title: Cloning and sequence analysis of rhp51+, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD51 gene.
abstract: A homology (rhp51+) of the RAD51 gene in Schizosaccharomyces pombe was cloned by screening a Sz. pombe genomic library using the 3'-end of RAD51 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a probe. As in S. cerevisiae, the sequence of rhp51+ showed two MluI cell-cycle boxes and a putative DNA damage-responsive element in its upstream region. The open reading frame codes for a 365-amino-acid (aa) polypeptide with an estimated molecular mass of 40,555 Da. The deduced aa sequence shows 27, 66, 75 and 80% identity with Escherichia coli RecA, S. cerevisiae Rad51 and the Rad51 homologs from chicken and humans, respectively. The aa sequence encoded by rhp51+ contains A- and B-type nucleotide-binding consensus sequences, as found in other RAD51 homologs. Northern blot analysis showed that rhp51+ encodes a 1.7-kb transcript. Methyl methanesulfonate treatment increased the level of this transcript three- to fivefold. Southern hybridization analysis suggests that a single copy of rhp51+ exists in the Sz. pombe genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Seoul National University, South Korea.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D030161:Avian Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D030161:Avian Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C084232:RHP51 protein, S pombe; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C495150:RAD51 protein, Gallus gallus; C495151:RAD51 protein, S cerevisiae; C495153:RAD51 protein, human; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; D011938:Rec A Recombinases