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Assay for Adhesion and Agar Invasion in S. cerevisiae
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ras in fissionと芽生える酵母菌の同類活性化剤である
D A Hughes1, Y Fukui, M Yamamoto
1Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Nature
|March 22, 1990
まとめ
核分裂酵母におけるste6遺伝子は,Rasタンパク質の上流に作用するCDC25の同型である. これは,異なる酵母種におけるRas活性化のための保存されたメカニズムを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- イースト遺伝学 イースト遺伝学
- シグナルトランスデュークション
背景:
- Rasタンパク質は,重要な信号トランスデューサーです.
- Ras経路のアップストリームアクティベーターは完全に理解されていません.
- CDC25は芽生えた酵母 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) のRasを活性化することが知られている.
研究 の 目的:
- CDC25の機能が他の酵母種に保存されているかどうかを調査する.
- 分裂酵母 (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) のCDC25の潜在的な同種を特定するために.
- S. pombe ras経路におけるste6の役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- ホモロジーは,S.PombeのCDC25を探しています.
- 遺伝子消去とエピスタシス分析.
- アミノ酸配列の比較. アミノ酸配列の比較.
主要な成果:
- S. pombeのste6は,CDC25の同類体として,C末端アミノ酸と有意に類似している.
- ste6がS. pombeの交尾に不可欠であることを示した. ras1.に似ている.
- エピスタティック研究により,ras1.6のアップストリームのste6機能が確認されました.
結論:
- ste6遺伝子産物とCDC25は,Rasタンパク質の活性化のための保存されたメカニズムを共有しており,おそらくGDP-GTPの交換を含んでいる.
- Ras経路の調節は,異なる真核生物体において保存され得る.
- アクティベーションメカニズムが保存されているにもかかわらず,Rasタンパク質の機能は芽生えた酵母と分裂酵母の間に異なることがあります.
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