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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
The fungal GAS1-related genes encode GPI-anchored beta-1,3-glucanosyltransferase, and their loss causes a defect in the assembly of the cell wall. The KEX2 gene encodes a processing protease in the late Golgi compartment and its loss also results in defects in the cell wall. Simultaneous mutations of these genes are lethal in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To understand the basis of this synthetic lethality, we screened for multicopy suppressors and identified 13 SKG (suppressor of kex2 gas1 synthetic lethality) genes. SKG1 encodes a transmembrane protein that localizes on the inner surface of the plasma membrane at the bud and in the daughter cell. The multicopy SKG1 increases the sensitivity of cells to zymolyase, and the skg1Delta null mutation increases resistance to it. This zymolyase susceptibility corresponds to an increase of alkali-soluble beta-1,3-glucan and a decrease of chitin in the cell wall. Thus SKG1 encodes a novel protein that affects the cell wall polymer composition in the growing region of the cell.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0749-503X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Cell Wall, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Chitin, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Frameshift Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Genes, Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Glucan Endo-1,3-beta-D-Glucosidase, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Mutagenesis, Insertional, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Proprotein Convertases, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:15645486-beta-Glucans
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
SKG1, a suppressor gene of synthetic lethality of kex2Deltagas1Delta mutations, encodes a novel membrane protein that affects cell wall composition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't