title: Functional and structural conservation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe dTMP kinase gene.
abstract: We describe the isolation and identification of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe dTMP kinase gene by the complementation of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle mutant cell, cdc8. The isolated cDNA contains an open reading frame which can encode a protein with the molecular weight of 24,151. The deduced protein sequence is highly conserved among known dTMP kinase sequences from different organisms. The isolated gene should facilitate our study of its enzymatic activity, as well as nucleotide metabolism and cell cycle regulation in this organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Abaigar
authors.forename: Y I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Jong
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase; C020093:dTMP kinase