title: Schistosoma mansoni: the IMP4 gene is involved in DNA repair/tolerance after treatment with alkylating agent methyl methane sulfonate.
abstract: Using a functional complementation strategy, we have isolated a Schistosoma mansoni cDNA that complemented Escherichia coli mutant strains which are defective in the DNA base excision repair pathway. This cDNA partially complemented the MMS-sensitive phenotype of these strains. The sequence of the isolated cDNA was homologous to genes involved in the RNA metabolism pathway, especially ScIMP4 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To establish whether the S. mansoni cDNA clone could complement yeast ScIMP4-defective mutants, we constructed a yeast haploid strain that coded for a truncated Imp4p protein. This mutant strain was treated with different DNA damaging agents, but showed only MMS sensitivity. The functional homology between the ScIMP4 gene and the cDNA from S. mansoni was verified by partial complementation of the mutant yeast with the worm's gene. This gene appears to be involved in DNA repair and RNA metabolism in both S. mansoni and S. cerevisiae.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CP 486, 31270-010 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Carlos Gustavo
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Regis-da-Silva
authors.forename: Danielle Gomes
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Passos-Silva
authors.forename: Glória Regina
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Andréa Mara
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Sérgio Danilo Junho
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.forename: Carlos Renato
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D015723:Gene Library; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C120534:IMP4 protein, S cerevisiae; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate; D006918:Hydroxyurea