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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6311
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The tightly centromere-linked gene SPO15 is essential for meiotic cell division in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Diploid cells without the intact SPO15 gene product are able to complete premeiotic DNA synthesis and genetic recombination, but are unable to traverse the division cycles. Electron microscopy of blocked cells reveals a duplicated but unseparated spindle-pole body. Thus cells are unable to form a bipolar spindle. Sequence analysis of SPO15 DNA reveals an open reading frame that predicts a protein of 704 amino acids. This protein is identical to VPS1, a gene involved in vacuolar protein sorting in yeast which has significant sequence homology (45% overall, 66% over 300 amino acids) to the microtubule bundling-protein, dynamin. The SPO15 gene product expressed in Escherichia coli can be affinity-purified with microtubules. SPO15 encodes a protein that is likely to be involved in a microtubule-dependent process required for the timely separation of spindle-pole bodies in meiosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
349
pubmed:geneSymbol
SPO15, VPS1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
713-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
A dynamin-like protein encoded by the yeast sporulation gene SPO15.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3280.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't