title: Deoxyhypusine synthase gene is essential for cell viability in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Deoxyhypusine synthase catalyzes the first of two steps in the biosynthesis of hypusine, a modification of a specific lysine residue in the precursor of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A. We have purified deoxyhypusine synthase from yeast, and cloned and sequenced the corresponding gene encoding a 387-amino acid protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gene disruption experiments indicated that the deoxyhypusine synthase gene is essential for cell growth in yeast. This gene was shown to be an intron-free, single-copy gene, and its product can catalyze the synthesis of deoxyhypusine equally in two precursor forms of eIF-5A, derived from two distinct genes of yeast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002470:Cell Survival; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008239:Lysine; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D011498:Protein Precursors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A; C100028:hypusine; C063507:deoxyhypusine synthase