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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-14
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have been studying the heat-sensitive bimD6 mutation of Aspergillus nidulans. At a restrictive temperature, the chromosomes of bimD6 mutant strains fail to attach properly to the spindle microtubules, and the mutant also displays a high rate of chromosome loss. We previously cloned the sudA gene, an extragenic suppressor of the heat-sensitive bimD6 mutation and showed that it coded for a DA-box or SMC protein. SMC proteins have been demonstrated to function in chromosome condensation, segregation and global gene regulation. We have now cloned the sudD gene, another of the extragenic suppressor genes of the bimD6 mutation. The predicted SUDD protein is the founding member of a widely expressed protein family. Similar proteins are found in sequence databases for Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, mammals and four species of archaebacteria. We have also cloned and sequenced a human cDNA that encodes the human homologue of SUDD and mapped the gene to 18q11.2. The predicted SUDD proteins from A. nidulans, Homo sapiens and S. cerevisiae all share a variety of features. The predicted proteins are approximately 60000Da in mass and have a serine-plus-threonine content of about 11%. The evolutionary conservation of the proteins suggests an ancient origin and conserved function for these proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
211
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Aspergillus nidulans, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-DNA, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:9602165-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation of the Aspergillus nidulans sudD gene and its human homologue.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.