title: Expression of three mammalian cDNAs that interfere with RAS function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains expressing the activated RAS2Val19 gene or lacking both cAMP phosphodiesterase genes, PDE1 and PDE2, have impaired growth control and display an acute sensitivity to heat shock. We have isolated two classes of mammalian cDNAs from yeast expression libraries that suppress the heat shock-sensitive phenotype of RAS2Val19 strain. Members of the first class of cDNAs also suppress the heat shock-sensitive phenotype of pde1- pde2- strains and encode cAMP phosphodiesterases. Members of the second class fail to suppress the phenotype of pde1- pde2- strains and therefore are candidate cDNAs encoding proteins that interact with RAS proteins. We report the nucleotide sequence of three members of this class. Two of these cDNAs share considerable sequence similarity, but none are clearly similar to previously isolated genes.
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 11724.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colicelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nicolette
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Birchmeier
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wigler
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D054677:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 1; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D016153:Genes, Suppressor; D011905:Genes, ras; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D018631:ras Proteins
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D004247:DNA; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D054677:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 1; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins