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Abstract
A novel gene, IRE1, of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was cloned through genetic complementation of a myoinositol auxotrophic mutant. The predicted amino acid sequence indicated that IRE1 encodes a protein of 126983 Da with two highly hydrophobic regions, probably a signal sequence and a membrane-spanning region. The carboxy-terminal region of IRE1 showed close sequence similarity to the catalytic domains of protein kinases. Disruption of the IRE1 locus caused myo-inositol auxotrophy. The IRE1 product is very likely a protein kinase required for myo-inositol synthesis.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1625574 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb00864.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Microbiol ISSN: 0950-382X Impact factor: 3.501