title: The yeast cell cycle gene CDC34 encodes a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme.
abstract: Mutants in the gene CDC34 of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are defective in the transition from G1 to the S phase of the cell cycle. This gene was cloned and shown to encode a 295-residue protein that has substantial sequence similarity to the product of the yeast RAD6 gene. The RAD6 gene is required for a variety of cellular functions including DNA repair and was recently shown to encode a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme. When produced in Escherichia coli, the CDC34 gene product catalyzed the covalent attachment of ubiquitin to histones H2A and H2B in vitro, demonstrating that the CDC34 protein is another distinct member of the family of ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. The cell cycle function of CDC34 is thus likely to be mediated by the ubiquitin-conjugating activity of its product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Goebl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yochem
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jentsch
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varshavsky
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Byers
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014452:Ubiquitins