PAS7 encodes a novel yeast member of the WD-40 protein family essential for import of 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase, a PTS2-containing protein, into peroxisomes.
To identify components of the peroxisomal import pathway in yeast, we have isolated pas mutants affected in peroxisome biogenesis. Two mutants assigned to complementation group 7 define a new gene, PAS7, whose product is necessary for import of thiolase, a PTS2-containing protein, but not for that of SKL (PTS1)-containing proteins, into peroxisomes. We have cloned PAS7 by complementation of the oleic acid non-utilizing phenotype of the pas7-1 strain. The DNA sequence predicts a 42.3 kDa polypeptide of 375 amino acids encoding a novel member of the beta-transducin related (WD-40) protein family. A Myc epitope-tagged Pas7p, expressed under the control of the CUP1 promotor, was functionally active. Subcellular localization studies revealed that in the presence of thiolase this epitope-tagged Pas7p in part associates with peroxisomes. However, in a thiolase-deficient mutant, Pas7p was entirely found in the cytoplasm. We suggest that Pas7p mediates the binding of thiolase to these organelles.
Marzioch
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Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Erdmann
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Veenhuis
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Kunau
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D000102:Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008830:Microbodies / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D000074437:Peroxisomal Targeting Signal 2 Receptor; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C082902:PEX7 protein, S cerevisiae; D000074437:Peroxisomal Targeting Signal 2 Receptor; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000102:Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase