title: Novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene, MRK1, encoding a putative protein kinase with similarity to mammalian glycogen synthase kinase-3 and Drosophila Zeste-White3/Shaggy.
abstract: A Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene was identified that would encode a protein similar to the mammalian protein kinase glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) and the Drosophila Zeste-White3/Shaggy gene product. The open reading frame predicts a 375 amino acid polypeptide with a putative protein kinase domain that displays 70% and 39% identity, respectively, to two known yeast proteins, Mds1p and Mck1p. The new gene, designated MRK1 (Mds1p Related Kinase), is located on chromosome IV. Disruption of MRK1 was not lethal and did not elicit any alteration in glycogen accumulation. In addition, an mck1 mds1 mrk1 triple disruptant was viable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Roach
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C080335:Sgg protein, Drosophila; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3