title: Cloning and characterization of a tomato GTPase-like gene related to yeast and Arabidopsis genes involved in vesicular transport.
abstract: The deduced translation product of a tomato cDNA derived from a gene expressed in a number of tomato tissues of different developmental stages contained sequence motifs characteristic of the GTPase superfamily of proteins. The sequence was closely related to the Sar1 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a protein essential for the formation of protein transport vesicles at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (A. Nakano and M. Muramatsu, Cell Biol 109 (1989): 2677-2691). From analysis of the GTPase superfamily gene sequences, including the tomato SAR-like gene, it is proposed that the SAR genes comprise a distinct GTPase subfamily, presumably with a common, essential function in vesicular transport.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO, Division of Horticulture, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D010802:Phylogeny; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014675:Vegetables / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C086264:SAR protein, Lycopersicon esculentum; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; C077395:SAR1 protein, S cerevisiae