A survey of all 11 ABC transporters in fission yeast: two novel ABC transporters are required for red pigment accumulation in a Schizosaccharomyces pombe adenine biosynthetic mutant.

Abstract excerpt

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins transport a wide variety of substrates, including sugars, amino acids, metal ions, lipids, peptides and proteins, across membranes, and most ABC proteins contain transmembrane domains (ABC transporters). Sequencing of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome has allowed identification of all genes encoding ABC transporters in fission yeast. To date, six such genes have been...

Topics

• ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
• Adenine
• Cadmium
• Glutathione
• Mutation
• Phenotype
• Pigments, Biological
• Schizosaccharomyces
• Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases
• Vacuoles