title: PCR amplification of DNA sequences from the transcription factor IID and cation transporting ATPase genes in Pneumocystis carinii.
abstract: Oligonucleotide primers were used to amplify DNA sequences from a plasma membrane cation transporting ATPase gene and a transcription factor IID (TFIID) gene from Pneumocystis carinii genomic DNA. The entire P. carinii ATPase gene was cloned from a genomic library by hybridization to the PCR-amplified DNA product. The nucleotide sequence of the gene contained a 2,799 base-pair open reading frame that encoded a 102,274 dalton protein composed of 933 amino acids. The P. carinii ATPase protein was 69-74% identical to four fungal proton pumps but less than 35% identical to protozoan and mammalian cation transporting ATPase genes or the Ca++ ATPases of Saccharomyces. The nucleotide sequence of a portion of the TFIID gene could be translated to produce a peptide of 53 amino acids in two regions of the sequence, interrupted by a 45 bp intron. The predicted TFIID amino acid sequence was identical to yeast TFIID genes in this region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio 45267-0524.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meade
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stringer
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002412:Cations; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D015698:Genomic Library; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases