title: Characterization of vps33+, a gene required for vacuolar biogenesis and protein sorting in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
abstract: From the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe we have identified and deleted vps33, a gene encoding a homologue of VPS33, which is required for vacuolar biogenesis in S. cerevisiae cells. When the vps33(+) gene is disrupted, Sz. pombe strains are temperature-sensitive for growth and contain numerous small vesicular structures stained with FM4-64 in the cells. Deletion of the Sz. pombe vps33(+) gene results in pleiotropic phenotypes consistent with the absence of normal vacuoles, including missorting of vacuolar carboxypeptidase Y, various ion- and drug-sensitivities, and sporulation defects. These results are consistent with Vps33p being necessary for the morphogenesis of vacuoles and subsequent expression of vacuolar functions in Sz. pombe cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwaki
authors.forename: Fumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onishi
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hosomi
authors.forename: Naotaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takegawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D043402:Cathepsin A; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C092350:FM 4-64; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D043402:Cathepsin A