| Standard Name | Chs3p 1 |
|---|---|
| Systematic Name | Ybr023cp |
| Alias | Cal1p 2 , Csd2p , Dit101p , Kti2p 3 |
| ORF Classification | Verified |
| Description | Chitin synthase III, catalyzes the transfer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to chitin; required for synthesis of the majority of cell wall chitin, the chitin ring during bud emergence, and spore wall chitosan (4, 5, 6, 7) |
| Name Description | CHitin Synthase-related 7 |
| Experimental Data | |
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| Molecules/cell | 1510 8 |
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| Post-translational Modifications | PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database |
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| Domains/motifs | See the graphical view and list of proteins that share domains/motifs in common with Chs3p (InterPro) |
| Transmembrane Domains | There are 6 total predicted transmembrane domains (TMHMM) |
| Physical Interactions | There are 38 total physical interactions (BioGRID) |
| Homologs | PDB Homologs | BLASTP | BLASTP v. fungi | Fungal Alignment | Synteny Viewer |
| External Sequence Databases |
EBI: UPI0000127918 | P29465 MIPS: YBR023C NCBI: 172104 | 3360 | 498752 | 536230 | 584947 | 6319497 | NP_009579.1 GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ: DAA07145.1 | M73697 | X57300 | X76078 | Z35892 |
| External Classifications | EC: 2.4.1.16 [Chitin synthase] |
external links for Chs3p
| Homologs | Interaction Resources | Protein databases/Other | Localization Resources |
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| BLASTP (NCBI) | BioGRID | SCOP Superfamily | YPL+ |
| Ashbya (AGD) | BOND | GPMdb (Mass Spec.) | YeastGFP |
| Aspergillus (AspGD) | BioPIXIE | MIPS | YeastRC Public Image Repository |
| Candida (CGD) | CYC2008 (complexes) | Pfam domains | |
| Candida (CandidaDB) | Complexome | YeastRC Structure Prediction (Seattle) | |
| YGOB | DIP | ||
| YOGY | GeneMANIA | ||
| YeastRC Two-Hybrid (Seattle) |
References cited on this page View Complete Literature Guide for Chs3p
| 1) | Breitenbach, M. (1992) Personal Communication, Mortimer Map Edition 11 |
| 2) | Takita MA and Castilho-Valavicius B (1993) Absence of cell wall chitin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae leads to resistance to Kluyveromyces lactis killer toxin. Yeast 9(6):589-98 |
| 3) | Butler AR, et al. (1991) Intracellular expression of Kluyveromyces lactis toxin gamma subunit mimics treatment with exogenous toxin and distinguishes two classes of toxin-resistant mutant. Yeast 7(6):617-25 |
| 4) | Ziman M, et al. (1996) Chs1p and Chs3p, two proteins involved in chitin synthesis, populate a compartment of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae endocytic pathway. Mol Biol Cell 7(12):1909-19 |
| 5) | 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 |
| 6) | Pammer M, et al. (1992) DIT101 (CSD2, CAL1), a cell cycle-regulated yeast gene required for synthesis of chitin in cell walls and chitosan in spore walls. Yeast 8(12):1089-99 |
| 7) | Cid VJ, et al. (1995) Molecular basis of cell integrity and morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiol Rev 59(3):345-86 |
| 8) | Ghaemmaghami S, et al. (2003) Global analysis of protein expression in yeast. Nature 425(6959):737-41 |





