title: The adenylyl cyclase gene from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
abstract: We cloned the adenylyl cyclase gene from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe using low-stringency hybridization to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae adenylyl cyclase gene. The Sc. pombe gene encodes a 1692-amino acid-residue protein. The identity of this gene was confirmed by studies of its expression in Sa. cerevisiae. Expression of the carboxyl-terminal region of the Sc. pombe adenylyl cyclase protein will suppress a temperature-sensitive mutation in the Sa. cerevisiae adenylyl cyclase gene. Furthermore, Sa. cerevisiae that lack their endogenous adenylyl cyclase gene and express the carboxyl-terminal region of the Sc. pombe adenylyl cyclase protein have measurable adenylyl cyclase activity. The carboxyl-terminal region of this protein has strong homology with the catalytic domain of the Sa. cerevisiae adenylyl cyclase. Also, Sc. pombe adenylyl cyclase, like Sa. cerevisiae adenylyl cyclase, contains a tandemly repeated motif rich in leucine. Neither yeast protein is particularly homologous to the recently cloned Gs-responsive mammalian adenylyl cyclase [Krupinski, J., Coussen, F., Bakalyar, H. A., Tang, W.-J., Feinstein, P. G., Orth, K., Slaughter, C., Reed, R. R. & Gilman, A. G. (1989) Science 244, 1558-1564].
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 11724.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vojtek
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Broek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wigler
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000235:genetics*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases