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A relationship between the yeast cell cycle genes CDC4 and CDC36 and the ets sequence of oncogenic virus E26

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We report here significant primary sequence homology among the predicted translational products of three genes: CDC4, CDC36 and ets. CDC4 and CDC36 are Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell division cycle genes, while ets is a transformation-specific sequence of avian erythroblastosis virus E26. The deduced primary structures of the three gene products were compared by computer to a large data base of known and predicted protein sequences1. The search revealed 22.0–25.5% identity over regions of 140–206 codons, respectively between the different pairwise combinations. For these particular sequences, these identity scores fall 3.4–4.0 standard deviations above the empirically-determined mean values of fortuitous similarity. S. cerevisiae calls require CDC36 and CDC4 in order to complete two early events in the cell cycle: execution of start (CDC36)2and spindle pole body separation (CDC4)3. In virus E26, the ets sequence is linked in frame with Δgag and mybEin the tripartite structure 5′-Δgag-mybE-ets-3′, comprising the E26 transforming oncogene4,5. The homologies described here suggest that the biochemical functions or regulation of the CDC4, CDC36 and ets products may be related.

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  1. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, USA

    Thomas A. Peterson & Steven I. Reed

  2. Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA

    John Yochem & Breck Byers

  3. Department of Molecular Biology and Virus Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    Michael F. Nunn & Peter H. Duesberg

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92096, USA

    Russell F. Doolittle

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Peterson, T., Yochem, J., Byers, B. et al. A relationship between the yeast cell cycle genes CDC4 and CDC36 and the ets sequence of oncogenic virus E26. Nature 309, 556–558 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/309556a0

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