title: Tumor suppression in Drosophila is causally related to the function of the lethal(2) tumorous imaginal discs gene, a dnaJ homolog.
abstract: The Drosophila melanogaster tumor suppressor gene lethal(2)tumorous imaginal discs (l(2)tid) causes in homozygotes malignant growth of cells of the imaginal discs and the death of the mutant larvae at the time of puparium formation. We describe the molecular cloning of the l(2)tid+ gene and its temporal expression pattern in the wild-type and mutant alleles. Germ line rescue of the tumor phenotype was achieved with a 7.0 kb Hindlll-fragment derived from the polytene chromosome band 59F5. The l(2)tid+ gene spans approximately 2.5 kb of genomic DNA. The protein coding region, 1,696 bps long, is divided by an intron into two exons. The predicted Tid56 protein contains 518 amino acids and possesses a theoretical molecular weight of 56 kDa. It shows significant homology to all known DnaJ related proteins from bacteria, yeast, and man. The possible function of the Tid56 protein in tumor suppression is delineated.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genetik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kurzik-Dumke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gundacker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renthrop
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gateff
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005091:Exons; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017344:Genes, Insect; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics*; D011679:Pupa; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: C093721:CG5504 protein, Drosophila; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C494635:DnaJ protein, E coli; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C070319:YDJ1 protein, S cerevisiae