title: The sequence of a 6.3 kb segment of yeast chromosome III reveals an open reading frame coding for a putative mismatch binding protein.
abstract: We report the sequence of a 6.3 kb segment of DNA mapping near the end of the right arm of chromosome III of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The sequence reveals a major open reading frame coding for a putative protein of 1047 amino acids with a striking similarity to the bacterial proteins involved in recognition of mismatched DNA base pairs. This is particularly interesting as the existence of a yeast mismatch repair system similar to that of bacteria has been postulated for some years, but a yeast protein homologous to the bacterial mismatch binding protein had not been identified. The results of a comparison of the putative yeast mismatch binding protein with the bacterial mismatch binding proteins and with two cognate mammalian sequences, support the idea that a similar mismatch repair system may be present also in mammalian cells. The possibility that all of these proteins may have evolved from a common ancestral gene is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bergantino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanfranchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carignani
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry*; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000074081:MutS Homolog 3 Protein; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C081696:MSH3 protein, S cerevisiae; D000074081:MutS Homolog 3 Protein; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins