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We cloned a DNA repair gene, mus-8, of Neurospora crassa and sequenced the genomic DNA and cDNA. Nucleotide-sequence analysis indicated that the mus-8 gene contains an open reading frame (ORF) of 456 bp, interrupted by three small introns. The deduced amino-acid sequence showed that the mus-8 gene encodes a 17 kDa protein which has 77.5% and 83.3% identity to the Rad6 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the rhp6+ protein of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, respectively. The Rad6 protein is a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) and is required for DNA repair, mutagenesis, and sporulation in yeast. Introduction of the mus-8 gene into a S. cerevisiae rad6 mutant resulted in significant recovery of DNA repair functions, especially UV-mutagenesis, and also sporulation, both of which are defective in the rad6 mutant. It is therefore postulated that mus-8 of Neurospora has a function very similar to that demonstrated for RAD6 of S. cerevisiae.
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Received: 27 February / 23 April 1996
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Soshi, T., Sakuraba, Y., Käfer, E. et al. The mus-8 gene of Neurospora crassa encodes a structural and functional homolog of the Rad6 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 30, 224–231 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002940050125
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002940050125