title: Isolation and characterization of a SCT1 gene which can suppress a choline-transport mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae possesses a choline-transport system encoded by the CTR1 gene. We isolated a yeast gene, SCT1, that can suppress a CTR1 defect when introduced as a multicopy. The SCT1 coding frame is capable of encoding 759 residues with a calculated molecular weight of 85,734. On Northern blot analysis, an RNA species that hybridized with the coding region was detected in the total RNA of the wild-type yeast. The transcription of SCT1 is constitutive. The primary translation product contains three membrane-spanning domains, a PEST-like sequence, and a glutamic acid-rich sequence at the C terminal end. Gene disruption experiments showed that SCT1 is not an essential gene under the standard culture conditions. SCT1 did not suppress a null mutant of ctr1, indicating that a mutant form of choline transporter is necessary for the suppression caused by SCT1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nikawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005838:Genotype; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C065637:choline transporter; D002794:Choline