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Article

Publication Date

1991

Abstract

Efficient transcription of many Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes requires the GAL11 Protein. GAL11 belongs to a class of transcription activator that lacks a DNA-binding domain. Such proteins are thought to activate specific genes by complexing with DNA-bound proteins. To begin to understand the domain tructurefunction relationships of GAL11 we cloned and sequenced a homologue from the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis, KI-GAL11. The two predicted GAL11 proteins show high overall amino acid conservation and an unusual amino acid composition including 18% glutamine, 10% asparagine (S.cerevisiae) or 7% (K.lactis), and 8% proline (K.lactis) or 5% (S.cerevisiae) residues. Both proteins have runs of pure glutamines. Sc-GAL11 has glutamine-alanine runs but in KI-GAL11 the alanines in such runs are replaced by proline and other residues. The primary sequence similarity is reflected in functional similarity since a gall 1 mutation in K.lactis creates phenotypes similar to those seen previously in gall 7-defective S.cerevisiae. In addition, KI-GAL11 complements a ga/f f-defect in S.cerevisiae by partially restoring induction of GAL1 expression, growth on nonfermentable carbon sources, andphosphorylation of GAL4.

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Mylin, Larry, et al. (1991). Sequence Conservation in the Saccharomyces and Kluveromyces GAL11 Transcription Acvivators Suggests Functional Domains. Nucleic Acids Research 19(19),5345-5350.

© 1991 Oxford University Press. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/19.19.5345.

Mylin, L. M., Gerardot, C. J., Hopper, J. E., & Dickson, R. C. (1991). Sequence conservation in the Saccharomyces and Kluveromyces GAL11 transcription acvivators suggests functional domains. Nucleic Acids Research, 19(19), 5345–5350. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/19.19.5345

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