title: Isolation and sequence analysis of the gene for translation elongation factor 3 from Candida albicans.
abstract: Elongation factor 3 (EF-3) is a unique and essential component of the translational system in fungi. The gene, CEF-3, encoding elongation factor 3 has been isolated from the dimorphic fungus Candida albicans. A heterologous gene probe containing the coding region of the EF-3 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (YEF-3) was used to screen three Candida albicans genomic DNA libraries. The nucleotide sequences of four partial clones were determined and combined for a full-length of 3,671 base pairs (bp). A continuous open reading frame (ORF) of 3,147 bp encoding a predicted protein of 1,049 amino acids and Mr of 116,739 daltons has been identified. A transcript of 3,400 nucleotides is seen in Northern blot hybridization of Candida albicans total RNA using a CEF-3 gene probe. The single locus CEF-3 gene maps to chromosome 5 in the genome. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of CEF-3 and YEF-3 shows 77.6%. identity. A higher degree of identity, 86.5%, is found when comparing the carboxy-terminal portions of the two proteins. At the nucleotide level, comparison of the coding regions of the two genes exhibit 79% identity while the upstream and downstream regions show 46% and 40% identity, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Fonzi
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sypherd
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C111584:YEF3 protein, S cerevisiae