title: Molecular cloning of rat phosphatidylinositol synthase cDNA by functional complementation of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae pis mutation.
abstract: Phosphatidylinositol synthase (CDP-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol: 3-phosphatidyltransferase, EC 2.7.8.11) catalyzes the formation of phosphatidylinositol and CMP from CDP-diacylglycerol and myo-inositol. We have cloned a phosphatidylinositol synthase cDNA from rat brain by functional complementation of the yeast pis mutation, which is defective in phosphatidylinositol synthase. The deduced protein comprised 213 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 23,613 Da. The predicted protein sequence is highly homologous to the previously determined yeast phosphatidylinositol synthase sequence. The cDNA hybridized to a 1.7-kb mRNA that was abundantly expressed in rat brain and kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D051607:CDP-Diacylglycerol-Inositol 3-Phosphatidyltransferase; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); D051607:CDP-Diacylglycerol-Inositol 3-Phosphatidyltransferase; C496767:Cdipt protein, rat