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Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao (Shanghai)

Title:		Molecular Cloning of MAPK Gene Family Using Synthetic Oligonucleotide Probe
Author(s):		Zhou S; Wang Q; Chen J; Chen JY;
Address:		"State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. jychen@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn"
Journal Title:		Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao (Shanghai)
Year:		1999
Volume:		31
Issue:		5
Page Number:		537 - 544
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ISSN/ISBN:		0582-9879 (Print) 0582-9879 (Linking)
Abstract:		"MAPK(mitogen activated protein kinase) is a kind of Ser/Thr protein kinase. The MAPKs play an important role in several different signal transduction pathways. The MAPKs may also have a role in morphorgenesis of Candida albicans. An oligonucleotide probe was used to screen novel MAPKs in C. albicans. All MAPKs shared high homogeneity in their eleven kinase subdomains, especially subdoman VII and VIII. In subdomain VII, nearly all MAPKs have the same KIDFGLAR sequence, and the two known MAPKs in C. albicans CEK1 and MKC1 have only one different nucleotide in that DNA sequence. This probe was hybridized with C. albicans genomic DNA. Under stringent conditions, the probe could only hybridize with CEK1 and MKC1 gene fragment. But when hybridized at 40 degrees in non-SDS solution, two novel bands appeared. This condition was used to screen SC5314 DNA library, and many positive clones with different hybridization density were obtained. The strongest hybridization clones were identified to contain CEK1 and MKC1 gene. From the stronger positive hybridization clones, two novel genes were identified. The first gene, named CRK1(CDC2-related protein kinase 1), shared high homogeneity to MAPKs, but was not of them. It is closest to SGV1 from S. cerevisiae (with homology 47%) and PITALRE from human (with homology 41%), both of which are CDC2-related protein kinases. The second gene called CEK2(Candida albicans extracelluar signal-regulated kinase 2) is a novel MAPK of Candida albicans, which shares the highest identity with CEK1 and its S. cerevisiae homologs, FUS3 and KSS1, two redundant MAPKs in yeast pheromone response and morphogenesis"
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Notes:		"PublisherZhou, Song Wang, Qin Chen, Jing Chen, Jiang-Ye eng China 2002/07/13 Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao (Shanghai). 1999; 31(5):537-544"