title: Identification of the Dictyostelium discoideum homolog of the N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein.
abstract: The N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) is required for vesicular membrane fusion in multiple cellular functions. We have cloned a cDNA encoding the Dictyostelium discoideum homolog of the NSF protein. This cDNA hybridizes with a single fragment in Southern blots suggesting that NSF is encoded by a single gene in the amoeba. It is expressed constitutively during vegetative growth and throughout the differentiation cycle. The encoded gene product comprises 738 aa with a predicted molecular mass of 82 kDa. It shows the characteristic three-domain structure of NSF proteins. A more divergent amino-terminal part is followed by two highly conserved ATP-binding domains featuring Walker A and B signature sequences. The D. discoideum protein presents an overall aa sequence identity of 44% when compared to known NSF homologs. The monoclonal antibody 2E5 directed against Cricetellus griseus NSF recognizes a protein with a molecular weight of approx. 80 000 in a D. discoideum crude extract and the recombinant D. discoideum His6-NSF expressed in Escherichia coli.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biochimie et Biophysique des Systèmes Intégrés, UMR 314 CEA-CNRS, CEA-Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weidenhaupt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bruckert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satre
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins