title: The fission yeast ferric reductase gene frp1+ is required for ferric iron uptake and encodes a protein that is homologous to the gp91-phox subunit of the human NADPH phagocyte oxidoreductase.
abstract: We have identified a cell surface ferric reductase activity in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. A mutant strain deficient in this activity was also deficient in ferric iron uptake, while ferrous iron uptake was not impaired. Therefore, reduction is a required step in cellular ferric iron acquisition. We have cloned frp1+, the wild-type allele of the mutant gene. frp1+ mRNA levels were repressed by iron addition to the growth medium. Fusion of 138 nucleotides of frp1+ promoter sequences to a reporter gene, the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene, conferred iron-dependent regulation upon the latter when introduced into S. pombe. The predicted amino acid sequence of the frp1+ gene exhibits hydrophobic regions compatible with transmembrane domains. It shows similarity to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae FRE1 gene product and the gp91-phox protein, a component of the human NADPH phagocyte oxidoreductase that is deficient in X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dancis
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Klausner
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification; D038181:FMN Reductase; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D038181:FMN Reductase; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; C023903:ferric citrate iron reductase