MAMMALIAN MESSENGER-RNAS ENCODING PROTEIN CLOSELY RELATED TO UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME ENCODED BY YEAST DNA-REPAIR GENE RAD6

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作者
WOFFENDIN, C [1 ]
CHEN, ZY [1 ]
STASKUS, K [1 ]
RETZEL, EF [1 ]
PLAGEMANN, PGW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA,SCH MED,DEPT MICROBIOL,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55113
关键词
UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME MESSENGER RNA; YEAST RAD6 GENE; (HUMAN); (MOUSE); (RAT);
D O I
10.1016/0167-4781(91)90039-O
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A clone of about 1 kb has been isolated from a human brain cDNA library. The clone possesses a 151 amino acid open reading frame that exhibits 72% amino acid identity with the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme encoded by the RAD6 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A 90% amino acid identity was observed in a central sequence surrounding a cysteine, which most likely contributes the sulfhydryl group involved in the formation of the ubiquitin-E2 thiolester linkage. Northern hybridization analyses have identified a poly(A)-containing mRNA of about 1 kb encoding the E2-like sequence in human CEM lymphoblastoid and HeLa cells, Novikoff rat hepatoma cells and S49 mouse leukemia cells. Southern hybridization analyses indicate the presence of a single gene encoding this sequence in both human cell lines, but of two or more related genes in the rodent cell lines.
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页数:5
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