title: Cloning of a fatty acid synthase component FAS1 gene from Saccharomyces kluyveri and its functional complementation of S. cerevisiae fas1 mutant.
abstract: A gene encoding a fatty acid synthase component, FAS1, has been cloned from a genomic library of the polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-producing yeast Saccharomyces kluyveri. This gene (named Sk-FAS1) was found to contain an open reading frame of 6150 bp, coding for 2049 amino acids. The deduced Sk-FAS1 protein showed significant (75-59%) homology with FAS proteins from the other yeasts, including S. cerevisiae, Candida albicans and Yarrowia lipolytica. The substrate-binding sites of the acetyl transferase and malonyl/palmitoyl transferase domains, and the FMN- and NADPH-binding sites of the enoyl reductase domain, were all highly conserved. Expression of the Sk-FAS1 gene in S. cerevisiae complemented genetic disruption of the S. cerevisiae FAS1 gene (Sc-FAS1), suggesting the formation of a heterogeneous complex of Sk-FAS1 (beta) and Sc-FAS2 (alpha), which is able to function to synthesize fatty acids. Compared with the isogenic wild-type of S. cerevisiae, as well as S. kluyveri, the S. cerevisiae fas1 mutant carrying the Sk-FAS1 gene showed an increase in the relative amount of 16-carbon fatty acids and a decrease in 18-carbon fatty acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan. skajiwar@bio.titech.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kajiwara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shishido
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases