title: Schizosaccharomyces pombe stt3+ is a functional homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae STT3 which regulates oligosaccharyltransferase activity.
abstract: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae STT3 (ScSTT3) gene encodes a protein which is involved in protein glycosylation via the regulation of oligosaccharyltransferase activity. We have cloned and isolated the Schizosaccharomyces pombe STT3 homologous gene (Spstt3+). The Spstt3+ gene encodes a protein consisting of 749 amino acid residues which has significant homology with ScStt3p and the mouse Stt3p-homologue Itm1p. Disruption of the Spstt3+ gene shows that this gene is essential for growth. Like Itm1, Spstt3+ partially suppressed the temperature sensitivity of the stt3-1 mutation of S. cerevisiae, indicating that Spstt3+ is a functional and structural homologue of the ScSTT3 gene.
authors.affiliation: Kirin Brewery Co. Ltd, Central Laboratories for Key Technology, Kanagawa, Japan. satoshiy@kirin.co.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merregaert
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anraku
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D020043:Genes, Essential / Q000235:genetics; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006031:Glycosylation; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013696:Temperature; D014166:Transferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014166:Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; C096554:STT3 protein, S cerevisiae; C025620:dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide - protein glycotransferase