YBR038W

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Systematic name YBR038W
Gene name CHS2
Aliases
Feature type ORF, Verified
Coordinates Chr II:311898..314789
Primary SGDID S000000242


Description of YBR038W: Chitin synthase II; catalyzes transfer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to chitin upon activation of zymogenic form; required for chitin synthesis in the primary septum during cytokinesis; localization regulated by Cdk1p during mitosis[1][2][3][4]




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Protein Details

Protein Modification

Modification(s): Phosphorylation

Identified as an efficient substrate of Clb2-Cdk1-as1 in a screen of a proteomic GST-fusion library. [5] [6]





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References

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  1. Jump up Cid VJ, et al. (1995) Molecular basis of cell integrity and morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiol Rev 59(3):345-86 SGD PMID 7565410
  2. Jump up Schmidt M, et al. (2002) In budding yeast, contraction of the actomyosin ring and formation of the primary septum at cytokinesis depend on each other. J Cell Sci 115(Pt 2):293-302 SGD PMID 11839781
  3. Jump up Shaw JA, et al. (1991) The function of chitin synthases 2 and 3 in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle. J Cell Biol 114(1):111-23 SGD PMID 2050738
  4. Jump up Teh EM, et al. (2009) Retention of Chs2p in the ER requires N-terminal CDK1-phosphorylation sites. Cell Cycle 8(18):2964-74 SGD PMID 19713768
  5. Jump up Ubersax JA, et al. (2003) Targets of the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdk1. Nature 425(6960):859-64 SGD PMID 14574415
  6. Jump up submitted by Jeff Ubersax on 2004-01-21

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