shown to suppress the rgd1Delta defects strengthening the functional links between RGD1 and the cell integrity pathway. Study of the transcriptional activity of Rlm1p, which is under the control of Mpk1p, the last kinase of the PKC pathway, and follow-up of the PST1 transcription, which is positively regulated by Rlm1p, indicate that the lack of RGD1 function diminishes the PKC pathway activity. We hypothesize that the rgd1Delta inactivation, at least through the hyperactivation of the small GTPases Rho3p and Rho4p, alters the secretory pathway and/or the actin cytoskeleton and decreases activity of the PKC pathway.
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- G de Bettignies
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et de Séquençage, UMR CNRS 5095, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Bianchi MM, Ngo S, Vandenbol M, Sartori G, Morlupi A, Ricci C, Stefani S, Morlino GB, Hilger F, Carignani G, Slonimski PP, Frontali L. Large-scale phenotypic analysis reveals identical contributions to cell functions of known and unknown yeast genes. Yeast 2001; 18:1397-412. [PMID: 11746602 DOI: 10.1002/yea.784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sequencing of the yeast genome has shown that about one-third of the yeast ORFs code for unknown proteins. Many other have similarity to known genes, but still the cellular functions of the gene products are unknown. The aim of the B1 Consortium of the EUROFAN project was to perform a qualitative phenotypic analysis on yeast strains deleted for functionally orphan genes. To this end we set up a simple approach to detect growth defects of a relatively large number of strains in the presence of osmolytes, ethanol, high temperature, inhibitory compounds or drugs affecting protein biosynthesis, phosphorylation level or nucleic acids biosynthesis. We have now developed this procedure to a semi-quantitative level, we have included new inhibitors, such as hygromycin B, benomyl, metals and additional drugs interfering with synthesis of nucleic acids, and we have performed phenotypic analysis on the deleted strains of 564 genes poorly characterized in respect to their cellular functions. About 30% of the deleted strains showed at least one phenotype: many of them were pleiotropic. For many gene deletions, the linkage between the deletion marker and the observed phenotype(s) was studied by tetrad analysis and their co-segregation was demonstrated. Co-segregation was found in about two-thirds of the analysed strains showing phenotype(s).
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- M M Bianchi
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Rome La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy.
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Götte M, Lazar T, Yoo JS, Scheglmann D, Gallwitz D. The full complement of yeast Ypt/Rab-GTPases and their involvement in exo- and endocytic trafficking. Subcell Biochem 2000; 34:133-73. [PMID: 10808333 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46824-7_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- M Götte
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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de Bettignies G, Barthe C, Morel C, Peypouquet MF, Doignon F, Crouzet M. RGD1 genetically interacts with MID2 and SLG1, encoding two putative sensors for cell integrity signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 1999; 15:1719-31. [PMID: 10590461 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199912)15:16<1719::aid-yea499>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The RGD1 gene was identified during systematic genome sequencing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To further understand Rgd1p function, we set up a synthetic lethal screen for genes interacting with RGD1. Study of one lethal mutant made it possible to identify the SLG1 and MID2 genes. The gene SLG1/HCS77/WSC1 was mutated in the original synthetic lethal strain, whereas MID2/SMS1 acted as a monocopy suppressor. The SLG1 gene has been described to be an upstream component in the yeast PKC pathway and encodes a putative cell surface sensor for the activation of cell integrity signalling. First identified by viability loss of shmoos after pheromone exposure, and since found in different genetic screens, MID2 was recently reported as also encoding an upstream activator of the PKC pathway. The RGD1 gene showed genetic interactions with both sensors of cell integrity pathway. The rgd1 slg1 synthetic lethality was rescued by osmotic stabilization, as expected for mutants altered in cell wall integrity. The slight viability defect of rgd1 in minimal medium, which was exacerbated by mid2, was not osmoremediated. As for mutants altered in PKC pathway, the accumulation of small-budded dead cells in slg1, rgd1 and mid2 after heat shock was prevented by 1 M sorbitol. In addition, the rgd1 strain also displayed dead shmoos after pheromone treatment, like mid2. Taken together, the present results indicate close functional links between RGD1, MID2 and SLG1 and suggest that RGD1 and MID2 interact in a cell integrity signalling functionally linked to the PKC pathway.
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- G de Bettignies
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et de Séquençage, UPR CNRS 9026, BP 64, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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Doignon F, Weinachter C, Roumanie O, Crouzet M. The yeast Rgd1p is a GTPase activating protein of the Rho3 and rho4 proteins. FEBS Lett 1999; 459:458-62. [PMID: 10526184 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01293-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The RGD1 gene, identified during sequencing of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, encodes a protein with a Rho-GTPase activating protein (GAP) domain at the carboxy-terminal end. The Rgd1 protein showed two-hybrid interactions with the activated forms of Rho2p, Rho3p and Rho4p. Using in vitro assays, we demonstrated that Rgd1p stimulated the GTPase activity of both Rho3p and Rho4p; no stimulation was observed on Rho2p. In addition, the rho3Deltargd1Delta double mutant exhibited a dramatic growth defect compared to the single mutants, suggesting that Rgd1p has a GAP activity in vivo. The present study allowed the identification of the first GAP of Rho3p and Rho4p.
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- F Doignon
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et de Séquençage, UPR CNRS 9026, BP Box 64, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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Garcia-Ranea JA, Valencia A. Distribution and functional diversification of the ras superfamily in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett 1998; 434:219-25. [PMID: 9742927 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00967-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The recent availability of the full Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome sequence offers a first opportunity to analyze the composition, function and evolution of GTPases in the ras-p21 superfamily. This superfamily in yeast is composed of 29 proteins divided into five families: ras with four sequences implicated in cell signalling; rho, six genes related to the cell shape machinery; ypt-rab, ten proteins with different roles in intracellular trafficking; arf-sar, seven proteins related to vesicular trafficking in secretory pathways; and ran, two proteins acting as components of the nuclear transport system. The superfamily covers a wide range of cellular functions from signalling to intracellular trafficking, while conserving the structural framework and a common mechanism of GTP hydrolysis.
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Barthe C, de Bettignies G, Louvet O, Peypouquet MF, Morel C, Doignon F, Crouzet M. First characterization of the gene RGD1 in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. COMPTES RENDUS DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES. SERIE III, SCIENCES DE LA VIE 1998; 321:453-62. [PMID: 9769859 DOI: 10.1016/s0764-4469(98)80776-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We identified the ORF YBR260c during systematic sequencing of one region of chromosome II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This ORF encodes a putative protein of 666 aa, of which the C-terminal part of the deduced amino acid sequence resembles human and yeast Rho/Rac GTPase activating proteins (GAP). An initial study is reported in the paper. This gene was expressed in haploid and diploid cells and was called RGD1 for related GAP domain 1. Inactivation of RGD1 was carried out and phenotypic analysis of the mutant strain revealed only a slight viability defect when cells grown in minimal medium were close to stationary phase. Northern and western analyses showed that the RGD1 transcript and the corresponding protein were still abundant in cells cultivated in YNB during the stationary phase. No functional link seems to exist with the highly conserved GTPase Cdc42 involved in cytoskeletal polarization and cell polarity.
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- C Barthe
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et de séquençage, UPR CNRS 9026, Bordeaux, France
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Meining W, Tibbelin G, Ladenstein R, Eberhardt S, Fischer M, Bacher A. Evidence for local 32 symmetry in homotrimeric riboflavin synthase of Escherichia coli. J Struct Biol 1998; 121:53-60. [PMID: 9573620 DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Riboflavin synthase is a trimer of identical 23-kDa subunits. The primary structure is characterized by considerable similarity of the C-terminal and N-terminal parts. Recombinant riboflavin synthase of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis was crystallized by the vapor diffusion method. Crystals of E. coli riboflavin synthase belong to the orthorhombic system, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit cell dimensions a = 53.2 A, b = 117.6 A, c = 150.9 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees. They diffract to better than 3.3 A resolution and have presumably one trimer in the asymmetric unit. The self rotation function indicates local 32 symmetry. Twofold local symmetry is an unexpected result in a trimeric protein. In conjunction with primary structure arguments and mechanistic considerations, we propose that the protein is a pseudohexamer where each of the peptide subunits fold into two topologically similar domains.
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- W Meining
- Karolinska Institute, NOVUM, Center of Structural Biochemistry, Huddinge, Sweden
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Lazar T, Götte M, Gallwitz D. Vesicular transport: how many Ypt/Rab-GTPases make a eukaryotic cell? Trends Biochem Sci 1997; 22:468-72. [PMID: 9433126 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(97)01150-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In eukaryotic cells, protein transport through the secretory and endocytic pathways is mediated by vesicular intermediates. Individual transport steps are regulated by Ras-like guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, termed Ypt in yeast or Rab in mammals. The complete sequencing of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome has revealed the total number of Ypt GTPases in this organism. There is some redundancy among the 11 Ypt proteins, and only those involved in the biosynthetic pathway are essential for cell viability.
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- T Lazar
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, Göttingen, Germany
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Eberhardt S, Korn S, Lottspeich F, Bacher A. Biosynthesis of riboflavin: an unusual riboflavin synthase of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:2938-43. [PMID: 9139911 PMCID: PMC179057 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2938-2943.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Riboflavin synthase was purified by a factor of about 1,500 from cell extract of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. The enzyme had a specific activity of about 2,700 nmol mg(-1) h(-1) at 65 degrees C, which is relatively low compared to those of riboflavin synthases of eubacteria and yeast. Amino acid sequences obtained after proteolytic cleavage had no similarity with known riboflavin synthases. The gene coding for riboflavin synthase (designated ribC) was subsequently cloned by marker rescue with a ribC mutant of Escherichia coli. The ribC gene of M. thermoautotrophicum specifies a protein of 153 amino acid residues. The predicted amino acid sequence agrees with the information gleaned from Edman degradation of the isolated protein and shows 67% identity with the sequence predicted for the unannotated reading frame MJ1184 of Methanococcus jannaschii. The ribC gene is adjacent to a cluster of four genes with similarity to the genes cbiMNQO of Salmonella typhimurium, which form part of the cob operon (this operon contains most of the genes involved in the biosynthesis of vitamin B12). The amino acid sequence predicted by the ribC gene of M. thermoautotrophicum shows no similarity whatsoever to the sequences of riboflavin synthases of eubacteria and yeast. Most notably, the M. thermoautotrophicum protein does not show the internal sequence homology characteristic of eubacterial and yeast riboflavin synthases. The protein of M. thermoautotrophicum can be expressed efficiently in a recombinant E. coli strain. The specific activity of the purified, recombinant protein is 1,900 nmol mg(-1) h(-1) at 65 degrees C. In contrast to riboflavin synthases from eubacteria and fungi, the methanobacterial enzyme has an absolute requirement for magnesium ions. The 5' phosphate of 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine does not act as a substrate. The findings suggest that riboflavin synthase has evolved independently in eubacteria and methanobacteria.
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- S Eberhardt
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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Eberhardt S, Richter G, Gimbel W, Werner T, Bacher A. Cloning, sequencing, mapping and hyperexpression of the ribC gene coding for riboflavin synthase of Escherichia coli. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 242:712-9. [PMID: 9022701 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0712r.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The gene coding for riboflavin synthase of Escherichia coli has been cloned by marker rescue on a 6-kb fragment that has been sequenced. The riboflavin synthase gene is identical to the ribC locus and codes for a protein of 213 amino acids with a mass of 23.4 kDa. It was mapped to a position at 37.5 min on the physical map of the E. coli chromosome. The 3' end of the ribC gene is directly adjacent to the cfa gene, which codes for cyclopropane-fatty-acid synthase. This gene is followed by two open reading frames designated ydhC and ydhB, which are predicted to code for putative proteins with 403 amino acids and 310 amino acids, respectively. The gene ydhC is similar to genes coding for resistance against various antibiotics (cmlA, bcr) and probably codes for a transmembrane protein. The protein specified by ydhB shows sequence similarity to a large family of DNA-binding proteins and probably represents a helix-turn-helix protein. The ydhB gene is directly adjacent to the regulatory gene purR. A 288-bp segment of the cfa gene has earlier been mapped incorrectly to a position adjacent to greA at 67 min. The ribC gene was hyperexpressed in recombinant E. coli strains to a level of about 30% of cellular protein. The protein was purified to homogeneity by chromatography. The specific activity was 26000 nmol.mg-1.h-1. The protein sediments at a velocity of S20 = 3.8 S. Sedimentation-equilibrium centrifugation indicated a molecular mass of 70 kDa, consistent with a trimer structure. The primary structure of riboflavin synthase is characterized by internal sequence similarity (25 identical amino acids in the C-terminal and N-terminal parts suggesting two structurally similar folding domains.
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- S Eberhardt
- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemic und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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Chen GC, Zheng L, Chan CS. The LIM domain-containing Dbm1 GTPase-activating protein is required for normal cellular morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 1996; 16:1376-90. [PMID: 8657111 PMCID: PMC231122 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.4.1376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Normal cell growth in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae involves the selection of genetically determined bud sites where most growth is localized. Previous studies have shown that BEM2, which encodes a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) that is specific for the Rho-type GTPase Rho1p in vitro, is required for proper bud site selection and bud emergence. We show here that DBM1, which encodes another putative Rho-type GAP with two tandemly arranged cysteine-rich LIM domains, also is needed for proper bud site selection, as haploid cells lacking Dbm1p bud predominantly in a bipolar, rather than the normal axial, manner. Furthermore, yeast cells lacking both Bem2p and Dbm1p are inviable. The nonaxial budding defect of dbm1 mutants can be rescued partially by overproduction of Bem3p and is exacerbated by its absence. Since Bem3p has previously been shown to function as a GAP for Cdc42p, and also less efficiently for Rho1p, our results suggest that Dbm1p, like Bem2p and Bem3p, may function in vivo as a GAP for Cdc42p and/or Rho1p. Both LIM domains of Dbm1p are essential for its normal function. Point mutations that alter single conserved cysteine residues within either LIM domain result in mutant forms of Dbm1p that can no longer function in bud site selection but instead are capable of rescuing the inviability of bem2 mutants at 35 degrees C.
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- G C Chen
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas, Austin, 78712, USA
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Liauta-Teglivets O, Hasslacher M, Boretskii IR, Kohlwein SD, Shavlovskii GM. Molecular cloning of the GTP-cyclohydrolase structural gene RIB1 of Pichia guilliermondii involved in riboflavin biosynthesis. Yeast 1995; 11:945-52. [PMID: 8533469 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320111005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The structural gene of GTP-cyclohydrolase, involved in riboflavin biosynthesis, was cloned from a Pichia guilliermondii genomic library. A 1855 bp genomic DNA fragment complementing the riboflavin auxotrophies of an Escherichia coli ribA mutant, defective in GTP-cyclohydrolase II, and a P. guilliermondii rib1 mutant was isolated and sequenced. An open reading frame with the potential to encode a protein of 344 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 38,711 Da was detected. The P. guilliermondii enzyme shows a high degree of homology to GTP-cyclohydrolases type II from E. coli and Baccillus subtilis and to GTP-cyclohydrolase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Functional GTP-cyclohydrolase from P. guilliermondii may consist of four identical subunits.
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- O Liauta-Teglivets
- Division of Cell Regulatory Systems, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
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Santos MA, García-Ramírez JJ, Revuelta JL. Riboflavin biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cloning, characterization, and expression of the RIB5 gene encoding riboflavin synthase. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:437-44. [PMID: 7814407 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.1.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a monofunctional riboflavin synthase that catalyzes the formation of riboflavin from 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine. We have isolated the gene encoding this enzyme from a yeast genomic library by functional complementation of a mutant, rib5-10, lacking riboflavin synthase activity. Deletion of the chromosomal copy of RIB5 led to riboflavin auxotrophy and loss of enzyme activity. Intragenic complementation between point and deletion mutant alleles suggested that the encoded protein (Rib5p) assembles into a multimeric complex and predicted the existence of a discrete functional domain located at the N terminus. Nucleotide sequencing revealed a 714-base pair open reading frame encoding a 25-kDa protein. Rib5p was purified to apparent homogeneity by a simple procedure. The specific activity of the enzyme was enriched 8500-fold. The N-terminal sequence of the purified enzyme was identical to the sequence predicted from the nucleotide sequence of the RIB5 gene. Initial structural characterization of riboflavin synthase by gel filtration chromatography and both nondenaturing pore limit and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the enzyme forms a trimer of identical 25-kDa subunits. The derived amino acid sequence of RIB5 shows extensive homology to the sequences of the alpha subunits of riboflavin synthase from Bacillus subtilis and other prokaryotes. In addition, the sequence also shows internal homology between the N-terminal and the C-terminal halves of the protein. Taken together, these results suggest that the Rib5p subunit contains two structurally related (substrate-binding) but catalytically different (acceptor and donator) domains.
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- M A Santos
- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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Kim YJ, Francisco L, Chen GC, Marcotte E, Chan CS. Control of cellular morphogenesis by the Ip12/Bem2 GTPase-activating protein: possible role of protein phosphorylation. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1994; 127:1381-94. [PMID: 7962097 PMCID: PMC2120258 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.127.5.1381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The IPL2 gene is known to be required for normal polarized cell growth in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We now show that IPL2 is identical to the previously identified BEM2 gene. bem2 mutants are defective in bud site selection at 26 degrees C and localized cell surface growth and organization of the actin cytoskeleton at 37 degrees C. BEM2 encodes a protein with a COOH-terminal domain homologous to sequences found in several GTPase-activating proteins, including human Bcr. The GTPase-activating protein-domain from the Bem2 protein (Bem2p) or human Bcr can functionally substitute for Bem2p. The Rho1 and Rho2 GTPases are the likely in vivo targets of Bem2p because bem2 mutant phenotypes can be partially suppressed by increasing the gene dosage of RHO1 or RHO2. CDC55 encodes the putative regulatory B subunit of protein phosphatase 2A, and mutations in BEM2 have previously been identified as suppressors of the cdc55-1 mutation. We show here that mutations in the previously identified GRR1 gene can suppress bem2 mutations. grr1 and cdc55 mutants are both elongated in shape and cold-sensitive for growth, and cells lacking both GRR1 and CDC55 exhibit a synthetic lethal phenotype. bem2 mutant phenotypes also can be suppressed by the SSD1-vl (also known as SRK1) mutation, which was shown previously to suppress mutations in the protein phosphatase-encoding SIT4 gene. Cells lacking both BEM2 and SIT4 exhibit a synthetic lethal phenotype even in the presence of the SSD1-v1 suppressor. These genetic interactions together suggest that protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation play an important role in the BEM2-mediated process of polarized cell growth.
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- Y J Kim
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas, Austin 78712
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Breakpoint cluster region gene product-related domain of n-chimaerin. Discrimination between Rac-binding and GTPase-activating residues by mutational analysis. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)32489-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Smits PH, De Haan M, Maat C, Grivell LA. The complete sequence of a 33 kb fragment on the right arm of chromosome II from Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals 16 open reading frames, including ten new open reading frames, five previously identified genes and a homologue of the SCO1 gene. Yeast 1994; 10 Suppl A:S75-80. [PMID: 8091864 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320100010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We report here the sequence of a 33,117 bp DNA fragment located approximately 30 kb from the centromere on the right arm of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome II. We have detected 16 open reading frames (ORFs) longer than 450 bp, provisionally called YBR0301 to YBR0322, covering 70.4% of the entire sequence. The ORFs YBR0301, YBR0302, YBR0303, YBR0305 and YBR0315 correspond to previously sequenced S. cerevisiae genes GAL10, GAL1, FUR4, CAL1 and L2B, respectively. Translation products of two other ORFs, YBR0308 and YBR0312 exhibit similarity to previously known S. cerevisiae proteins: the mitochondrially associated protein SCO1 and the protein kinase YKR2. The predicted protein product of the ORF YBR0321 shows a 41.6% identity score with the Escherichia coli pyroxamine 5'-phosphate oxidase. The nine other ORFs show no significant homology to known proteins.
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- P H Smits
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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McNeil J, McIntosh E, Taylor B, Zhang F, Tang S, Bognar A. Cloning and molecular characterization of three genes, including two genes encoding serine hydroxymethyltransferases, whose inactivation is required to render yeast auxotrophic for glycine. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37089-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Doignon F, Biteau N, Aigle M, Crouzet M. The complete sequence of a 6794 bp segment located on the right arm of chromosome II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Finding of a putative dUTPase in a yeast. Yeast 1993; 9:1131-7. [PMID: 8256522 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320091014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The DNA sequence of a 6794 bp fragment located at about 100 kb from the right telomere of chromosome II from Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been determined. Sequence analysis reveals five open reading frames. One is the ARO4 gene encoding the 3-deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase. Another presents strong homology with the S5 ribosomal protein from bacteria. The open reading frame YBR1705 shows significant homology with dUTPase, suggesting for the first time the existence of such an enzyme in S. cerevisiae.
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- F Doignon
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et de Séquençage, Université de Bordeaux II, France
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Cossins EA, Kirk CD, Imeson HC, Zheng LL. Enzymes for synthesis of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate in plants. Characterization of a monofunctional 10-formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase and copurification of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase and 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase activities. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1993; 338:707-10. [PMID: 8304211 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2960-6_146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- E A Cossins
- Department of Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Taylor BV, McNeil JB, McIntosh EM, Zhang FR, Bognar AL. Cloning of the genes encoding the serine hydroxymethyltransferases from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1993; 338:711-4. [PMID: 8304212 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2960-6_147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- B V Taylor
- Department of Microbiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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