title: Identification and analysis of a functional human homolog of the SPT4 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Spt4p is a nonhistone protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that is believed to be required for normal chromatin structure and transcription. In this work we describe the isolation and analysis of a human gene, SUPT4H, that encodes a predicted protein 42% identical to Spt4p. When expressed in S. cerevisiae, SUPT4H complemented all spt4 mutant phenotypes. In human cells SUPT4H encodes a nuclear protein that is expressed in all tissues tested. In addition, hybridization analyses suggest that an SUPT4H-related gene is also present in mice. SUPT4H was localized to human chromosome 17 by PCR analysis of a human-rodent somatic cell hybrid panel. Thus, like other proteins that are components of or control the structure of chromatin, Spt4p appears to be conserved from S. cerevisiae to mammals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hartzog
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Basrai
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ricupero-Hovasse
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hieter
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Winston
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C080991:SPT4 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors