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. 1986 Nov 7;47(3):423-31.
doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(86)90599-4.

Isolation of the yeast calmodulin gene: calmodulin is an essential protein

T N Davis, M S Urdea, F R Masiarz, J Thorner

Isolation of the yeast calmodulin gene: calmodulin is an essential protein

T N Davis et al. Cell. .

Abstract

Calmodulin was purified from Saccharomyces cerevisiae based on its characteristic properties. Like other calmodulins, the yeast protein is small, heat-stable, acidic, retained by hydrophobic matrices in a Ca2+-dependent manner, exhibits a pronounced Ca2+-induced shift in electrophoretic mobility, and binds 45Ca2+. Using synthetic oligonucleotide probes designed from the sequences of two tryptic peptides derived from the purified protein, the gene encoding yeast calmodulin was isolated. The gene (designated CMD1) is a unique, single-copy locus, contains no introns, and resides on chromosome II. The amino acid sequence of yeast calmodulin shares 60% identity with other calmodulins. Disruption or deletion of the yeast calmodulin gene results in a recessive-lethal mutation; thus, calmodulin is essential for the growth of yeast cells.

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