title: Cloning and sequence determination of the gene encoding sorbitol dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The identification of a sorbitol-induced sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) activity from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is described. The SDH1 structural gene was isolated from a lambda gt11 yeast genomic library using an antibody to a 40-kDa protein induced in yeast cells growing in medium containing sorbitol. The gene encodes a 357-amino-acid (aa) protein deduced from the nucleotide sequence. Comparison of the aa sequence of the yeast SDH1 with that of sheep liver SDH reveals a 63% overall similarity. Yeast transformants containing the cloned gene carried on a multicopy plasmid express high levels of SDH1 only when grown on sorbitol, suggesting that the cloned gene contains both regulatory and coding sequences.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sarthy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schopp
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Idler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase