title: Cloning, sequencing and developmental expression of the genes encoding S4 and S10 ribosomal proteins in the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: The sequences of the rps4 and rps10 genes encoding the Dictyostelium discoideum homologues of the basic ribosomal proteins S4 and S10 were determined from cDNA and genomic DNA clones. They are expressed respectively as 266 and 153 amino-acid-long proteins. In both cases, the N-terminal methionine is cleaved in the mature proteins. S4 contains two putative nuclear targeting signals and displays a strong overall identity (around 60%) to eukaryotic S4 homologues. The rps10 gene harbours a 314-bp intron located close to its 5'-coding end. The overall identity between D. discoideum S10 and eukaryotic homologues is around 38% and rises to 53% in the N-terminal domain. Southern blots suggest that both S4 and S10 are encoded by single genes that are regulated during development. The corresponding mRNAs decrease sharply after 8 h of differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biophysique des Systèmes Intégrés (UMR CNRS-CEA 314), Département de Biologie Moléculaire et Structurale, CEA-Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tapparo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D018628:Gene Dosage; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017125:Genes, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C029537:ribosomal protein S10; C031798:ribosomal protein S4