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  • Title: Primary structure and disruption of the phosphatidylinositol synthase gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
    Author: Nikawa J, Kodaki T, Yamashita S.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1987 Apr 05; 262(10):4876-81. PubMed ID: 3031032.
    Abstract:
    The wild-type yeast nuclear gene, PIS, encodes phosphatidylinositol synthase (CDPdiacylglycerol-inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase, EC 2.7.8.11) (Nikawa, J., and Yamashita, S. (1984) Eur. J. Biochem. 143, 251-256). We now report the sequence of the cloned 2, 129-base pair DNA and the location of the PIS coding region within the sequence. The PIS coding frame is capable of encoding 220 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 24,823. On Northern blot analysis, an RNA species that hybridized with the coding region was detected in the total poly(A)+ RNA of the wild-type yeast. The primary translation product contains a region showing local sequence homology with yeast phosphatidylserine synthase (EC 2.7.8.8) and Escherichia coli 3-phosphatidyl-1'-glycerol-3'-phosphate synthase (EC 2.7.8.5), suggesting that these three enzymes are evolutionarily related. The PIS gene was disrupted in vitro through insertion of the yeast HIS3 gene into the coding region. A heterozygous diploid, PIS/pis::HIS3, constructed from a PIS/PIS his3/his3 diploid by replacing one of the wild-type PIS genes with the disrupted PIS gene, showed no segregation of viable His+ spores on tetrad analysis, indicating that disruption of the PIS gene is lethal. The nonviable spores were in an arrested state with a characteristic terminal phenotype, suggesting that the function of the PIS gene is essential for progression of the yeast cell cycle.
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