The product of the mammalian orthologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae HBS1 gene is phylogenetically related to eukaryotic release factor 3 (eRF3) but does not carry eRF3-like activity

FEBS Lett. 1998 Dec 4;440(3):387-92. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01492-6.

Abstract

We describe here the cloning and sequencing of human and mouse cDNAs encoding a putative GTP binding protein. Sequence comparison shows that these cDNAs (named eRFS) are likely to represent the orthologues of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae HBS1 gene and that the C-terminal domains of the encoded proteins share structural features with eukaryotic elongation factor eEF-1A and release factor 3 (eRF3) families. The phylogenetic analysis suggests that eRFS proteins and Hbs1p form a cluster of orthologous sequences branching with the eRF3 family. Nevertheless, in yeast, the human eRFS protein and Hbs1p do not complement eRF3/Sup35p thermosensitive mutation and do not interact with eRF1.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Codon, Terminator
  • DNA, Complementary / analysis
  • Fungal Proteins / classification
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics*
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • GTP-Binding Proteins*
  • Gene Expression
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / classification
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / genetics*
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Peptide Elongation Factors*
  • Peptide Termination Factors / classification
  • Peptide Termination Factors / genetics*
  • Peptide Termination Factors / metabolism
  • Phylogeny
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / classification
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Sequence Analysis
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Codon, Terminator
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Fungal Proteins
  • HBS1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Peptide Elongation Factors
  • Peptide Termination Factors
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • peptide-chain-release factor 3
  • GTP-Binding Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF087672
  • GENBANK/U87791