title: Cdm1, the smallest subunit of DNA polymerase d in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, is non-essential for growth and division.
abstract: Highly purified DNA polymerase delta from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a complex of at least four distinct subunits. Genes encoding three of these (pol3+/cdc6+, cdc1+ and cdc27+) have been characterised previously. Here we describe the isolation and characterisation of cdm1+, the gene encoding the smallest (22kDa) subunit of the Pol delta complex. Over-expression of cdm1+, which encodes a 160 amino-acid protein with no significant sequence similarity to proteins in current databases, is able to rescue cells carrying temperature-sensitive mutations in either pol3+/cdc6+, cdc1+ or cdc27+. Cells deleted for cdm1+ are viable, indicating that cdm1+ is non-essential for mitotic growth, and are no more sensitive to a variety of DNA replication inhibitors and DNA damaging agents than are wild-type cells. In addition, over-expression of cdm1+ suppresses the temperature-sensitive cdc24-M38 mutant suggesting that cdc24+ may also have a role in DNA polymerase delta function.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watt
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fantes
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: MacNeill
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004258:DNA Polymerase III / Q000235:genetics*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013489:Suppression, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: C073594:CDC24 protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C116476:Cdm1 protein, S pombe; D004258:DNA Polymerase III