| Standard Name | Erg6p 1 |
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| Systematic Name | Yml008cp |
| Alias | Ise1p , Lis1p , Sed6p , Vid1p 2 |
| ORF Classification | Verified |
| Description | Delta(24)-sterol C-methyltransferase; converts zymosterol to fecosterol in the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway by methylating position C-24; localized to lipid particles, the plasma membrane-associated endoplasmic reticulum, and the mitochondrial outer membrane (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) |
| Name Description | ERGosterol biosynthesis |
| Experimental Data | |
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| Molecules/cell | 53800 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 Erg6p (InterPro) |
| Physical Interactions | There are 108 total physical interactions (BioGRID) |
| Homologs | PDB Homologs | BLASTP | BLASTP v. fungi | Fungal Alignment | Synteny Viewer |
| External Sequence Databases |
EBI: UPI000014FDC2 | P25087 MIPS: YML008C NCBI: 396515 | 4122 | 462024 | 619251 | 6323635 | 854482 | NP_013706.1 | NM_001182363.1 GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ: DAA09890.1 | S72460 | X53830 | X74249 | Z49810 |
| External Classifications | EC: 2.1.1.41 [Sterol 24-C-methyltransferase] |
external links for Erg6p
| Homologs | Interaction Resources | Protein databases/Other | Localization Resources |
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| BLASTP (NCBI) | BioGRID | SCOP Superfamily | Organelle DB |
| Ashbya (AGD) | BOND | GPMdb (Mass Spec.) | YPL+ |
| Aspergillus (AspGD) | BioPIXIE | MIPS | YeastGFP |
| Candida (CGD) | CYC2008 (complexes) | Pfam domains | YeastRC Public Image Repository |
| Candida (CandidaDB) | Complexome | YeastRC Structure Prediction (Seattle) | |
| YGOB | DIP | ||
| YOGY | GeneMANIA |
References cited on this page View Complete Literature Guide for Erg6p
| 1) | Gaber RF, et al. (1989) The yeast gene ERG6 is required for normal membrane function but is not essential for biosynthesis of the cell-cycle-sparking sterol. Mol Cell Biol 9(8):3447-56 |
| 2) | Shieh HL, et al. (2001) Biochemical analysis of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase import into vacuole import and degradation vesicles reveals a role for UBC1 in vesicle biogenesis. J Biol Chem 276(13):10398-406 |
| 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) | 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 |
| 6) | Pichler H, et al. (2001) A subfraction of the yeast endoplasmic reticulum associates with the plasma membrane and has a high capacity to synthesize lipids. Eur J Biochem 268(8):2351-61 |
| 7) | Zahedi RP, et al. (2006) Proteomic analysis of the yeast mitochondrial outer membrane reveals accumulation of a subclass of preproteins. Mol Biol Cell 17(3):1436-50 |
| 8) | Ghaemmaghami S, et al. (2003) Global analysis of protein expression in yeast. Nature 425(6959):737-41 |





