title: CAN1-SUC2 gene fusion studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Various gene fusions between the arginine permease and invertase have been constructed in order to obtain information about whether parts of the CAN1 gene product can induce secretion of biologically active invertase missing its own signal sequence. A construction containing 30 N-terminal amino acid residues of the CAN1 gene product fused to invertase was not secreted. When the CAN1 portion was elongated to 477 or 560 amino acid residues, secretion of the fusion proteins was observed. A fusion lacking 59 amino acids at the amino-terminal end of the arginine permease was also secreted. These results indicate that the amino-terminal end of the arginine permease is neither sufficient nor essential for membrane insertion; instead this enzyme should contain an internal targeting sequence facilitating secretion. Some general implications on the biosynthesis and topology of membrane proteins are also discussed as well as the homology with histidine permease.
authors.affiliation: ZymoGenetics Inc., Seattle, WA 98103.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C502212:CAN1 protein, S cerevisiae; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C043909:arginine permease; C043828:histidine permease, Bacteria; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase