title: cDNA cloning of a calcineurin B homolog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: We have isolated a cDNA clone encoding a homolog of mammalian calcineurin B (the regulatory subunit of calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase) by screening a cDNA expression library of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with antiserum against bovine calcineurin B. The yeast calcineurin B homolog (YCNB) is composed of 175 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 19,639 daltons and contains four putative Ca(2+)-binding domains. The amino-acid alignment of YCNB with human calcineurin B demonstrates 53% sequence identity and 82% homology. Southern blot analysis indicates that the gene for YCNB is a single-copy gene. Thus, yeast calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase apparently has a heterodimeric structure similar to that of the enzyme in mammalians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiraga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019703:Calcineurin; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D019703:Calcineurin; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases