title: Evolutionary conservation of genomic sequences related to the GGP1 gene encoding a yeast GPI-anchored glycoprotein.
abstract: The GGP1 gene encodes the only GPI-anchored glycoprotein (gp115) that has been purified to-date in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is a single-copy gene whose deduced amino-acid sequence shares no significant homology to any other known protein. In this paper we report a Southern hybridization analysis of genomic DNA from different eukaryotic organisms to identify homologues of the GGP1 gene. We have analyzed DNA prepared from a unicellular green alga (Chlamydomonas eugametos), from two distantly related yeast species (Candida cylindracea and Schizosaccharomyces pombe), and from the common bean Phasoleus vulgaris. The moderate stringency of the experimental conditions and the high specificity of the probes used indicate that a single-copy of GGP1-related sequences exists in all these eukaryotic organisms. The chromosomal localization of the GGP1 gene in S. cerevisiae has also been determined.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lacanà
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Breviario
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Popolo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alberghina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002175:Candida / Q000235:genetics; D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000235:genetics; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins