title: Schizosaccharomyces pombe UDP-galactose transporter: identification of its functional form through cDNA cloning and expression in mammalian cells.
abstract: The Schizosaccharomyces pombe UDP-galactose transporter cDNA (SpUGT cDNA), encoding the product of the gms1+ gene which consists of two exon sequences separated by a 173-bp intron, was cloned by RT-PCR. Its product, a hydrophobic protein of 353 amino acid residues resembling its human counterpart, was expressed in the Golgi membranes of UDP-galactose transporter-deficient Lec8 cells, and complemented the genetic defect of the mutant cells. This indicated that SpUGT cDNA encodes the functional S. pombe UDP-galactose transporter. The product of an ORF found in the second exon, which was previously assumed to be the S. pombe UDP-galactose transporter, thus represents an inactive, truncated form of the SpUGT protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Chemistry, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (Rinshoken), Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Segawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takegawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakita
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000099237:UDP-Galactose Translocators
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D000099237:UDP-Galactose Translocators