title: PAY4, a gene required for peroxisome assembly in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, encodes a novel member of a family of putative ATPases.
abstract: PAY genes are required for peroxisome assembly in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Here we characterize one mutant, pay4, and describe the cloning and sequencing of the PAY4 gene. The pay4 mutant shows no identifiable peroxisomes by biochemical and morphological criteria. The complementing PAY4 gene encodes a polypeptide, Pay4p, 1025 amino acids in length and having a predicted molecular mass of 112,258 Da. The predicted Pay4p sequence contains two putative ATP-binding domains and shows structural relationships to other potential ATP-binding proteins involved in biological processes as diverse as peroxisome biogenesis, vesicle-mediated protein transport, cell cycle control, and transcriptional regulation. These proteins all share a highly conserved stretch of approximately 175 amino acids that contains a consensus sequence for ATP binding. Pay4p shows sequence conservation with Pas1p and Pas5p, putative ATPases required for peroxisomal assembly in the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris, respectively. Pay4p, Pas1p, and Pas5p are presumably related members of a family of putative ATPases involved in peroxisome biogenesis. Pay4p is synthesized in low amounts in Y. lipolytica cells grown in glucose, and there is a rapid and pronounced increase in the levels of Pay4p upon transfer of the cells to a medium containing oleic acid as the sole carbon source.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Nuttley
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brade
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Eitzen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veenhuis
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Aitchison
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Szilard
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rachubinski
mesh_terms: D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008830:Microbodies; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000378:metabolism; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities; C085187:PEX6 protein, Yarrowia lipolytica