Control of 5′,5′-Dinucleoside Triphosphate Catabolism by APH1, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Analog of Human FHIT

AUTOR(ES)

Chen, Josiane

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The putative human tumor suppressor gene FHIT (fragile histidine triad) (M. Ohta et al., Cell 84:587–597, 1996) encodes a protein behaving in vitro as a dinucleoside 5′,5′′′-P1,P3-triphosphate (Ap3A) hydrolase. In this report, we show that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae APH1 gene product, which resembles human Fhit protein, also hydrolyzes dinucleoside 5′,5′-polyphosphates, with Ap3A being the preferred substrate. Accordingly, disruption of the APH1 gene produced viable S. cerevisiae cells containing reduced Ap3A-hydrolyzing activity and a 30-fold-elevated Ap3N concentration.

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