title: Sequence of a mosquito ribonucleotide reductase cDNA and evidence for gene amplification in hydroxyurea-resistant cells.
abstract: Ribonucleotide reductase is essential for production of the deoxyribonucleotide substrates required for DNA synthesis in all eukaryotic cells. The full-length cDNA encoding a mosquito ribonucleotide reductase R2 subunit was obtained from Aedes albopictus cells using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based approach. The cDNA contained 1197 nucleotides, and encoded a 398 amino acid R2 protein. Overall, mosquito R2 shared approximately 70% amino acid sequence identity with R2 proteins from vertebrates, but conservation at the N-terminus of the protein was relatively low. The sequence of R2 cDNA was identical in hydroxyurea-resistant mosquito cells and in wild-type cells, while the R2 gene copy number was increased ten to twentyfold in resistant cells.
authors.affiliation: Novartis Seeds Inc., Research Triangle Park, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Shotkoski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jayachandran
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stamatoyannopoulos
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fallon
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005784:Gene Amplification; D018628:Gene Dosage; D017344:Genes, Insect; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012264:Ribonucleotide Reductases / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012264:Ribonucleotide Reductases; D006918:Hydroxyurea