title: The swi4+ gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a homologue of mismatch repair enzymes.
abstract: The swi4+ gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe is involved in termination of copy-synthesis during mating-type switching. The gene was cloned by functional complementation of a swi4 mutant transformed with a genomic library. Determination of the nucleotide sequence revealed an open reading frame of 2979 nucleotides which is interrupted by a 68 bp long intron. The putative Swi4 protein shows homology to Duc-1 (human), Rep-3 (mouse), HexA (Streptococcus pneumoniae) and MutS (Salmonella typhimurium). The prokaryotic proteins are known as essential components involved in mismatch repair. A strain with a disrupted swi4+ gene was constructed and analysed with respect to the switching process. As in swi4 mutants duplications occur in the mating-type region of the swi4 (null) strain, reducing the efficiency of switching.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genetik, Biozentrum, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fleck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heim
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D049770:Genes, Mating Type, Fungal; D005812:Genes, Switch; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051719:MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C062214:SWI4 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D051719:MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein; C497175:MutS protein, E coli