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Isolation of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase (PRS1) gene from Candida albicans. 1995

T L Payne, and R A Calderone

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA.

We have isolated a 3.7 kb EcoR1 fragment from a genomic library of Candida albicans which displayed a 65% level of identity with the PRS gene family (PRS) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The PRS gene encodes a phosphoribosylpyrophosphate (PRPP) synthetase of S. cerevisiae, which catalyses the synthesis of purines, pyrimidines, and amino acids such as histidine and tryptophan. By Northern analyses, we observed that the entire 3.7 kb EcoR1 fragment as well as 1.1 kb KpnI-SacI internal fragment of the 3.7 kb EcoR1 fragment hybridized to the same 1.4 kb transcript. An internal 2.6 kb KpnI fragment was subcloned and sequenced. A deduced sequence of 321 amino acids representing a polypeptide of 35.2 kDa was determined. A FASTA search indicated that the C. albicans PRS (Ca PRS1) had an overall homology at the amino acid level of 91% with the S. cerevisiae PRS3. Putative transcriptional start and termination sequences as well as a cation-binding, PRPP synthetase signature sequence were identified. Ca PRS1 was localized to chromosome 2 of the C. albicans genome. Low stringency hybridizations indicates that the organism may possess multiple PRS genes. The function of these genes in nitrogen signaling is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008969	Molecular Sequence Data	Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.	Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D002176	Candida albicans	A unicellular budding fungus which is the principal pathogenic species causing CANDIDIASIS (moniliasis).	Candida albicans var. stellatoidea,Candida stellatoidea,Dematium albicans,Monilia albicans,Myceloblastanon albicans,Mycotorula albicans,Parasaccharomyces albicans,Procandida albicans,Procandida stellatoidea,Saccharomyces albicans,Syringospora albicans
D005800	Genes, Fungal	The functional hereditary units of FUNGI.	Fungal Genes,Fungal Gene,Gene, Fungal
D000595	Amino Acid Sequence	The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION.	Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
D001483	Base Sequence	The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence.	DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D012268	Ribose-Phosphate Pyrophosphokinase	An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate from ATP and ribose-5-phosphate. EC 2.7.6.1.	PRPP Synthetase,Phosphoribosyl Pyrophosphate Synthetase,5-Phospho-alpha-D-Ribose 1-Diphosphate Synthetase,PRibPP Synthetase,Ribosephosphate Pyrophosphokinase,1-Diphosphate Synthetase, 5-Phospho-alpha-D-Ribose,5 Phospho alpha D Ribose 1 Diphosphate Synthetase,Pyrophosphate Synthetase, Phosphoribosyl,Pyrophosphokinase, Ribose-Phosphate,Pyrophosphokinase, Ribosephosphate,Ribose Phosphate Pyrophosphokinase,Synthetase, 5-Phospho-alpha-D-Ribose 1-Diphosphate,Synthetase, PRPP,Synthetase, Phosphoribosyl Pyrophosphate
D016366	Open Reading Frames	A sequence of successive nucleotide triplets that are read as CODONS specifying AMINO ACIDS and begin with an INITIATOR CODON and end with a stop codon (CODON, TERMINATOR).	ORFs,Protein Coding Region,Small Open Reading Frame,Small Open Reading Frames,sORF,Unassigned Reading Frame,Unassigned Reading Frames,Unidentified Reading Frame,Coding Region, Protein,Frame, Unidentified Reading,ORF,Open Reading Frame,Protein Coding Regions,Reading Frame, Open,Reading Frame, Unassigned,Reading Frame, Unidentified,Region, Protein Coding,Unidentified Reading Frames