An α-amylase homologue, aah3, encodes a GPI-anchored membrane protein required for cell wall integrity and morphogenesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1454-1463

  Morita, Tomotake ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Naotaka ^a   Hosomi, Akira ^a   Giga Hama, Yuko ^b   Takegawa, Kaoru ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

amylase; Cell wall; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CROSSLINKING; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS; YEAST;

Α-AMYLASE; CELL WALL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (GPI) ANCHOR; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

PROTEINS;

AAH3 PROTEIN, S POMBE; ACTIN; AMYLASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINS; ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33745483791     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.50693     Document Type: Article

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