title: Mouse CAF1, a mouse homologue of the yeast POP2 gene, complements the yeast pop2 null mutation.
abstract: The yeast POP2 protein (Pop2p) is a component of a global transcription regulatory complex and is required for gene expression of many genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We constructed POP2 deletion plasmids encoding various Pop2p regions under the native POP2 promoter and found that the minimum functional region was located in two-thirds of the carboxyl terminal region. A mouse homologue of the POP2 gene (mCAF1), which corresponds to the Pop2p minimum region, partially rescued the growth defect of pop2 null mutant cells. Addition of the Pop2p amino terminal region to mCAF1 strengthened the suppression. mCAF1 also weakly suppressed the relatively high expression of the SUC2 gene of pop2 cells under glucose-repressing conditions; however, it failed to suppress the defect of full expression of the SUC2 gene under glucose-derepressing conditions. Our findings clearly demonstrate that a mammalian homologue can substitute for the yeast POP2 gene in some aspect.
authors.affiliation: Glucose Signaling Group, Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, 11 Minamiooya, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu-Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasamoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005095:Exoribonucleases; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012260:Ribonucleases; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C078729:sucrose transport protein, plant; C489778:Cnot7 protein, mouse; D005095:Exoribonucleases; D012260:Ribonucleases; D005947:Glucose