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Mol Gen Genet

Title:		"RPK1, an essential yeast protein kinase involved in the regulation of the onset of mitosis, shows homology to mammalian dual-specificity kinases"
Author(s):		Poch O; Schwob E; de Fraipont F; Camasses A; Bordonne R; Martin RP;
Address:		"Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire du C.N.R.S., Strasbourg, France"
Journal Title:		Mol Gen Genet
Year:		1994
Volume:		243
Issue:		6
Page Number:		641 - 653
DOI:		10.1007/BF00279573
ISSN/ISBN:		0026-8925 (Print) 0026-8925 (Linking)
Abstract:		"We report here the sequence of RPK1 (for Regulatory cell Proliferation Kinase), a new Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene coding for a protein with sequence similarities to serine/threonine protein kinases. The protein sequence of 764 amino acids includes an amino-terminal domain (residues 1-410), which may be involved in regulation of the kinase domain (residues 411-764). The catalytic domain of Rpk1 is not closely related to other known yeast protein kinases but exhibits strong homology to a newly discovered group of mammalian kinases (PYT, TTK, esk) with serine/threonine/tyrosine kinase activity. Null alleles of RPK1 are lethal and thus this gene belongs to the small group of yeast protein kinase genes that are essential for cell growth. In addition, eliminating the expression of RPK1 gives rise to the accumulation of non-viable cells with less than a 1 N DNA content suggesting that cells proceed into mitosis without completion of DNA synthesis. Therefore, the Rpk1 kinase may function in a checkpoint control which couples DNA replication to mitosis. The level of the RPK1 transcript is extremely low and constant throughout the mitotic cycle. However it is regulated during cellular differentiation, being decreased in alpha-factor-treated a cells and increased late in meiosis in a/alpha diploids. Taken together, our results suggest that Rpk1 is involved in a pathway that coordinates cell proliferation and differentiation"
Keywords:		"Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence Cell Differentiation/genetics Cell Division/*genetics DNA, Fungal/biosynthesis Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal Genes, Fungal/*genetics Genes, Lethal/*genetics Mating Factor Meiosis/genetics Mitosis/genetics Molecular S;"
Notes:		"MedlinePoch, O Schwob, E de Fraipont, F Camasses, A Bordonne, R Martin, R P eng Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 1994/06/15 Mol Gen Genet. 1994 Jun 15; 243(6):641-53. doi: 10.1007/BF00279573"