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Mol Gen Genet

Title:		Cloning of Saccharomyces cerevisiae STE5 as a suppressor of a Ste20 protein kinase mutant: structural and functional similarity of Ste5 to Far1
Author(s):		Leberer E; Dignard D; Harcus D; Hougan L; Whiteway M; Thomas DY;
Address:		"Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec"
Journal Title:		Mol Gen Genet
Year:		1993
Volume:		241
Issue:		3-Apr
Page Number:		241 - 254
DOI:		10.1007/BF00284675
ISSN/ISBN:		0026-8925 (Print) 0026-8925 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The beta and gamma subunits of the mating response G-protein in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been shown to transmit the mating pheromone signal to downstream components of the pheromone response pathway. A protein kinase homologue encoded by the STE20 gene has recently been identified as a potential G beta gamma target. We have searched multicopy plasmid genomic DNA libraries for high gene dosage suppressors of the signal transduction defect of ste20 mutant cells. This screen identified the STE5 gene encoding an essential component of the pheromone signal transduction pathway. We provide genetic evidence for a functional interrelationship between the STE5 gene product and the Ste20 protein kinase. We have sequenced the STE5 gene, which encodes a predicted protein of 917 amino acids and is specifically transcribed in haploid cells. Transcription is slightly induced by treatment of cells with pheromone. Ste5 has homology with Far1, a yeast protein required for efficient mating and the pheromone-inducible inhibition of a G1 cyclin, Cln2. A STE5 multicopy plasmid is able to suppress the signal transduction defect of far1 null mutant cells suggesting that Ste5, at elevated levels, is able functionally to replace Far1. The genetically predicted point of function of Ste5 within the pheromone signalling pathway suggests that Ste5 is involved in the regulation of a G beta gamma-activated protein kinase cascade which links a G-protein coupled receptor to yeast homologues of mitogen-activated protein kinases"
Keywords:		"*Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence *Carrier Proteins Cell Cycle *Cell Cycle Proteins Cloning, Molecular Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteins DNA, Fungal Fungal Proteins/*genetics/metabolism GTP-Binding Proteins/*;"
Notes:		"MedlineLeberer, E Dignard, D Harcus, D Hougan, L Whiteway, M Thomas, D Y eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 1993/11/01 Mol Gen Genet. 1993 Nov; 241(3-4):241-54. doi: 10.1007/BF00284675"