title: A suppressor of yeast spp81/ded1 mutations encodes a very similar putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase.
abstract: The spp81/ded1 mutations were isolated as suppressors of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae pre-mRNA splicing mutation, prp8-1. The SPP81/DED1 gene encodes a putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase. While attempting to clone the wild-type SPP81/DED1 gene we isolated plasmids which were able to suppress the cold-sensitive growth defect of spp81 mutants. These plasmids encoded a gene (named DBP1) which mapped to chromosome XVI and not to the SPP81/DED1 locus on chromosome XV. The cloned gene suppressed the defect of spp81/ded1 mutants when present on both high and low copy-number plasmids but complemented spp81/ded1 null mutants only when present on high copy-number plasmids. In contrast to the SPP81/DED1 gene the DBP1 gene was not essential for cell viability. The nucleotide sequence of the DBP1 gene revealed that it also encoded a putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase which showed considerable similarity at the amino acid level to the SPP81/DED1 protein.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beggs
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D016153:Genes, Suppressor; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D020365:RNA Helicases; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases; C070009:DBP1 protein, S cerevisiae; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D020365:RNA Helicases