| Standard Name | Erg7p 1, 2 |
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| Systematic Name | Yhr072wp |
| ORF Classification | Verified |
| Description | Lanosterol synthase, an essential enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of squalene 2,3-epoxide, a step in ergosterol biosynthesis (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) |
| Name Description | ERGosterol biosynthesis 1 |
| Experimental Data | |
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| Molecules/cell | 2190 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 Erg7p (InterPro) |
| Physical Interactions | There are 42 total physical interactions (BioGRID) |
| Homologs | PDB Homologs | BLASTP | BLASTP v. fungi | Fungal Alignment | Synteny Viewer |
| External Sequence Databases |
EBI: UPI0000168A14 | P38604 MIPS: YHR072W NCBI: 1169548 | 1549343 | 330443583 | 341941150 | 465105 | 500834 | 51013537 | 733000 | NP_011939.2 | NM_001179202.2 GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ: DAA06765.2 | AY693043 | U04841 | U10556 | U23488 | U60996 |
| External Classifications | EC: 5.4.99.7 [Lanosterol synthase] |
external links for Erg7p
| 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 |
| Candida (CGD) | BioPIXIE | MIPS | YeastRC Public Image Repository |
| Candida (CandidaDB) | CYC2008 (complexes) | Pfam domains | |
| YGOB | Complexome | YeastRC Structure Prediction (Seattle) | |
| YOGY | DIP | ||
| GeneMANIA |
References cited on this page View Complete Literature Guide for Erg7p
| 1) | Karst F and Lacroute F (1977) Ertosterol biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: mutants deficient in the early steps of the pathway. Mol Gen Genet 154(3):269-77 |
| 2) | Griffin, J.H. et al. (1996) Mutations in the Oxidosqualene-Lanosterol Cyclase gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Unpublished |
| 3) | Lees ND, et al. (1995) Cloning of the late genes in the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae--a review. Lipids 30(3):221-6 |
| 4) | Parks LW, et al. (1995) Biochemical and physiological effects of sterol alterations in yeast--a review. Lipids 30(3):227-30 |
| 5) | Shi Z, et al. (1994) Isolation and characterization of the gene encoding 2,3-oxidosqualene-lanosterol cyclase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91(15):7370-4 |
| 6) | Corey EJ, et al. (1994) Molecular cloning, characterization, and overexpression of ERG7, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding lanosterol synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91(6):2211-5 |
| 7) | Paltauf F, et al. (1992) "Regulation and compartmentalization of lipid synthesis in yeast." Pp. 415-500 in The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces: Gene Expression, edited by Jones EW, Pringle JR and Broach JR. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
| 8) | Ghaemmaghami S, et al. (2003) Global analysis of protein expression in yeast. Nature 425(6959):737-41 |





