线性反控制基因MAD2编码了一个prenyltransferase的α子单元
1Department of Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0444.
Nature
|November 4, 1993
概括
在酵母中,MAD2基因对于细胞分裂和蛋白质运输至关重要. 一个新的突变突变揭示了MAD2的存在.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 众所周知,MAD2基因调节细胞循环反控制,防止酵母细胞过早退出线粒分裂.
- MAD2基因产物与参与脂质修饰的酶prenyltransferases具有序列相似性.
研究的目的:
- 研究MAD2基因产物在蛋白质贩运中的功能.
- 为了表征MAD2 (mad2-2ts) 的一种新的温度敏感突变.
主要方法:
- 对mad2-2ts突变的隔离和表征.
- 对小GTP结合蛋白 (Ypt1p和Sec4p) 的前化试验.
- 在mad2-2ts和bet2-1突变之间对合成致命性的分析.
主要成果:
- Mad2p对于前化蛋白Ypt1p和Sec4p的膜结合至关重要.
- 突变细胞提取物显示基质的基化有缺陷.
- 在mad2-2ts和bet2-1之间观察到的合成致命性表明了功能相互作用.
结论:
- MAD2基因产物参与了geranylgeranyl转移酶复合体,这对蛋白质前和贩运至关重要.
- 在线细胞控制和蛋白质运输途径中,MAD2具有不同的作用.
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