title: The RFC2 gene encoding a subunit of replication factor C of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Replication Factor C (RF-C) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a complex that consists of several different polypeptides ranging from 120- to 37 kDa (Yoder and Burgers, 1991; Fien and Stillman, 1992), similar to human RF-C. We have isolated a gene, RFC2, that appears to be a component of the yeast RF-C. The RFC2 gene is located on chromosome X of S. cerevisiae and is essential for cell growth. Disruption of the RFC2 gene led to a dumbbell-shaped terminal morphology, common to mutants having a defect in chromosomal DNA replication. The steady-state levels of RFC2 mRNA fluctuated less during the cell cycle than other genes involved in DNA replication. Nucleotide sequence of the gene revealed an open reading frame corresponding to a polypeptide with a calculated Mr of 39,716 and a high degree of amino acid sequence homology to the 37-kDa subunit of human RF-C. Polyclonal antibodies against bacterially expressed Rfc2 protein specifically reduced RF-C activity in the RF-C-dependent reaction catalyzed by yeast DNA polymerase III. Furthermore, the Rfc2 protein was copurified with RF-C activity throughout RF-C purification. These results strongly suggest that the RFC2 gene product is a component of yeast RF-C. The bacterially expressed Rfc2 protein preferentially bound to primed single-strand DNA and weakly to ATP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Sankt-Petersburg University, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Noskov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Leem
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sugino
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D006801:Humans; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051818:Replication Protein C; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: C096816:BCL2-related protein A1; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C096063:MATA1 protein, S cerevisiae; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; C087491:RFC2 protein, S cerevisiae; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D051818:Replication Protein C