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J Bacteriol, May 1998, p. 2345-2349, Vol. 180, No. 9
Laboratoire de Biochimie, URA 1970 CNRS,
Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
Received 13 November 1997/Accepted 2 March 1998
The putative human tumor suppressor gene FHIT (fragile
histidine triad) (M. Ohta et al., Cell 84:587-597, 1996) encodes a protein behaving in vitro as a dinucleoside
5',5'''-P1,P3-triphosphate (Ap3A)
hydrolase. In this report, we show that the Saccharomyces
cerevisiae APH1 gene product, which resembles human Fhit protein,
also hydrolyzes dinucleoside 5',5'-polyphosphates, with
Ap3A being the preferred substrate. Accordingly, disruption of the APH1 gene produced viable S. cerevisiae
cells containing reduced Ap3A-hydrolyzing activity and a
30-fold-elevated Ap3N concentration.
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Control of 5',5'-Dinucleoside Triphosphate
Catabolism by APH1, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Analog of Human FHIT
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