Mutations of the adenylyl cyclase gene that block RAS function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The interaction between RAS proteins and adenylyl cyclase was studied by using dominant interfering mutations of adenylyl cyclase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RAS proteins activate adenylyl cyclase in this organism. A plasmid expressing a catalytically inactive adenylyl cyclase was found to interfere dominantly with this activation. The interfering region mapped to the leucine-rich repeat region of adenylyl cyclase, which is homologous to domains present in several other proteins and is thought to participate in protein-protein interactions.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 11724.
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Michaeli
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Ballester
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Sass
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Wigler
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Colicelli
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D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003062:Codon; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007930:Leucine; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D018631:ras Proteins
D003062:Codon; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C052380:endodeoxyribonuclease NcoI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D018631:ras Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007930:Leucine