Identification of RNR4, encoding a second essential small subunit of ribonucleotide reductase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), which catalyzes the rate-limiting step for deoxyribonucleotide production required for DNA synthesis, is an alpha2beta2 tetramer consisting of two large and two small subunits. RNR2 encodes a small subunit and is essential for mitotic viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have cloned a second essential gene encoding a ... homologous small subunit, RNR4. RNR4 and RNR2 appear to have nonoverlapping functions and cannot substitute for each other even when overproduced. The lethality of RNR4 deletion mutations can be suppressed by overexpression of RNR1 and RNR3, two genes encoding the large subunit of the RNR enzyme, indicating genetic interactions among the RNR genes. RNR2 and RNR4 may be present in the same reductase complex in vivo, since they coimmunoprecipitate from cell extracts. Like the other RNR genes, RNR4 is inducible by DNA-damaging agents through the same signal transduction pathway involving MEC1, RAD53, and DUN1 kinase genes. Analysis of DNA damage inducibility of RNR2 and RNR4 revealed partial inducibility in dun1 mutants, indicating a DUN1-independent branch of the transcriptional response to DNA damage.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cloning, Molecular, DNA Damage, DNA Replication, DNA, Fungal, Fungal Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Genes, Fungal, Genetic Complementation Test, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Protein Kinases, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, RNA, Fungal, RNA, Messenger, Ribonucleotide Reductases, S Phase, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Signal Transduction, Suppression, Genetic
Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cloning, Molecular, DNA Damage, DNA Replication, DNA, Fungal, Fungal Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Genes, Fungal, Genetic Complementation Test, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Protein Kinases, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, RNA, Fungal, RNA, Messenger, Ribonucleotide Reductases, S Phase, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Signal Transduction, Suppression, Genetic
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Oct. 01, 1997
PubMed ID: 9315670
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