Genes determining cellular senescence in yeast

Abstract

Methods of isolating mutant yeast cells with increased life span, as well as mutant yeast cells isolated by the methods, are disclosed. Also described are methods of identifying agents which increase life span of yeast cells, and methods of isolating genes which affect senescence in organisms.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Aging is a process in which all individuals of a species undergo a progressive decline in vitality leading to death. In metazoans, aging at the level of the whole organism is clearly evident. Whether the aging of an organism is genetically programmed, or represents the effects of entropy over time is not clear. Consistent with the possibility of a genetic program are mutations which alter the aging process. In humans the genetic diseases progeria and Werner's syndrome cause premature aging in affected individuals. In the earthworm C. elegans, a gene, age-1, has been described which directly or indirectly affects the life span of the animal (Friedman, D. B. and Johnson, T. E., Genetics 18:75-86 (1988)). A further issue open to speculation is how the aging of the entire organism relates to the aging of individual cells and cell types within the organism.

That individual cells within mammals do senesce was demonstrated in the findings of Hayflick, who showed that primary human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs) would grow in culture for about 50 population doublings, and then all the cells in the population would stop dividing (Hayflick, L. and Moorhead, P. S., Exp. Cell Res. 25:585-621 (1961); Hayflick, L., Exp. Cell Res. 37:614-636 (1965)). Cells arrest in the G1 phase of the cell cycle and contain a 2N chromosomal complement (Cristofalo, V. J., et al., Exp. Gerontol. 24:367 (1989)). This in phase, or clonal, senescence of the HDFs is accompanied by a characteristic morphological change; cells enlarge as they senesce (Angello, J. C., et al., J. Cell. Physiol. 132:125-130 (1987) and Cristofalo, V. J. and Kritchevsky, D., Med. Exp. 19:313-320 (1969)). In fact, this direct correlation between cell size and senescence can be demonstrated by incubating young HDFs in low serum-medium, in which they enlarge, but do not leave the G1 phase of the cell cycle (Angello, J. C., et al., J. Cell. Physiol. 140:288-294 (1989)). When these cells are returned to medium containing adequate serum for cell division, their program of senescence has been advanced compared to smaller cells which have divided the same number of times.

Cell fusion studies between old and young HDFs indicate that senescence is dominant. In short term hybrids, initiation of DNA synthesis in the young nucleus is inhibited after the young cell has been fused to a senescent HDF (Norwood, T. H., et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 71:2231 (1974)). In fact, injection of polyA+ RNA from the senescent HDF into the young cell inhibits DNA synthesis (Lumpkin, C. K., Jr., et al., Science 232:393 (1986)), suggesting that the senescent HDF activated a gene or genes that encoded dominant inhibitory proteins. In complementation studies that involve fusing various "immortal" cell lines, four genes were identified which were involved in immortalization (Pereira-Smith, O. M. and Smith, J. R., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 785:6042 (1988)). The dominance of senescence appears to conflict with the view that shortening of telomeres, a phenomenon observed during passage of fibroblasts (Harley, C. B., et al., Nature 345:458 (1990)), causes senescence.

In several lower eukaryotes, senescence has been demonstrated and linked to changes in mitochondria. In Podospora, cell senescence is strongly associated with the excision and amplification of segments of mitochondrial DNA (Cummings, D. J., et al., J. Mol. Biol. 185:659-680 (1985) and Koll, F. et al., Plasmid 14:106-117 (1985)). In Neurospora (Bertrand J., et al., Cell 47:829-837 (1986)) and Aspergillus (Lazarus, C. M., et al., Eur. J. Biochem 106:663-641 (1989)), senescent cells also contain rearrangements in their mitochondrial DNA. In all of the above examples, the senescent phenotype is dominant and is inherited cytoplasmically.

In the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cells divide asymmetrically, giving rise to a large mother cell and a small daughter cell. By micromanipulating the daughter away from the mother at each cell division, it was shown that the mother divided a fixed number of times, and then stopped (Mortimer, R. K. and Johnston, J. R., Nature 183:1751-1752 (1959)). Life span was thus defined by the number of divisions mother cells had undergone, and not by chronological time. Further, a number of cell divisions in the life span of the mother, while fixed (varying over a Gompertz distribution (Pohley, J. -J. Mech. Ageing Dev. 38:231-243 (1987)), could differ from strain to strain (ranging from about 15 to 30) (Egilmez, N. K. and Jazwinski, S. M., J. Bacteriol. 171:37-42 (1989)). Thus, senescence in budding yeast as in HDFs is not a stochastic process, but has some underlying genetic basis.

Senescence in yeast is like senescence in HDFs in other ways as well. Like HDFs, yeast mother cells have been shown to enlarge with age (Mortimer, R. K. and Johnston, J. R., Nature 183:1751-1752 (1959) and Egilmez, N. K., et al., J. Gerontol. Biol. Sci. 45:B9-17 (1990)). In addition to their large size, aging mother cells also divide more slowly than young cells (Egilmez, N. K. and Jazwinski, S. M., J. Bacteriol. 171:37-42 (1989)). A further analogy to HDFs is that the senescent phenotype is also dominant in yeast. Mating a young yeast cell to an old one generates a diploid with a limited potential for cell division (Muller, I., J. Microbiol. Serol. 51:1-10 (1985)). In addition, daughters of old mothers display elongated cycling times for the first few divisions after separation from the old mother (Egilmez, N. K. and Jazwinski, S. M., J. Bacteriol. 171:37-42 (1989)). Evidently, the senescence substance is inherited by the daughter cell and slowly degraded or diluted in subsequent cell cycles.

The senescence of yeast mother cells thus has similarities to what occurs in primary HDFs; however, there is one important difference. In yeast at each cell division the daughter cell has regained the capacity for a full life span, whether derived from a younger or older mother cell (Muller, I., Arch. Mikrobiol. 77:20-25 (1971)). This "resetting" in daughters may be intertwined with the mechanism that generates asymmetry at cell division. In any case, "resetting" argues against one category of hypothesis for aging; namely that aging results from the accumulation of errors in protein synthesis, the error catastrophe theory (Orgel, L. E. Nature 243:441 (1973)). Because daughter cells derived from old mothers have functional mitochondria (Muller, I. and Wolf, F., Mol. Gen. Genet. 160:231-234 (1978)), this resetting also shows that senescence is not due to rearrangements in the mitochondrial genome.

By varying the growth rate of cells, it was demonstrated that the key parameter in determining the life span in yeast is number of divisions, and not chronological time (Muller, I., et al., Mech. Ageing Dev. 12:47-52 (1980)). This finding led to the idea that senescence could be due to an accumulation of bud scars in mother cells. Bud scars are deposits of chitin that stay with the mother cell after each cell division (Cabib, E., et al., Curr. Top. Cell. Regul. 8:1-32 (1974), and Pringle, J. R., et al., Meth. Cell Biol. 31:357-435 (1989)). Several lines of evidence have argued against the idea that bud scars cause aging. First, varying the surface to volume ratio of isogenic yeast strains by varying their ploidy did not affect life span (Muller, I., Arch. Mikrobiol. 77:20-25 (1971)). Second, increasing the surface area by mating an old cell to a young one did not endow the diploid with an increased potential for division (Muller, I., J. Microbiol. Serol. 51:1-10 (1985)). Third, induction of chitin synthesis and deposition in the cell wall did not decrease the life span of cells (Egilmez, N. K. and Jazwinski, S. M., J. Bacteriol. 171:37-42 (1989)). Thus, senescence in yeast has gross features similar to the aging process in mammalian cells. It is therefore reasonable to speculate that the molecular mechanisms of aging might be similar in yeast and mammalian cells, particularly in light of striking parallels in basic cellular mechanisms in yeast and mammalian cells. In the field of transcription, for example, there has emerged strong mechanistic similarities in the function of transcription factors: the yeast and mammalian TATA box binding factor TFIID, are interchangeable in the basal in vitro transcription reaction (Buratowski, S., et al., Nature 334:37-42 (1988)). Further, yeast and certain mammalian transcriptional activators will function normally in the heterologous host cells (see Guarente, L., et al., Cell 52:303-305 (1988) for review). Therefore, further study of aging in yeast cells may yield information concerning genes which are involved in senescence, and ultimately may shed light on the aging process in mammalian cells.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention pertains to life span-determining genes which affect senescence in eukaryotic cells, such as budding yeast, and to mutated forms of the life span-determining genes. The genes of the present invention affect senescence either by contributing to aging or by conferring an extended life span upon the eukaryotic cell. Mutated genes of the present invention differ from wild type or naturally-occuring genes in that there is an addition, deletion, substitution or other alteration of the nucleic acid sequence, with the result that the encoded protein differs from the protein encoded by the non-mutated (wild-type) gene in at least one amino acid.

As described herein, it was discovered that the SIR4 is gene (silent information regulator) contributes to extended life span: when the SIR4 gene is deleted, the resulting mutant yeast cells have a significantly shorter life span than yeast cells which contain the SIR4 gene. However, when mutant yeast cells are generated by a specific mutation in the SIR4 gene, the resultant mutant cells have a life span that is significantly longer than the life span of the non-mutant strain. The mutation is an amber mutation that removes 121 residues from the 1358 residue SIR4 protein.

It has also been discovered that the UTH4 gene affects senescence in a manner similar to that of SIR4. That is, a particular mutation in the UTH4 gene confers extended life span on mutant yeast cells.

As further described herein, it was discovered that the UTH1 gene effects senescence by contributing to the aging process. In particular, deletion of the UTH1 gene confers extended life span on the mutant yeast cell comapred with the life span exhibited by yeast cells which contain the UTH1 gene.

Additional genes have been identified which show strong homology to the UTH4 and UTHI genes. In particular, the yeast YGL023 and Drosophila PUMILIO gene, as well as the human D43951 and D13645 genes, show strong homology to UTH4. The yeast NCA3 gene and the SAG1 gene show strong homology to the UTHI gene. Deletion of either the NCA3 or SAG1 gene result in shortened yeast cell life span compared with wild-type (non-deleted) yeast cells. This indicates that NCA3 and SAG1 are genes which contribute to extended life span in yeast.

As a result of these discoveries, methods of isolating mutant yeast cells with increased life span, and the mutant yeast cells isolated by these methods, are now available. Also available are methods to identify agents which enhance the life span of yeast cells; methods to isolate genes involved in senescence, as well as the genes isolated thereby, and the proteins encoded by the genes.

As described in detail below, the current invention comprises several methods of isolating yeast cells with increased life spans (a life span longer than the known life span of the non-mutagenized yeast strain). In each method, a sample of yeast cells from a budding yeast strain, for which the life span is known or has been calculated, is exposed to a mutagen, and then the mutagen-exposed yeast cells are cultured. In one embodiment of the current invention, mutant yeast cells are identified first by the related phenotype of starvation resistance. The yeast cells are plated on minimal medium, replica-plated on starvation medium, and grown. The plate with starvation medium is replica-plated to enriched medium; those colonies which grow are starvation resistant. The starvation-resistant colonies are then examined to isolate cells with longer life spans.

In a second embodiment, the cell surface of yeast cells are labelled with a fluorescent marker. New cells remain unlabelled. After a period of growth greater than the known life span of the yeast strain, the cells are subjected to fluorescence-activated cell sorting to isolate the fluorescent-labelled cells, which are then plated. Only those cells with longer life spans grow. In another embodiment, a temperature-sensitive budding yeast strain, in which the daughter cells die at the non-permissive temperature, is used. When cells from the temperature-sensitive strain are grown at the non-permissive temperature, they form microcolonies in which the number of cells in the microcolony is equivalent to the number of generations in the life span of the yeast strain. Larger microcolonies, which are comprised of cells with a longer life span, are identified. Cells with increased life spans, isolated by any of these methods, are also part of the current invention.

The current invention also comprises methods of identifying agents which increase life span. Cells from a budding yeast strain with a known life span are exposed to the agent to be tested; the cells are then cultured and examined to determine whether they have longer life spans, using any of the methods described above. The presence of cells having longer life spans is indicative of the ability of the agent to increase life span of the cells.

In addition, the current invention pertains to genes which are involved in senescence of organisms, including yeast, bacteria and vertebrates, particularly mammals. Genes can be isolated by complementation analysis. For example, a genomic DNA library is constructed for the organism of interest, and is transformed into a mutant yeast strain having a mutated gene which contributes to longer life span, such as a mutant SIR4 gene. The DNA from the organism of interest is then isolated from those transformants which have the usual life span (i.e., those cells from the mutant yeast strain which no longer have a longer life span).

Alternatively, genes which are homologous to and/or hybridize to a gene that is known to affect senescence, such as SIR4, can be identified and/or isolated. The isolated genes, and the proteins encoded by the genes, are also the subject of the current invention. The subject invention also relates to DNA which encodes a protein which affects senescence in an organism (eukaryotes such as yeast and mammals, including humans, and prokaryotes). This includes UTH1 (SEQ ID NO. 1), DNA which is homologous to and/or hybridizes to UTHI, such as NCA3 (SEQ ID NO. 11) and SAGI (SEQ ID NO. 13), and DNA which encodes the same amino acid sequence as that encoded by UTH1, NCA3 or SAG1. This invention also relates to UTH1, NCA3 or SAG1 DNA which has been mutated, including mutations which cause non-expression of the encoded protein, DNA which is homologous to and/or hybridizes to the mutant UTH1, NCA3 or SAG1 DNA, and DNA which encodes the same amino acid sequence as that encoded by mutant UTH1, NCA3 or SAG1 DNA. This invention also includes proteins encoded by UTH1, NCA3 or SAG1 DNA and similar DNA sequences, as well as to proteins encoded by mutated UTH1, NCA3 or SAG1 DNA.

This invention also pertains to the UTH4 gene (SEQ ID NO. 3), DNA which is homologous to and/or hybridizes to UTH4, such as YGL023 (SEQ ID NO. 5), D43951 (SEQ ID NO. 7, FIGS. 18A-G) and D13645 (SEQ ID NO. 9), and DNA which encodes the same amino acid sequence as that encoded by UTH4, YGL023, D43951 or D13645. Also included is UTH4, YGL023, D43951 and D13645 DNA which has been mutated, including mutations which cause non-expression of the encoded protein or mutations which encode a stop codon, DNA which is homologous to and/or hybridizes to the mutant UTH4, YGL023, D43951 or D13645 DNA, and DNA which encodes the same amino acid sequence as that encoded by mutant UTH4, YGL023, D43951 or D13645 DNA. Further included are proteins encoded by UTH4, YGL023, D43951 and D13645 DNA and similar DNA sequences, as well as to proteins encoded by mutated UTH4, YGL023, D43951 or D13645 DNA.

Further, this invention includes DNA which is homologous to and/or hybridizes to SIR4 and DNA which encodes the same amino acid sequence as that encoded by SIR4. It also relates to mutant SIR4 DNA (which includes a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein), DNA which is homologous to and/or hybridizes to the mutant SIR4 DNA, and DNA which encodes the same amino acid sequence as that encoded by mutant SIR4 DNA. The present invention also relates to proteins encoded by mutant SIR4 DNA and the similar mutant SIR4 DNA sequences.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a graphic representation of the mortality -curves for two strains of S. cerevisiae, BWG1-7A (closed symbols), and PSY142 (open symbols).

FIGS. 2A and 2B are is a graphic representation of the mean life spans of the four strains in the tetrad BKx1-14.

FIG. 3 is a graphic representation of the viability of the tetrad strains after 7 days of starvation.

FIG. 4 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for UTH1 mutants. Sample sizes were 37 cells (uth1-324, closed cicles), 38 cells (uth1-328, open triangles)), 38 cells (uth1-330, closed squares), 34 cells (uth1-342, open circles), and 40 cells (14c, open squares).

FIG. 5 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for UTH2 mutants. Sample sizes were 40 cells (uth2-42, closed figures), and 40 cells (14c, open figures).

FIG. 6 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for UTH3 mutants. Sample sizes were 49 cells (uth3-26, closed squares), 40 cells (uth3-335, open circles), and 40 cells (14c, open squares).

FIG. 7 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for UTH4 mutants. Sample sizes were 40 cells (uth4-326, closed squares), and 40 cells (14c, open squares).

FIG. 8 is a graphic representation of the life span of haploid 14c (open squares) and diploid 14c (closed squares).

FIG. 9 is a graphic representation of the life span of 14c (open squares), 14c with a disruption in the STE4 gene (closed squares), and 14c with a disruption in the STE12 gene (open circles).

FIG. 10 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for 14c (SIR4, open squares), sir4-42 (closed squares), and BKy104 (sir4, open circles). Sample sizes were 139 cells (14c), 139 cells (sir4-42), and 136 cells (BKy104).

FIG. 11 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for 14c (SIR4, open squares), sir4-42 (sir4, closed squares), and BKy109 (sir4-42+SIR4, open circles). Sample sizes were 20 cells for all strains.

FIG. 12 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for 14c (SIR4, open squares), sir4-42 (closed circles), and the isogenic deletion in sir1 derivatives (sir4-42 .DELTA.sir1, open circles; SIR4 .DELTA.sir1, closed squares). Sample sizes were 20 cells (14c), 19 cells (SIR4 .DELTA.sir1), 18 cells (sir4-42), and 19 cells (sir4-42 .DELTA.sir1).

FIG. 13 is a graphic representation of mortality curves for 14c (SIR4, open squares), sir4-42 (closed squares), and the isogenic deletion in sir3 derivatives (sir4-42 .DELTA.sir3, open circles; SIR4 Asir3, closed diamonds). Sample sizes were 60 cells (14c), 20 cells (SIR4 .DELTA.sir1), 19 cells (sir4-42), and 30 cells (sir4-42 .DELTA.sir1).

FIG. 14 is a graphic representation of the mortality curves for 14c (SIR4, open squares) and SIR4 plus anti-SIR4 (closed squares). Sample sizes were 50 cells (14c) and 46 cells. (SIR4+Anti-SIR4).

FIGS. 15A-B are a depiction of the nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 1), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 2), of the UTH1 gene.

FIGS. 16A-I are a depiction of the nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 3), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 4), of the yeast UTH4 gene.

FIGS. 17A-J are a depiction of the nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 5), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 6), of the yeast YGL023 gene.

FIGS. 18A-M are a depiction of the nucleic acid -sequence (SEQ ID NO. 7), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 8), of the human D43951 gene.

FIGS. 19A-H are a depiction of the nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 9), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 10), of the human D13645 gene.

FIGS. 20A-B are a depiction of the nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 11), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 12), of the yeast NCA3 gene.

FIGS. 21A.varies.B are a depiction of the nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 13), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 14), of the yeast SAG1 gene.

FIGS 22A-C are an illustration of the consensus sequence (SEQ ID NO. 15) from the SUN domains of the UTH1, NCA3 and SAG1 genes, as well as a comparison of the consensus sequence and a partial sequence of the SUN4 gene (SEQ ID NO. 16).

FIG. 23 depicts a comparison of the amino acid sequences of the eight repeat boxes of UTH4. Capital letters indicate conserved amino acids.

FIG. 24 depicts a comparison of the amino acid sequences of the eight repeat boxes of the UTH4, YGL023, Drosophila PUMILIO and human D43951 genes. Capital letters indicate conserved amino acids.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention derives from the discovery that a particular gene is involved in senescence in yeast, and that a particular mutation in the gene causes an increase in life span of the yeast cells. As described below, longer-lived mutant yeast cells have been isolated in which the SIR4 gene has been mutated to generate a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the enclosed protein. As a result of this finding, it is now possible to identify and/or isolate yeast cells with longer life spans, as well as to identify agents which contribute to longer life span. It is further possible to isolate genes involved in (which have an effect on) senescence, as well as the proteins encoded by these genes, and genes encoding proteins that contribute to longer life span.

The following is a description of the discovery of a phenotype correlating with life span; the isolation of mutant yeast strains with longer life spans; the isolation and characterization of the mutant gene affecting life span; the requirements of other genes to lengthen life span; the effects of the mutant gene on telomeres; extension of life span expression of the carboxyl-terminus of the gene; a framework for relating silencing, aging, stress, and telomeres; methods of isolating strains with longer life spans; methods of identifying agents which affect life span; and methods of isolating genes involved in cellular senescence.

Identification of a Phenotype Correlating with Life Span

Because budding yeast cells divide asymmetrically into a large mother cell and a small daughter cell, the life span of any given mother cell in a particular colony can be measured. By visualizing growing cells in a microscope and micromanipulating away the daughter cell after each division, it is possible to follow a pedigree from each starting cell. The end of the life span for a given cell is indicated by a cessation of cell division. Life span is thus equated with the number of generations, or divisions, which give rise to daughter cells. The life span of a particular strain can be identified by the mean number of generations in several colonies. The chronological life span, therefore, is the approximate time necessary for one cell division, or for one generation to arise, multiplied by the number of divisions (generations) in the mean life span. A longer life span, as described herein, is measured as an increase in the mean life span of one strain as compared with the mean life span of a second strain.

To facilitate the identification of strains with altered life spans, a phenotype was sought which correlated with life span, yet which could be studied at the level of populations of cells (i.e., at a colony level). To this end| two parental strains were used, BWG1-7A (Guarente, L. et al., Cell 36:503-511 (1984)), and PSY142 (laboratory strain). These two strains had different mean life spans (18 generations for BWG1-7A, and 29 generations for PSY142), as shown in FIG. 1. Four strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were generated by crossing the parental strains BWG1-7A and PSY142 and sporulating the diploid. These four segregants of this cross, known collectively as the tetrad BKxl-14 strains and individually as 14a, 14b, 14c, and 14d, have varying life spans (see FIG. 2). When the tetrad strains were starved for nitrogen and carbon, it was discovered that starvation contributed to cell death, and that the rate of cell death when starved was inversely proportional to the life span of the particular strain. That is, longer-lived strains were more resistant to starvation-induced death than shorter-lived strains (see FIG. 3). Furthermore, strains with longer life spans yielded a greater recovery of viable cells after storage at 4.degree. C. for 4.5 months.

Isolation of Longer-lived Mutant Yeast Strains

To isolate longer-lived mutants, the shorter-lived strain 14c, which was relatively sensitive to starvation-induced cell death, was utilized. The yeast strain 14c has been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md., 20852, USA, under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, on Aug. 13, 1993; the accession number is 74236. All restrictions on the-availability to the public of the deposited material will be irrevocably removed upon the granting of the patent. 14c yeast cells were mutagenized with ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS) (approximately 60% of cells killed); colonies were plated on supplemented minimal plates (yeast nitrogen base, 2% glucose, and those amino acids and nucleotides required for the strain) and replica-plated to plates lacking nitrogen and carbon (the starvation plates) (contents identical to supplemented minimal, without nitrogen and carbon). After incubation of the starvation plates at 30.degree. C. for five to ten days, the plates were replicated back to rich media plates (YPD) (1% yeast extract, 2% peptone, 2% dextrose). Most of the colonies consisted of dead cells, and thus did not grown on YPD; however, rare colonies contained living cells when plated back onto YPD (the "starvation resistant" colonies). Of 38,000 colonies, 39 were starvation resistant. Of these, eight had an extended life span (extended 20-55%). To determine the life span, cells were taken from logarithmically growing liquid cultures and plated at low density on complete medium. The plates were incubated at 30.degree. C. for approximately three hours. At this time, daughter cells were isolated as buds that had emerged from mother cells, and moved with a Zeiss Micromanipulator to uninhabited regions of the plate. The life spans of these cells were determined by noting and removing all subsequent daughters they generated. The plates were incubated at 30.degree. C. during working hours and shifted to 4.degree. C. overnight. Life spans generated by this incubation schedule do not differ significantly from those generated by incubating cells continuously at 30.degree. C. (data not shown).

To determine whether the mutants were dominant or recessive, the eight starvation resistant mutants were crossed with an isogeneic derivative of 14c, BKyS, with the opposite mating type, sporulated, and shown to segregate 2:2 for stress-related phenotypes in more than 10 tetrads each. Genetic analysis indicated that seven were recessive and one was dominant. Complementation analysis showed that the recessive mutations fell into three genes (UTH 1, 2, and 3). The dominant mutation was not linked to representatives of any of these groups, and representatives of each group were not linked to each other. The dominant mutation was identified as a fourth gene (UTH4, SEQ ID NO. 3, FIG. 16A-E). Mortality curves for each complementation group (UTH 1-4) are shown in FIG. 4 (UTHI), FIG. 5 (UTH2), FIG. 6 (UTH3), and FIG. 7 (UTH4). The differences in life span were statistically significant by a Wilcoxen signed rank test.

Several different phenotypes were examined. To determine starvation resistance, haploid cells were grown in rich media to log phase, collected by centrifugation, and resuspended in minimal sporulation media for a period of seven to nine days. After starvation, cells were again collected by centrifugation and plated on rich media to measure colony forming units (cfu)/ml. Colonies could be assayed for ability to withstand starvation by utilizing sporulation plates instead of liquid culture. Saturation density was measured by suspending logarithmically growing cells in rich medium liquid culture at a density of 10.sup.6 cells/ml. Cultures were incubated for a period of five days with the number of cells/ml counted in a hemacytometer on a periodic basis. Control experiments indicated that the media was completely saturated after this time period. Heat shock resistance was determined by collecting logarithmically growing cells and plating them at a known concentration on rich media plates. The cells were heatshocked at 55.degree. C. for periods varying from five minutes to one hour. Plates were then incubated at 40.degree. C. for three days and the number of colonies was counted. Growth on ethanol was measured by directly streaking a strain on either rich media containing ethanol or synthetic media supplemented with necessary nutrients and containing ethanol as the sole carbon source.

All eight mutants had phenotypes that were different from the parental 14c strain: better stress survival rate (resistance to nitrogen starvation); extended life span (as shown by more divisions); growth to a higher saturation density; heat shock resistance; enhanced growth on ethanol (a carbon source that induces the heat shock response in S. cerevisiae) (Plesset, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 108:1340-1345 (1982)); caffeine resistance; and paraquat sensitivity. In addition, one mutant, designated uth2-42, displayed two additional phenotypes: it mated poorly, and exhibited a pseudohyphal-like growth pattern. The latter phenotype has been observed in diploids that were starved for nitrogen (Gimeno, C. et al., Cell 68:1077-1090 (1992)). Sterility and pseudohyphal-like growth both cosegregated with stress tolerance. Moreover, in three complete tetrads it was found that a lengthened life span also cosegregated with the other mutant phenotypes.

Isolation and Characterization of Genes Affecting Life Span Isolation of the UTH2 gene was conducted by the ability of UTH2 to restore mating to the uth2-42 strain, assayed by replica-plating transformants to a lawn of a tester strain of opposite mating type (CKy21). The uth2-42 mutant was transformed with a standard yeast genomic library, CT3, on a URA3 plasmid (Thompson, C., et al., Cell 73:1361-1375 (1993)), by standard methods (Guthrie, C. and G. Fink, Methods in Enzymology, 1991), and Ura+colonies which were resistant to paraquat were selected. Transformed colonies were tested for their ability to complement the mating detect in the uth2-42 mutant. Plates containing library-transformed colonies were replica-plated onto permissive plates containing a lawn of strain CKy21. Cells were incubated at room temperature for one day to allow mating and then were replica-plated to plates selective for diploid growth. Colonies were picked which clearly grew on the selective plates. Plasmids were recovered from these colonies by standard methods and re-transformed into uth2-42 mutant cells. One plasmid restored the mating efficiency of the uth2-42 mutant. This plasmid, pBK40, also conferred heat shock sensitivity and starvation sensitivity to uth2-42, making it a good candidate for the UTH2 gene. pBK40 contained an insert of about 8 kb.

A 1.6 kb fragment located entirely within the pBK40 library insert was random primed by manufacturer's protocol (U.S. Biochemical), and used to probe a panel of lambda clones containing yeast DNA ((Riles, L. et al., Genetics 134:81-150 (1993)). Only one clone, the lambda clone that hybridized contained SIR4, showed a distinguishable signal.

SIR4 is a component of the yeast silencing complex that represses copies of MAT.alpha. and MATa information and HML and HMR (Hartwell, L. H. J. Cell. Biol. 85:811-822 (1980); Laurenson, P. and J. Rine, Microbiol. Rev. 56:543-560 (1992); Rine, J. and I. Herskowitz, Genetics 116:9-22 (1987)). Restriction mapping of pBK40 indicated that it contained SIR4 and at least 1 kb of flanking DNA to either side. To determine linkage, the insert was transferred to a LEU2-containing integrating vector and targeted to the SIR4 locus in BKy5. This integrant (BKy3O) was mated with uth2-42 (containing pBK40 to allow mating), and after eviction of pBK40, the diploid sporulated. Thirteen of thirteen tetrads contained 2 Leu+, fertile:2 Leu-, sterile segregants, showing that SIR4 is tightly linked to the uth2-42 mutation. It was concluded that UTH2 was SIR4; therefore, uth2-42 was designated sir4-42.

The SIR4 gene is one of a series of genes (SIR1-4) involved in mating type switching. The SIR1-4 genes silence reserve copies of a and a information at the HML and HMR loci which are located to the left and right of the MAT mating type locus (see Rine, J. and Herskowitz, I., Genetics 116:9-22 (1987), for overview). The SIR1-4 genes also silence genes located at the telomeres of yeast chromosomes (Aparicio, O. M. et al., Cell 66(6):1279-1287 (1991)). No other functions had previously been attributed to these genes.

The SIR4 mutant is sterile because it expresses a and .alpha. information simultaneously. The effect of the SIR4 deletion was not simply because cells simultaneously expressed a and a information: the isogeneic diploid of 14c, BKy6, did not live longer than the haploid parents (14c and BKy5) (see FIG. 8). To generate BKy5, strain 14c was transformed with a (GAL-HO) plasmid and plated on galactose medium to induce mating type switching (Guthrie, C. and G. Fink, Methods in Enzymology, 1991). Colonies were tested by mating to CKy20 or CKy21 to determine their mating type; a MATa colony was picked and the GAL-HO plasmid was segregated using 5-FOA (Boeke, J. D. et al., Meth. Enzymol. 154:164-175 (1987)). This strain, BKy5, was mated to 14c and zygotes were isolated by micromanipulation to generate BKy6. To verify that BKy6 was a diploid, the strain was shown to be sporulation-competent.

Further, sterility per se was not the cause of the longer life span. Disrupting STE4 or STE12, genes involved in aspects of mating different than those of SIR4, did not affect life span (see FIG. 9). The disruption of STE4 was carried out as described in Whiteway, M. et al., Cell 56:467-477 (1989).

In addition, introduction of a plasmid which expressed MAT.alpha. into BKy5 did not lengthen life span. The effects of sterility on life span are shown in Table 1, below. The maximum life span indicates the number of daughters produced by the oldest mother cell.

TABLE 1______________________________________The Effects of Sterility on Mean Life Span Mean Maximum Sample Life LifeStrain Size Span Span______________________________________BKy1-14c 20 15.6 25BKy5 20 14.5 20BKy6 20 15.3 27BKy100 (ste4.increment.) 20 15.9 24BKy101 (ste12.increment.) 20 16.5 24BKy5 + Mat.alpha. 20 14.6 26______________________________________

Because the stress and mating phenotypes of sir4-42 were recessive, it was surmised that the phenotype of a SIR4 null mutation would mimic that of sir4-42. The entire SIR4 gene was deleted in 14c: the region from 153 base pairs 5' to SIR4 through the entire open reading frame was deleted and replaced with the URA3 gene using the plasmid pAR59 provided by J. Broach (Marshall, M. et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 7:4441-4452 (1987)). The sir4 deletion was confirmed by southern analysis. The resultant deleted strain, BKy104, was indeed stress tolerant and sterile (data not shown). Importantly, however, it did not have a lengthened life span; in fact, the deletion shortened life span by a small, but statistically significant, degree (see FIG. 10).

These data suggested that the effect of sir4-42 on life span, unlike its effects on stress and mating, might be due to a gain of function. To test this, it was investigated whether the sir4-42 allele was dominant to SIR4 for the phenotype of lengthened life span. The wild type SIR4 was transferred to an integrating vector and targeted to URA3 in the sir4-42 mutant. The integration plasmids were generated by subcloning the entire library insert containing SIR4 from pBK40 into pRS305 or pRS306 by a NotI SalI double digest (Sikorski, R. S. and P. Hieter, Genetics 122:19-27 (1989)). Integration was directed to the URA3 locus by a StuI digest, and was verified by Southern analysis. The resulting SIR4-sir4-42 haploid (BKy109) was stress sensitive and mated efficiently, as expected. However, the life span of this strain was intermediate between the SIR4 parent, 14c, and the sir4-42 mutant, as shown in FIG. 11. Statistical analysis determined that the mean life span of BKy109 was significantly different from the means of both sir4-42 and 14c. The sir4-42 mutation therefore is semi-dominant with respect to life span.

As a second test for dominance, mating was used to construct isogenic diploids, SIR4/SIR4 (BKy6), SIR4/sir4-42 (BKy17), and sir4-42/sir4-42 (BKy28) (using the SIR4 plasmid, pBK40, to permit mating in sir4-42 mutants). BKy19 was generating by mating the sir4-42 mutant containing pBK40 to 14c and subsequently removing the plasmid with 5-FOA. BKyl7 was sporulated and a MATa sir4-42 segregant (BKy21) was used to generate the homozygous sir4-42 diploid (BKy28). BKy2l carrying pBK40 was mated to the sir4-42 mutant also carrying pBK40 and diploids were isolated. The homozygous diploids have life spans similar to their haploid parents, and the heterozygous diploid displayed a life span intermediate between the homozygotes (data not shown). These findings clearly show that the extended life span in the sir4-42 mutant is semi-dominant, and therefore, due to a gain of function mutation.

Gap repair was utilized to clone both the wild type SIR4 allele from 14c and the sir4-42 allele from the SIR4 mutant strain (Guthrie, C. and G. Fink, Methods in Enzymology, 1991). A SmaI AatII double digest was performed to remove the coding region of SIR4 from pBK40. The linear plasmid was gel purified and transformed into either 14c or the sir4-42 mutant. Ura+ colonies were picked and the plasmids were recovered by standard methods. Restriction digests were conducted to determine if the gap repair event was successful. To localize the mutation within SIR4, digests were conducted with AatII, SmaI, and SphI, all of which have one site in the SIR4 gene and another within the pBK40 insert, either 5' or 3' to SIR4. These linearized plasmids were transformed into sir4-42 and transformants were tested for their ability to complement the sir4-42-associated mating defect. This analysis localized the mutation to the region spanning codons 743 to the UAA stop at the end of the 1358 residue SIR4 open reading frame. The clone was shown to.contain the mutation by a functional test in which it was transferred to an integrating vector, and targeted to LEU2 in strain BKy104 (.DELTA.sir4). Integration was directed to the LEU2 locus by a XcmI digest, and verified by Southern analysis. The resulting strain had an extended life span, indicating that the integrating vector contained the sir4-42 allele (data not shown). The SmaI fragments from the mutant or wild type SIR4 gene, which contained the region spanning 743 to the UAA stop at the end of the 1358 residue SIR4 open reading frame, were subcloned into Bluescript (Stratagene). Sequencing primers were made approximately 200 base pairs apart for this entire region, and it was sequenced by the single-strand approach (Sequenase version 2, U.S. Biochemicals). A single difference was found in the mutant which generated a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein, removing 121 residues from the SIR4 gene product.

A second gene involved in senescence in yeast, corresponding to UTH1 described above, has been identified. The UTH1 mutation, described above, rendered 14c sensitive to paraquat. The UTH1 gene was cloned from the CT3 library by its ability to confer resistance to paraquat. The sequence was obtained using standard methods. The nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 1), and the encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 2), are shown in FIG. 15.

Furthermore, two additional S. cerevisiae genes, NCA3 (SEQ ID NO. 11, FIGS. 20A-B) and SAG1 (SEQ ID NO. 13, FIGS. 21A-B), which show a strong homology to UTH1 across a region referred to herein as the SUN domain, have been identified by screening a computerized database with the UTH1 sequence. A comparison of the sequences of the three genes reveals that they show 61 percent identitiy across the SUN domains (FIGS. 22A-B). The SUN domain of the UTH1 gene extends from nucleotide 236 to nucleotide 451, the SUN domain of the NCA3 gene extends from nucleotide 123 to nucleotide 338, and the SAG1 SUN domain extends from nucleotide 211 to nucleotide 426. The SUN domains are the regions of the genes which show the greatest homology. A partial sequence of a third gene with homology to UTH1, designated SUN4 (SEQ ID NO. 15), has also been identified. Deletion of either the NCA3 gene or the SAG1 gene results in a shortened life span compared with the wild-type yeast strain, indicating that these genes contribute to extended life span. This suggests that senescence may be controlled by a family of proteins which interact to regulate aging.

A third gene involved in senescence in yeast, corresponding to UTH4 described above, has been identified and the nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 3) and encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 4) are shown in FIGS. 16A-E. A partial sequence (nucleotides 3-108) of the UTH4 gene was obtained from transformed yeast cells, and a database search revealed the identity and sequence of the complete UTH4 gene. UTH4 contains eight "repeat" boxes which comprise approximately one-third of the gene sequence. A comparison of the eight boxes at the amino acid level reveals that they are about fifty percent homologous (FIG. 23). More striking, however, is a comparison of the UTH4 repeating-box sequence with similar box sequences of several other genes, identified in various databases as having regions of homology with the repeating region of UTH4, including the yeast YGL023 gene (Chen et al., Yeast 7:309-312 (1991), SEQ ID NO. 5, FIGS. 17A-E), the human D43951 gene (SEQ ID NO. 7, FIGS. 18A-G), the human D13645 gene (SEQ ID NO. 9, FIGS. 19A-C) and the Drosophila PUMILIO gene (Barker et al., Genes and Development, 6:2313-2326 (1992). A computer database search revealed that each of these genes contains a similar eight-box region, and a comparison of the YGL023, D93451, PUMILIO and UTH4 genes across this region indicates a conservation of greater than fifty percent (FIG. 24).

UTH4 appears to be similar to SIR4 in that deletion of the entire gene does not confer extended life span upon S. cerevisiae. However, a specific mutation of the UTH4 gene results in an increased life span in the yeast compared with wild-type life span. This mutation can be a single nucleotide change which results in either an amino acid change or generation of a stop codon resulting in a truncated protein.

The Lengthening of Life Span by sir4-42 Requires SIR3

It was investigated whether sir4-42 acted alone or in concert with other members of the SIR complex. The activities of SIR2, SIR3, and SIR4 are closely coupled in that all are required for silencing at the HM loci and at telomeres (Aparicio, O. M. et al., Cell 66(6):1279-1287 (1991); Rine, J. and Herskowitz, I., Genetics 116:9-22 (1987)). The function of SIR1 is different in that it is only required at the HM loci (Aparicio, O. M. et al., Cell 66(6):1279-1287 (1991)), and even there, its requirement is not absolute (Pillus, L. and J. Rine, Cell 59:637-647 (1989)). To determine whether SIR3 and SIR1 were required for the extension of life span, the genes were disrupted in the sir4-42 mutant, and, as a control, in 14c. The sirl deletion was generated using plasmid pJI23.2 which removes the C-terminal 335 amino acids from the 648 amino acid protein (Ivy, J. M. et al., Mol. Cell.Biol. 6:688-702 (1986)). The sir3 deletion was constructed by deleting 123 amino acids at the C-terminus of SIR3. The sirl disruptions did not exert any effect on the sir4-42 mutant or its SIR4 parent (FIG. 12). In contrast, the sir3 disruption abolished the extension of life span conferred by sir4-42 (FIG. 13). This shortening of life span in the sir4-42 strain was specific because disruption of SIR3 did not alter the life span of the SIR4 parent (FIG. 13). Thus, the gain of function caused by sir4-42 appears to be an activity of the entire SIR complex, and not SIR4 alone.

Effects of the sir4-42 Mutation on Telomeres

Because the sir4-42 mutation results in a loss of activity at HM loci, it is possible that the mutation redirects the SIR complex to another chromosomal location, resulting in the observed extension in life span. One obvious possible location was telomeres, because loss of function mutations in SIR2, SIR3, or SIR4 relieve silencing at telomeres and also result in shorter telomeres (Aparicio, O. M. et al., Cell 66(6):1279-1287 (1991); Palladino, F. et al., Cell 75:543-555 (1993)). In mammalian cells, telomeres have been shown to shorten with age (Harley, C. B. et al., Nature 345:458-460 (1990)), and this shortening has been proposed as a causative agent of aging (Allsopp, R. C. et al., PNAS USA 89:10114-10118 (1992); Olovnikov, A. M. J. Theor. Biol. 41:181-190 (1973)). If telomere shortening imposed a limit to life span, then excessive recruitment of SIR complex might counter aging by lengthening telomeres. Therefore, the length of telomeres in 14c and its .DELTA.sir4 and sir4-42 mutant derivatives was determined. Total genomic DNA was isolated, digested with XhoI, and separated on a 0.7% agarose gel and transferred to a GeneScreen Plus Hybridization Transfer Membrane (NEN Research Products). Hybridization and wash conditions were as suggested by the manufacturer. A plasmid containing 600 base pairs located within the conserved Y' region of yeast telomeres, supplied by V. Zakian, was nick translated (GIBCO BRL) and used as a probe (Chan, C. S. M. and B. K. Tye, Cell 33:563-573 (1983)). This probe overlapped the XhoI site and thus hybridized to fragments both telomere-proximal and telomere-distal to the restriction site. Most yeast telomeres contain the Y' region (Walmsley, R. M. et al., Nature 310:157-160 (1984)). Deletion of SIR4 resulted in a shortening of telomeres by approximately 50-100 bases (Palladino, F. et al., Cell 75:543-555 (1993)). Surprisingly, the length of telomeres in the sir4-42 mutant was indistinguishable from the .DELTA.sir4 mutant, indicating that the mutant behaved like the deletion with respect to activity at telomeres. Separate experiments confirmed that silencing at telomeres was also alleviated in the sir4-42 mutant just as in the .DELTA.sir4 strain (data not shown). Thus, the sir4-42 exhibits a loss of function phenotype. However, because sir4-42 extends life span and .DELTA.sir4 does not, the lengthened life span is probably unrelated to telomere length or silencing.

Expression of the Carboxyl-terminus of SIR4 Extends Life Span

Since the sir4-42 mutation removes the carboxyl-terminus of the protein, it is possible that this fragment of SIR4 localized the complex to HM loci and telomeres. Thus, overexpression of a carboxyl-terminal fragment of SIR4 might compete with the wild type protein for recruitment to HM loci and telomeres. A construct expressing only the carboxyl 154 residues of SIR4 has been shown to behave as an anti-SIR4 dominant negative mutant. with respect to silencing at HM loci (Ivy, J. M. et al., Mol. Cell.Biol. 6:688-702 (1986); Marshall, M. et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 7:4441-4452 (1987)). Therefore, a construct that expresses the carboxyl-terminal region of SIR4 (Ivy, J. et al., Mol. Cell Biol. 6:688-702 (1986)) was used to antagonize the native SIR4 protein and render cells sir4-. Transformation of this construct into 14c confirmed that it functioned as a dominant negative inhibitor of mating. The transformant was also stress resistant, as expected. Strikingly, the construct also extended the life span by about 30% (see FIG. 14). The strain labeled SIR4+Anti-SIR4 is 14c transformed with the plasmid pJH3A, a 2 .mu. plasmid containing the C-terminal 154 amino acids of the SIR4 gene (Ivy, J. et al., Mol. Cell Biol. 6:688-702 (1986)).

Summary of Yeast Strains Described Above

Table 2 depicts the strain and genotype of all yeast strains described herein. All strains were generated in this study except BWG1-7A which is described in Guarente, L. and T. Mason, Cell 32:1279-1286 (1983)), and the mating testers CKy20 and CKy21 which were gifts of C. Kaiser. The terminology LEU2/sir4-42 in the strain BKy107 means the sir4-42 allele has been integrated at the LEU2 locus, for example.

TABLE 2__________________________________________________________________________Yeast Strains Used in this StudyStrain Genotype__________________________________________________________________________BWG1-7A Mata ade1-100 his4-519leu2-3,2-112 ura3-52PSY142 Mat.alpha. leu2-3,2-112lys2-801 ura3-52BKy1 Mata ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 LYS2 ura3-52 Mat.alpha. ADE HIS4 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52BKy1-14a Mata ade1-100 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura-3-52BKy1-14b Mat.alpha. leu2-3,2-112 ura3-52BKy1-14c Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52BKy1-14d Mata his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 ura3-52BKy5 Mata ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52BKy6 Mata ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lvs2-801 ura3-52 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52BKy17 Mata ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 SIR4 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4-42BKy21 Mata ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4-42BKy28 Mata ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4-42 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4-42BKy30 Mata ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura 3-52 SIR4/LEU2Bky100 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 Ste4::URA3BKy101 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 ste12::URA3BKy102 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir1::LEU2BKy103 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir3::URA3BKy104 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4::URA3BKY105 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4-42 sir1::LEU2BKy106 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4-42 sir3::URA3Bky107 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 lys2-801 ura3-52 sir4::URA3 LEU2/sir4-42BKy108 Mat.alpha. ade1-100 his4-519 leu2-3,2-112 ly2-801 sir4-42 URA3/SIR4CKy20 Mat.alpha. arg1 tsm11CKy21 Mata arg1 tsm11__________________________________________________________________________ Framework for Relating Silencing, Aging, Stress, and Telomeres

Table 3 summarizes the effects of three mutant alleles of SIR4 that alleviate silencing and also promote stress resistance.

TABLE 3______________________________________Phenotypes of SIR4 Alleles Amino Stress % Life SpanAllele Acids Mating Resistance Increase______________________________________SIR4 1-1358 + Sensitive --sir4-42 1-1237 - Resistant 30-60%sir4.increment. -- - Resistant noneSIR4 + 1-1358 + - Resistant 20-45%Anti-SIR4 1205-1358______________________________________ Deletion of SIR3 has effects indistinguishable from deletion of SIR4 (data not shown). Of all of these mutations, however, only sir4-42 extends life span. To explain these findings, it is proposed that a locus that is repressed by the SIR complex can promote resistance to stress when repression is eliminated. In principle, this locus could be linked to HML, HMR, a telomere, or reside at some other location. Linkage to HM loci is not plausible, however, because deletion of SIR1, which weakens repression at the HM loci, does not promote stress resistance. For simplicity, it is suggested that there is a telomere-linked, stress-resistant locus under SIR control.

It is further suggested that the lengthening of life span is due to a different locus, termed AGE, that is independent of effects at HM loci or telomeres. The repression of the "AGE" locus by SIR4 is essential to longevity, according to this view, and aging may result from a breakdown in the silencing of that locus. It is, of course, possible that silencing at more than one chromosomal region governs aging. In any case, the "AGE" locus is proposed to be unlinked to telomeres or HM loci because both the sir4-42 mutation and the .DELTA.sir4 eliminate silencing at HM loci and at telomeres, but only the sir4-42 allele extends life span. Further, the extension of life span by sir4-42 is semi-dominant in a strain also containing SIR4, indicating that it is a gain of function mutation with regard to life span. The function gained in the mutant must relate to the normal silencing activity of the SIR complex because the ability of sir4-42 to promote longevity requires the integrity of SIR3.

It is also suggested that the sir4-42 mutation prevents recruitment of the SIR complex to HML, HMR, and telomeres, rendering the complex more available for any other site of action in the cell. The carboxyl 121 residues that are missing in the sir4-42 mutant may be important in the recruitment of the SIR complex to these chromosomal sites. Consistent with the view that the carboxyl terminus of SIR4 helps localize the SIRs to HM loci and telomeres, overexpression of the carboxyl 163 residues of SIR4 is known to exert a dominant negative effect on repression at HM loci (Ivy, J. et al., Mol. Cell Biol. 6:688-702 (1986); Marshall, M. et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 7:4441-4452 (1987)). Expression of this SIR4 fragment, in addition to blocking repression at HML and HMR, promoted longevity.

A breakdown in silencing by the SIR complex may be causally related to aging in S. cerevisiae. The identification of SIR4 as a gene that affects life span in yeast thus appears to relate telomeres and aging. However, as described above, telomeres in the sir4-42 strain, just as in the .DELTA.sir4 null mutant, are shorter than wild type. This suggests that telomere length is not causally related to aging. Nevertheless, it is theoretically possible that the mutation counters telomere shortening selectively in old cells.

Methods of Isolating Strains with Increased Life Span

The techniques described above can be used to isolate other yeast strains with increased life spans, and thereby to isolate other genes, from yeast and other cell types (e.g. vertebrate, mammalian) involved in senescence. Any budding yeast strain for which the life span is known can be utilized. The life span of the strain can be determined by calculating the mean number of generations before senescence in a sample of colonies of the strain of interest. A sample of the strain of interest is exposed to a mutagen, such as ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS), N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), or ultraviolet irradiation. Mutants with increased life spans can then be isolated as follows.

Starvation-resistance method Yeast cells that have been exposed to mutagen are plated with minimal nutrients (including carbon and nitrogen sources, as well as the amino acids and nucleotides that are required by the particular strain for growth). The minimal plates are replica-plated to plates lacking vital nutrients, such as nitrogen and carbon (the starvation plates). After incubation of the starvation plates at a temperature appropriate for growth, for several days, the starvation plates are replicated back to rich media plates. The rare colonies containing living cells when plated back onto rich medium (the "starvation resistant" colonies) are then examined to determine whether the life span is extended. Life span is calculated as described above. This method is particularly appropriate for short-lived strains, which are more sensitive to starvation.

Cell surface labelling method This method takes advantage of the fact that the cell surface (including the cell membrane and cell wall) of a daughter cell in some budding yeast, such as S. cerevisiae, is fabricated entirely of new materials: when the cell surface of the mother cell is labelled, the surface of the daughter cells remains unlabelled. In one embodiment, the cell surface is labelled with biotin. When avidin linked to fluorescence is coupled to the biotin, the cell surface fluoresces. Alternatively, any other method of labelling the cell surface with a fluorescent marker is appropriate. Daughter cells remain unlabelled (will not fluoresce). Fluorescently labelled yeast cells are plated and cultured for a period of time greater than the life span of the non-mutant strain (as measured by time necessary for one cell division, multiplied by the number of divisions, or generations, in the life span). If desired, the yeast cells may be sampled at regular time intervals in order to monitor the plating efficiency of the cells; the efficiency will drop precipitously after the chronological life span has passed. The yeast cells are then subjected to fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), to isolate the fluorescently labelled cells. The fluorescent cells are then replated; only mutants with increased life spans will grow.

Temperature-sensitive method A temperature-sensitive mutant strain, in which the daughter cells die at the non-permissive temperature, is utilized. For example, yeast cells with a mutation in the mdm2-2 gene (also known as the ole-1 gene) (McConnell, S. et al., J. Cell Biol. 111:967-976 (1990)) bud forth living daughter cells at 30.degree. C., but not at 37.degree. C., because of a failure in appropriate organelle segregation at the higher temperature (mitochondria are not put into daughter cells). In such a temperature-sensitive mutant, the daughter cells bud off from the mother cell and die at the non-permissive temperature; the dead daughter cells remain near the mother cell. Therefore, each mother cell grown at the non-permissive temperature generates a microcolony of N cells, where N is equal to the number of generations in the life span of the mother cell. Mutant strains will display microcolonies wherein the number of cells is greater than N.

To isolate mutants, cells are plated at the permissive temperature. A sample of cells from each colony is then transferred to a plate to be grown at the non-permissive temperature. Microcolonies with cell number greater than N are indicative of mutants; cells from the colonies which have been identified as mutant can be selected from the plates grown at the permissive temperature. Alternatively, cells are plated directly at the non-permissive temperature, and grown for a period of time greater than the life span as measured by time necessary for one cell division, multiplied by the number of divisions, or generations, in the life span. If desired, the yeast cells may be sampled at regular time intervals in order to monitor the plating efficiency of the cells; the efficiency will drop precipitously after the chronological life span has passed. After this time, the plates are shifted back to the permissive temperature. Only longer-lived mutants will grow after the temperature shift.

Methods of Identifying Agents Which Affect Life Span

The above-described methods for isolating mutant yeast cells with a longer life span can be employed to identify agents which alter the life span of a yeast strain. In this embodiment of the current invention, the yeast strain of interest, for which the life span is known or has been calculated, is exposed to the agent to be tested rather than subjected to a mutagen. The samples thus exposed are then examined for longer-lived colonies, using any of the methods described above. Colonies exhibiting a longer life span in the presence of the agent than in the absence of the agent are indicative of the ability of the agent to increase life span, or to postpone senescence. Agents include drugs, peptides, oligonucleotides, and genes encoding proteins that increase life span, such as genes isolated by the methods described below.

Methods of Isolating Genes Involved in Altering Life Span

Genes which contribute to senescence can be isolated by complementation analysis, or by isolation of DNA homologous to other genes known to contribute to senescence. In one embodiment of the current invention, cells from a budding yeast strain, such as 14c, in which the SIR4 gene has been mutated as described above, and which as a result have a longer life span, are utilized. The SIR4 gene can be mutated through site-specific mutagenesis, for example. A genomic DNA library generated from an organism of interest, including another yeast strain, bacteria, or mammals, is used to transform the yeast cells. The cells are then plated and grown. Those yeast cells which exhibit the usual life span of the yeast strain, rather than the longer life of the cells in which SIR4 is mutated, are selected. These cells contain DNA from the organism of interest which comprises a gene that contributes to senescence. The DNA from the organism of interest is then isolated from these yeast cells.

Genes which contribute to longer life span can also be isolated by complementation analysis, or by isolation of DNA homologous to other genes known to contribute to longer life span. In one embodiment of the current invention, cells from a budding yeast strain, such as 14c, are utilized. These cells should have a normal life span; i.e., the SIR4 gene should not be mutated. A genomic DNA library generated from an organism of interest, including another yeast strain, bacteria, or mammals, is used to transform the yeast cells. The cells are then plated and grown. Those yeast cells which exhibit a longer life span of the yeast strain, rather than the usual life span of the cells, are selected. These cells contain DNA from the organism of interest which comprises a gene that contributes to longer life span (i.e., a gene that increases life span). The DNA from the organism of interest is then isolated from these yeast cells. In another embodiment, genes in other organisms that are the functional equivalent of SIR4 in yeast can be investigated to determine whether a mutation corresponding to the SIR4 mutation (stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein) results in a mutated gene that contributes to longer life span.

In another embodiment of the current invention, homologous genes can be isolated by hybridization. In one particular embodiment, a labelled DNA fragment comprising the SIR4 gene, the UTH1 gene or the UTH4 gene is used to probe cellular DNA from an organism of interest under high, medium or low hybridization stringency conditions, depending on the degree of homology sought. For description of appropriate stringency conditions, see Sambrook et al., eds., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989, or Ausubel, F. M. et al., eds. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 1994. DNA hybridizing to the probe is isolated, and complementation analysis is performed to verify that the DNA comprises a gene which contributes to senescence. In one embodiment, DNA from an organism of interest is hybridized under high stringency conditions to DNA comprising a mutated SIR4 gene (i.e., a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein). Alternatively, labelled DNA comprising genes isolated by the complementation method described above can be used as the probe.

Homologous genes can also be found by computerized database searches to identify genes which include regions of homology to the SUN domains of the UTH1, NCA3 and SAG1 genes or to the repeating-box region of the UTH4, PUMILIO, YGL023, D13645 or D43951 genes. Homologous genes can also be found by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (see Sakai, R. K. et al., Science 230:1350-4 (1985), and Sakai, R. K. et al., Science 239: 487-91 (1988)). Synthetic oligonucleotide primers which comprise regions of the SIR4 gene or the UTH1 gene can be used. In one embodiment, synthetic oligonucleotide primers which comprise the region of the SIR4 gene that contains the mutation (the stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein) are used. Alternatively, oligonucleotides can be patterned after any gene, such as those isolated by this method or any of the above methods, which contributes to senescence or to longer life span. The oligonucleotides are utilized in PCR to generate multiple copies of DNA of interest from a sample of genomic DNA from the organism of interest. The DNA multiplied in PCR is then isolated, and complementation analysis is performed to verify that the DNA comprises a functional gene which contributes to senescence or to longer life span. Once genes have been isolated using these methods, standard procedures can then be used to isolate the proteins encoded by the genes.

Methods of Increasing Life Span in Yeast

Because the sir4-42 mutation is a semi-dominant mutation, and because addition of "anti-SIR4" (residues 1205-1358 of SIR4) to yeast cells increases the life span by 20-45%, it is now possible to increase the life span of any cell by adding "anti-SIR4". For example, a plasmid which expresses residues 1205-1358 can be inserted into the cell of interest. Expression of the anti-SIR4 protein will increase the life span. The life span can also be increased by adding mutant SIR4 protein (protein produced by the mutated SIR4 gene, in which there is a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein). For example, a plasmid which expresses the mutant SIR4 protein can be inserted into the cell of interest. Alternatively, "anti-SIR4" protein or protein produced by the mutant SIR4 gene can be added to the cell, thereby increasing the cell's life span.

Equivalents

Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, many equivalents to specific embodiments of the invention described specifically herein. Such equivalents are intended to be encompassed in the scope of the following claims.

__________________________________________________________________________# SEQUENCE LISTING- (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:- (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 16- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs (A) LENGTH: 1946 base (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 322..1671#ID NO:1: (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- TGAAAAAGTG GAACTAGACC CCACGTCAGC GGGCCTAGGC CCTTCAATGT GT - #TAGAATAC 60- ACAGCGTGCC TAGTTCCTGG TGCCTGGATC TCGAGGCCGC GGCACTGGAA AA - #GCCCTTTC 120- TTTTCCAGAT CGGGAAACCT AATGAGTCCA TAAAAAGAAA TGTAGAGGTG GT - #GTTGACGT 180- TTTGCCGCTT TTGGGCAAGT AGGTCTTTCT GCACGGCCCG GCCCGGGTCG TG - #CGGAAAAA 240- GAAAAAAGCA GACAAAACAA AATTTTTCCT TTTTTTCGCC TTTGTTTCTC CT - #GATTCGGG 300#ACC TCG GCG TCT 351 ATG TGT TTC CTT CTC GAG#Ser Ala Serys Phe Leu Leu Glu Thr# 10- CCC AGA TCA AAG CTC AGC AAA GAT TTT AAA CC - #G CAA TTT ACG CTC CTT 399Pro Arg Ser Lys Leu Ser Lys Asp Phe Lys Pr - #o Gln Phe Thr Leu Leu# 25- TCA TCG GTA ACT AAG AAG AAA AAA AAA AAA GT - #A CGA CCA CAC AAT TTC 447Ser Ser Val Thr Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Lys Va - #l Arg Pro His Asn Phe# 40- CAG TGT ATT CAT TCC TTA AAC TTC GTT TAT TT - #T TTA TTC ATT CAT TCA 495Gln Cys Ile His Ser Leu Asn Phe Val Tyr Ph - #e Leu Phe Ile His Ser# 55- TTT TTA TTT GAA TAT AAC CAA CTA CTA GTC CT - #T CCT TTA AAC AAA AAT 543Phe Leu Phe Glu Tyr Asn Gln Leu Leu Val Le - #u Pro Leu Asn Lys Asn# 70- TTA CCC TCC CTT AAT TTT TCA AGA AAT TCC AG - #T ATG AAA TTA TCC GCT 591Leu Pro Ser Leu Asn Phe Ser Arg Asn Ser Se - #r Met Lys Leu Ser Ala# 90- CTA TTA GCT TTA TCA GCC TCC ACC GCC GTC TT - #G GCC GCT CCA GCT GTC 639Leu Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Ser Thr Ala Val Le - #u Ala Ala Pro Ala Val# 105- CAC CAT AGT GAC AAC CAC CAC CAC AAC GAC AA - #G CGT GCC GTT GTC ACC 687His His Ser Asp Asn His His His Asn Asp Ly - #s Arg Ala Val Val Thr# 120- GTT ACT CAG TAC GTC AAC GCA GAC GGC GCT GT - #T GTT ATT CCA GCT GCC 735Val Thr Gln Tyr Val Asn Ala Asp Gly Ala Va - #l Val Ile Pro Ala Ala# 135- ACC ACC GCT ACC TCG GCG GCT GCT GAT GGA AA - #G GTC GAG TCT GTT GCT 783Thr Thr Ala Thr Ser Ala Ala Ala Asp Gly Ly - #s Val Glu Ser Val Ala# 150- GCT GCC ACC ACT ACT TTG TCC TCG ACT GCC GC - #C GCC GCT ACT ACC TCT 831Ala Ala Thr Thr Thr Leu Ser Ser Thr Ala Al - #a Ala Ala Thr Thr Ser155 1 - #60 1 - #65 1 -#70- GCC GCC GCC TCT TCT TCC TCC TCT TCC TCT TC - #C TCC TCT TCC TCT TCT 879Ala Ala Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Se - #r Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser# 185- TCC TCT GTT GGT TCT GGA GAT TTT GAA GAT GG - #T ACC ATT TCC TGT TCT 927Ser Ser Val Gly Ser Gly Asp Phe Glu Asp Gl - #y Thr Ile Ser Cys Ser# 200- GAT TTC CCA TCC GGA CAA GGT GCT GTC TCC TT - #G GAC TGG TTA GGT CTA 975Asp Phe Pro Ser Gly Gln Gly Ala Val Ser Le - #u Asp Trp Leu Gly Leu# 215- GGC GGC TGG GCT TCC ATC ATG GAC ATG AAC GG - #T AAC ACC GCC ACC TCT1023Gly Gly Trp Ala Ser Ile Met Asp Met Asn Gl - #y Asn Thr Ala Thr Ser# 230- TGT CAA GAC GGA TAC TAC TGT TCT TAC GCT TG - #T TCT CCA GGT TAC GCT1071Cys Gln Asp Gly Tyr Tyr Cys Ser Tyr Ala Cy - #s Ser Pro Gly Tyr Ala235 2 - #40 2 - #45 2 -#50- AAG ACC CAA TGG CCT TCT GAA CAA CCT TCC GA - #T GGT AGA TCC GTT GGT1119Lys Thr Gln Trp Pro Ser Glu Gln Pro Ser As - #p Gly Arg Ser Val Gly# 265- GGT TTA TAC TGT AAG AAC GGT AAA TTA TAC CG - #T TCC AAC ACC GAC ACT1167Gly Leu Tyr Cys Lys Asn Gly Lys Leu Tyr Ar - #g Ser Asn Thr Asp Thr# 280- AAC AGT TTG TGT GTA GAA GGT CAA GGC TCT GC - #T CAA GCT GTT AAC AAG1215Asn Ser Leu Cys Val Glu Gly Gln Gly Ser Al - #a Gln Ala Val Asn Lys# 295- GTC TCC GGC TCC ATT GCT ATC TGT GGT ACC GA - #T TAT CCA GGT TCT GAA1263Val Ser Gly Ser Ile Ala Ile Cys Gly Thr As - #p Tyr Pro Gly Ser Glu# 310- AAC ATG GTC GTT CCT ACC GTA GTT GGC GCT GG - #T TCC TCC CAA CCA ATC1311Asn Met Val Val Pro Thr Val Val Gly Ala Gl - #y Ser Ser Gln Pro Ile315 3 - #20 3 - #25 3 -#30- AAC GTC ATC AAG GAG GAC TCC TAC TAT CAA TG - #G CAA GGT AAG AAG ACC1359Asn Val Ile Lys Glu Asp Ser Tyr Tyr Gln Tr - #p Gln Gly Lys Lys Thr# 345- TCT GCC CAA TAC TAC GTT AAC AAC GCT GGT GT - #C TCT GTG GAA GAT GGT1407Ser Ala Gln Tyr Tyr Val Asn Asn Ala Gly Va - #l Ser Val Glu Asp Gly# 360- TGT ATC TGG GGT ACT GAG GGT TCC GGT GTC GG - #T AAC TGG GCC CCA GTT1455Cys Ile Trp Gly Thr Glu Gly Ser Gly Val Gl - #y Asn Trp Ala Pro Val# 375- GTC TTG GGT GCT GGT TAC ACT GAT GGT ATC AC - #T TAC TTG TCC ATC ATT1503Val Leu Gly Ala Gly Tyr Thr Asp Gly Ile Th - #r Tyr Leu Ser Ile Ile# 390- CCA AAC CCA AAC AAC AAA GAA GCA CCA AAC TT - #T AAC ATC AAG ATC GTT1551Pro Asn Pro Asn Asn Lys Glu Ala Pro Asn Ph - #e Asn Ile Lys Ile Val395 4 - #00 4 - #05 4 -#10- GCC ACC GAT GGC TCT ACC GTC AAT GGT GCT TG - #C TCT TAC GAA AAT GGT1599Ala Thr Asp Gly Ser Thr Val Asn Gly Ala Cy - #s Ser Tyr Glu Asn Gly# 425- GTC TAC TCT GGC TCT GGC TCT GAC GGT TGT AC - #T GTT TCA GTT ACT TCT1647Val Tyr Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Asp Gly Cys Th - #r Val Ser Val Thr Ser# 440- GGT TCT GCT AAC TTT GTC TTC TAC TAGGCCTTTT TT - #CCTTGAAT ATTGCAAATA1701Gly Ser Ala Asn Phe Val Phe Tyr# 450- AGCTTTTGCT AGTACTTTTT TTACTCCGTT CATTTTATGG TTTATTTTTC AA - #TTAGTTCG1761- TTTTTCCACA ATACAAAAAA ACACAGTCCT TTGTACTATC CCTTTTATTT CA - #TTATTTTT1821- TCTTTTTTAA GATACCACTA GATATTATCA TATATAGCAT ATTATATAAC AT - #AAAAAGTC1881- AAGAAAAAAA ATGTTTTTAT CACTTTCTAT AACTGCATAT CTTTTTTTGC AT - #TTCGAATG1941# 1946- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 450 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: - # SEQ ID NO:2:- Met Cys Phe Leu Leu Glu Thr Ser Ala Ser Pr - #o Arg Ser Lys Leu Ser# 15- Lys Asp Phe Lys Pro Gln Phe Thr Leu Leu Se - #r Ser Val Thr Lys Lys# 30- Lys Lys Lys Lys Val Arg Pro His Asn Phe Gl - #n Cys Ile His Ser Leu# 45- Asn Phe Val Tyr Phe Leu Phe Ile His Ser Ph - #e Leu Phe Glu Tyr Asn# 60- Gln Leu Leu Val Leu Pro Leu Asn Lys Asn Le - #u Pro Ser Leu Asn Phe# 80- Ser Arg Asn Ser Ser Met Lys Leu Ser Ala Le - #u Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala# 95- Ser Thr Ala Val Leu Ala Ala Pro Ala Val Hi - #s His Ser Asp Asn His# 110- His His Asn Asp Lys Arg Ala Val Val Thr Va - #l Thr Gln Tyr Val Asn# 125- Ala Asp Gly Ala Val Val Ile Pro Ala Ala Th - #r Thr Ala Thr Ser Ala# 140- Ala Ala Asp Gly Lys Val Glu Ser Val Ala Al - #a Ala Thr Thr Thr Leu145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Ser Ser Thr Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Thr Ser Al - #a Ala Ala Ser Ser Ser# 175- Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Se - #r Ser Val Gly Ser Gly# 190- Asp Phe Glu Asp Gly Thr Ile Ser Cys Ser As - #p Phe Pro Ser Gly Gln# 205- Gly Ala Val Ser Leu Asp Trp Leu Gly Leu Gl - #y Gly Trp Ala Ser Ile# 220- Met Asp Met Asn Gly Asn Thr Ala Thr Ser Cy - #s Gln Asp Gly Tyr Tyr225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Cys Ser Tyr Ala Cys Ser Pro Gly Tyr Ala Ly - #s Thr Gln Trp Pro Ser# 255- Glu Gln Pro Ser Asp Gly Arg Ser Val Gly Gl - #y Leu Tyr Cys Lys Asn# 270- Gly Lys Leu Tyr Arg Ser Asn Thr Asp Thr As - #n Ser Leu Cys Val Glu# 285- Gly Gln Gly Ser Ala Gln Ala Val Asn Lys Va - #l Ser Gly Ser Ile Ala# 300- Ile Cys Gly Thr Asp Tyr Pro Gly Ser Glu As - #n Met Val Val Pro Thr305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Val Val Gly Ala Gly Ser Ser Gln Pro Ile As - #n Val Ile Lys Glu Asp# 335- Ser Tyr Tyr Gln Trp Gln Gly Lys Lys Thr Se - #r Ala Gln Tyr Tyr Val# 350- Asn Asn Ala Gly Val Ser Val Glu Asp Gly Cy - #s Ile Trp Gly Thr Glu# 365- Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Asn Trp Ala Pro Val Va - #l Leu Gly Ala Gly Tyr# 380- Thr Asp Gly Ile Thr Tyr Leu Ser Ile Ile Pr - #o Asn Pro Asn Asn Lys385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- Glu Ala Pro Asn Phe Asn Ile Lys Ile Val Al - #a Thr Asp Gly Ser Thr# 415- Val Asn Gly Ala Cys Ser Tyr Glu Asn Gly Va - #l Tyr Ser Gly Ser Gly# 430- Ser Asp Gly Cys Thr Val Ser Val Thr Ser Gl - #y Ser Ala Asn Phe Val# 445- Phe Tyr 450- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs (A) LENGTH: 3455 base (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 663..3164#ID NO:3: (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- AAGCTTTAAC GGGATCTTCT AACAACAAAT AGCATAATAA CCAAAAACCA GC - #TTCAGTGG 60- GATCAGCCTA TCGACACGCC TTTTTTAGCG GTCTAACAAT CTCCGTTTAT GT - #CGTATGGA 120- ATTTCTATAC TTGACCCTAC CTTATTTCTC GAATATGCCT ATAAGGATTT TC - #TCGAAAGA 180- AGGGCTTCGG GAAAGAGGCG CCTCAGGCAA AAATGAGCAA AAAAAAAAAA AA - #AAAGAAAA 240- GATTCGAAGA TCTATGAAAA ATTTATGCAG ATTCGTTGAG AGTTATAAGG AT - #TTTACTCT 300- TTATGGTTAT AGGTTTCATT CTAAAATCAA GCATAAATTT TGTGTTTTGT CT - #TCCTCTTT 360- TCCTGTCCTC TTTTTTTGCC ATCCTCTGTC GCCATTGAAG TCGAACTTTA TA - #GATAGATT 420- TACTCTTGAT TCTCACGCAT CTCAGGCCAC CTGGACACTG TACATGGTTG TG - #ATTGTTCT 480- CTTTCTCAGT TATCGAAATT GATCCTAGGC TTATACTCCA AAATCGGCTC TG - #CACACGCC 540- TTATTTTTGT GGTTTCACTT TACTAACACA ACATTCTTTT ATTCAATCAG AT - #CAATAACG 600- AACCATTTCC ATCTGCCGAC TCAGCATCGA TTTTAACTAC GTCTACATCA AA - #TAACTCCT 660- TA ATG TCT TAC AAT CAT CAG CCT CAA CTA TCT - # ATT AAC TCC GTC CAA 707#Ser Ile Asn Ser Val Glnln Pro Gln Leu# 15- TCA CTC TTG GAG CCC GTG ACC CCT CCG CCT TT - #G GGC CAG ATG AAT AAC 755Ser Leu Leu Glu Pro Val Thr Pro Pro Pro Le - #u Gly Gln Met Asn Asn# 30- AAA AGA AAC CAT CAA AAG GCT CAT TCG CTT GA - #T CTC TCT GGT TTT AAT 803Lys Arg Asn His Gln Lys Ala His Ser Leu As - #p Leu Ser Gly Phe Asn# 45- CAG TTC ATA TCA TCG ACA CAA TCT CCC TTG GC - #T TTG ATG AAT AAT ACA 851Gln Phe Ile Ser Ser Thr Gln Ser Pro Leu Al - #a Leu Met Asn Asn Thr# 60- TCA ACA TCG AAT TCT GCT AAC TCT TTT TCC CC - #G AAT CCT AAT GCT GCT 899Ser Thr Ser Asn Ser Ala Asn Ser Phe Ser Pr - #o Asn Pro Asn Ala Ala# 75- AGC AAC TCC ACT GGG CTT TCA GCC TCA ATG GC - #A AAT CCT CCA GCC ATT 947Ser Asn Ser Thr Gly Leu Ser Ala Ser Met Al - #a Asn Pro Pro Ala Ile# 95- CTA CCA TTA ATC AAT GAG TTT GAT CTG GAA AT - #G GAT GGT CCC AGG AGA 995Leu Pro Leu Ile Asn Glu Phe Asp Leu Glu Me - #t Asp Gly Pro Arg Arg# 110- AAA TCA AGC CAC GAT TTC ACG GTT GTT GCT CC - #T TCG AAC TCT GGT GTC1043Lys Ser Ser His Asp Phe Thr Val Val Ala Pr - #o Ser Asn Ser Gly Val# 125- AAT ACC TCC AGT TTA ATT ATG GAA ACA CCA TC - #C TCT TCA GTG ACT CCT1091Asn Thr Ser Ser Leu Ile Met Glu Thr Pro Se - #r Ser Ser Val Thr Pro# 140- GCT GCA TCT CTC AGA AAT TTT AGC AAT AGT AA - #T AAT GCT GCT TCC AAA1139Ala Ala Ser Leu Arg Asn Phe Ser Asn Ser As - #n Asn Ala Ala Ser Lys# 155- TGT GGA GTG GAT AAT TCG TCA TTT GGT TTG AG - #T AGC TCA ACG TCT TCA1187Cys Gly Val Asp Asn Ser Ser Phe Gly Leu Se - #r Ser Ser Thr Ser Ser160 1 - #65 1 - #70 1 -#75- TCT ATG GTC GAA ATC AGC GCA CTA CCC CTT AG - #A GAT CTG GAT TAT ATC1235Ser Met Val Glu Ile Ser Ala Leu Pro Leu Ar - #g Asp Leu Asp Tyr Ile# 190- AAA CTT GCC ACT GAC CAG TTT GGC TGC CGT TT - #T CTT CAA AAA AAA TTA1283Lys Leu Ala Thr Asp Gln Phe Gly Cys Arg Ph - #e Leu Gln Lys Lys Leu# 205- GAA ACC CCC AGT GAA TCC AAT ATG GTG AGA GA - #C TTG ATG TAT GAA CAA1331Glu Thr Pro Ser Glu Ser Asn Met Val Arg As - #p Leu Met Tyr Glu Gln# 220- ATT AAG CCA TTT TTC TTG GAC CTT ATT TTG GA - #T CCG TTC GGT AAC TAT1379Ile Lys Pro Phe Phe Leu Asp Leu Ile Leu As - #p Pro Phe Gly Asn Tyr# 235- TTG GTT CAA AAA CTA TGC GAT TAT TTA ACT GC - #C GAG CAA AAG ACA TTA1427Leu Val Gln Lys Leu Cys Asp Tyr Leu Thr Al - #a Glu Gln Lys Thr Leu240 2 - #45 2 - #50 2 -#55- TTA ATA CAA ACA ATA TAT CCA AAT GTT TTC CA - #A ATA TCA ATC AAT CAG1475Leu Ile Gln Thr Ile Tyr Pro Asn Val Phe Gl - #n Ile Ser Ile Asn Gln# 270- TAC GGA ACT CGT TCC TTA CAG AAA ATT ATA GA - #C ACT GTC GAT AAC GAA1523Tyr Gly Thr Arg Ser Leu Gln Lys Ile Ile As - #p Thr Val Asp Asn Glu# 285- GTT CAA ATC GAT CTC ATT ATT AAG GGA TTT TC - #C CAA GAA TTT ACT TCG1571Val Gln Ile Asp Leu Ile Ile Lys Gly Phe Se - #r Gln Glu Phe Thr Ser# 300- ATT GAG CAA GTG GTT ACT TTG ATA AAC GAT CT - #T AAT GGT AAC CAT GTG1619Ile Glu Gln Val Val Thr Leu Ile Asn Asp Le - #u Asn Gly Asn His Val# 315- ATT CAA AAG TGT ATT TTC AAA TTC TCG CCA TC - #A AAA TTT GGT TTC ATC1667Ile Gln Lys Cys Ile Phe Lys Phe Ser Pro Se - #r Lys Phe Gly Phe Ile320 3 - #25 3 - #30 3 -#35- ATA GAT GCT ATT GTA GAA CAA AAT AAT ATC AT - #T ACC ATT TCT ACC CAT1715Ile Asp Ala Ile Val Glu Gln Asn Asn Ile Il - #e Thr Ile Ser Thr His# 350- AAA CAT GGT TGT TGC GTA CTA CAA AAA TTA CT - #A AGC GTT TGT ACT CTA1763Lys His Gly Cys Cys Val Leu Gln Lys Leu Le - #u Ser Val Cys Thr Leu# 365- CAA CAA ATT TTC AAA ATT TCT GTG AAA ATT GT - #G CAG TTC CTT CCT GGA1811Gln Gln Ile Phe Lys Ile Ser Val Lys Ile Va - #l Gln Phe Leu Pro Gly# 380- TTA ATC AAC GAT CAG TTC GGT AAT TAT ATC AT - #C CAA TTT CTG TTA GAT1859Leu Ile Asn Asp Gln Phe Gly Asn Tyr Ile Il - #e Gln Phe Leu Leu Asp# 395- ATC AAA GAA TTG GAC TTT TAC TTA TTG GCT GA - #G TTA TTT AAC CGT TTA1907Ile Lys Glu Leu Asp Phe Tyr Leu Leu Ala Gl - #u Leu Phe Asn Arg Leu400 4 - #05 4 - #10 4 -#15- TCC AAT GAA TTA TGT CAA CTA TCT TGT TTG AA - #G TTC TCC TCA AAT GTT1955Ser Asn Glu Leu Cys Gln Leu Ser Cys Leu Ly - #s Phe Ser Ser Asn Val# 430- GTG GAA AAA TTC ATT AAA AAA TTA TTT AGA AT - #C ATT ACT GGA TTT ATT2003Val Glu Lys Phe Ile Lys Lys Leu Phe Arg Il - #e Ile Thr Gly Phe Ile# 445- GTT AAT AAC AAT GGG GGT GCC TCC CAA AGG AC - #T GCA GTT GCT TCT GAT2051Val Asn Asn Asn Gly Gly Ala Ser Gln Arg Th - #r Ala Val Ala Ser Asp# 460- GAC GTG ATT AAT GCT TCT ATG AAC ATT CTT TT - #G ACT ACC ATT GAT ATA2099Asp Val Ile Asn Ala Ser Met Asn Ile Leu Le - #u Thr Thr Ile Asp Ile# 475- TTC ACA GTC AAT TTA AAT GTG CTA ATC AGG GA - #T AAT TTT GGT AAT TAT2147Phe Thr Val Asn Leu Asn Val Leu Ile Arg As - #p Asn Phe Gly Asn Tyr480 4 - #85 4 - #90 4 -#95- GCG TTA CAA ACG CTA TTA GAC GTT AAG AAT TA - #T TCT CCT CTG CTT GCT2195Ala Leu Gln Thr Leu Leu Asp Val Lys Asn Ty - #r Ser Pro Leu Leu Ala# 510- TAC AAC AAA AAT AGT AAC GCA ATT GGG CAA AA - #C AGC TCT AGT ACA TTG2243Tyr Asn Lys Asn Ser Asn Ala Ile Gly Gln As - #n Ser Ser Ser Thr Leu# 525- AAT TAC GGT AAC TTT TGT AAC GAT TTT TCA TT - #G AAA ATT GGT AAC TTG2291Asn Tyr Gly Asn Phe Cys Asn Asp Phe Ser Le - #u Lys Ile Gly Asn Leu# 540- ATT GTC CTT ACA AAA GAA TTA CTT CCA AGT AT - #T AAA ACT ACA TCC TAT2339Ile Val Leu Thr Lys Glu Leu Leu Pro Ser Il - #e Lys Thr Thr Ser Tyr# 555- GCA AAG AAA ATT AAG TTG AAA GTT AAA GCT TA - #T GCA GAA GCC ACA GGT2387Ala Lys Lys Ile Lys Leu Lys Val Lys Ala Ty - #r Ala Glu Ala Thr Gly560 5 - #65 5 - #70 5 -#75- ATA CCA TTC ACT GAC ATA TCT CCT CAA GTC AC - #T GCA ATG AGT CAT AAC2435Ile Pro Phe Thr Asp Ile Ser Pro Gln Val Th - #r Ala Met Ser His Asn# 590- AAT CTT CAA ACG ATT AAC AAC GAA AAT AAG AA - #C CCC CAT AAC AAA AAT2483Asn Leu Gln Thr Ile Asn Asn Glu Asn Lys As - #n Pro His Asn Lys Asn# 605- AGT CAT AAT CAT AAT CAT AAT CAT AAT CAT AA - #C CAT GCT CAC AAT AAT2531Ser His Asn His Asn His Asn His Asn His As - #n His Ala His Asn Asn# 620- AAT AAC AAT AAT AAT CAA AAG AGT CAT ACC CG - #T CAT TTT TCT TTA CCA2579Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Gln Lys Ser His Thr Ar - #g His Phe Ser Leu Pro# 635- GCT AAT GCT TAC CAT AGA AGA AGT AAC AGC TC - #T GTA ACC AAT AAT TTC2627Ala Asn Ala Tyr His Arg Arg Ser Asn Ser Se - #r Val Thr Asn Asn Phe640 6 - #45 6 - #50 6 -#55- TCA AAC CAA TAT GCA CAA GAT CAG AAA ATT CA - #C TCT CCG CAA CAA ATT2675Ser Asn Gln Tyr Ala Gln Asp Gln Lys Ile Hi - #s Ser Pro Gln Gln Ile# 670- ATG AAC TTC AAC CAA AAC GCA TAT CCC TCG AT - #G GGA GCA CCT TCT TTC2723Met Asn Phe Asn Gln Asn Ala Tyr Pro Ser Me - #t Gly Ala Pro Ser Phe# 685- AAT TCT CAA ACT AAC CCA CCA TTG GTA AGC CA - #T AAC TCG TTA CAA AAC2771Asn Ser Gln Thr Asn Pro Pro Leu Val Ser Hi - #s Asn Ser Leu Gln Asn# 700- TTC GAC AAC CGC CAG TTT GCA AAT TTA ATG GC - #A CAT CCT AAT TCT GCT2819Phe Asp Asn Arg Gln Phe Ala Asn Leu Met Al - #a His Pro Asn Ser Ala# 715- GCA CCA ATC CAT TCG TTC TCA TCA TCT AAC AT - #T ACC AAT GTG AAT CCT2867Ala Pro Ile His Ser Phe Ser Ser Ser Asn Il - #e Thr Asn Val Asn Pro720 7 - #25 7 - #30 7 -#35- AAT GTT TCA AGG GGA TTT AAG CAG CCT GGA TT - #T ATG ATG AAT GAA ACC2915Asn Val Ser Arg Gly Phe Lys Gln Pro Gly Ph - #e Met Met Asn Glu Thr# 750- GAC AAA ATT AAT GCT AAT CAC TTC TCG CCA TA - #C TCT AAT GCA AAT AGT2963Asp Lys Ile Asn Ala Asn His Phe Ser Pro Ty - #r Ser Asn Ala Asn Ser# 765- CAA AAC TTC AAT GAA TCT TTT GTG CCT CGT AT - #G CAA TAT CAA ACG GAA3011Gln Asn Phe Asn Glu Ser Phe Val Pro Arg Me - #t Gln Tyr Gln Thr Glu# 780- GGT GCA AAC TGG GAT TCA AGT TTG TCA ATG AA - #G TCG CAG CAT ATT GGT3059Gly Ala Asn Trp Asp Ser Ser Leu Ser Met Ly - #s Ser Gln His Ile Gly# 795- CAA GGC CCA TAT AAT CAA GTT AAT ATG AGC CG - #C AAC GCT AGT ATT TCC3107Gln Gly Pro Tyr Asn Gln Val Asn Met Ser Ar - #g Asn Ala Ser Ile Ser800 8 - #05 8 - #10 8 -#15- AAT ATG CCT GCC ATG AAT ACC GCT AGA ACA TC - #T GAT GAA CTT CAA TTC3155Asn Met Pro Ala Met Asn Thr Ala Arg Thr Se - #r Asp Glu Leu Gln Phe# 830- ACT TTG CCA TAATACTTTT TTTTCTTTCT TTTTCTTTCC TTCTTACTG - #T3204Thr Leu ProACAAATATTT TACGCAGAAA TCAAAGACAA AAGAAAAATA AAAAATAAAA AA - #TAAAAAAT3264- TCAACTAAGC AATGACGTCC TACTAAAGTC CCAAAATTTG AGCCGGAAAA AA - #ATGGTAAA3324- GCAAACTATT GCCATCTTTA TATTTTGTAT TCTGTTTCCG AACACGTATC CA - #AAATCCTC3384- CCACTGCCTT TGCAGGGTTA GCATTGCTCC CTACCAAAAT GATCTAATTT TT - #TTTTGAAT3444# 3455- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 834 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: - # SEQ ID NO:4:- Met Ser Tyr Asn His Gln Pro Gln Leu Ser Il - #e Asn Ser Val Gln Ser# 15- Leu Leu Glu Pro Val Thr Pro Pro Pro Leu Gl - #y Gln Met Asn Asn Lys# 30- Arg Asn His Gln Lys Ala His Ser Leu Asp Le - #u Ser Gly Phe Asn Gln# 45- Phe Ile Ser Ser Thr Gln Ser Pro Leu Ala Le - #u Met Asn Asn Thr Ser# 60- Thr Ser Asn Ser Ala Asn Ser Phe Ser Pro As - #n Pro Asn Ala Ala Ser# 80- Asn Ser Thr Gly Leu Ser Ala Ser Met Ala As - #n Pro Pro Ala Ile Leu# 95- Pro Leu Ile Asn Glu Phe Asp Leu Glu Met As - #p Gly Pro Arg Arg Lys# 110- Ser Ser His Asp Phe Thr Val Val Ala Pro Se - #r Asn Ser Gly Val Asn# 125- Thr Ser Ser Leu Ile Met Glu Thr Pro Ser Se - #r Ser Val Thr Pro Ala# 140- Ala Ser Leu Arg Asn Phe Ser Asn Ser Asn As - #n Ala Ala Ser Lys Cys145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Gly Val Asp Asn Ser Ser Phe Gly Leu Ser Se - #r Ser Thr Ser Ser Ser# 175- Met Val Glu Ile Ser Ala Leu Pro Leu Arg As - #p Leu Asp Tyr Ile Lys# 190- Leu Ala Thr Asp Gln Phe Gly Cys Arg Phe Le - #u Gln Lys Lys Leu Glu# 205- Thr Pro Ser Glu Ser Asn Met Val Arg Asp Le - #u Met Tyr Glu Gln Ile# 220- Lys Pro Phe Phe Leu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp Pr - #o Phe Gly Asn Tyr Leu225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Val Gln Lys Leu Cys Asp Tyr Leu Thr Ala Gl - #u Gln Lys Thr Leu Leu# 255- Ile Gln Thr Ile Tyr Pro Asn Val Phe Gln Il - #e Ser Ile Asn Gln Tyr# 270- Gly Thr Arg Ser Leu Gln Lys Ile Ile Asp Th - #r Val Asp Asn Glu Val# 285- Gln Ile Asp Leu Ile Ile Lys Gly Phe Ser Gl - #n Glu Phe Thr Ser Ile# 300- Glu Gln Val Val Thr Leu Ile Asn Asp Leu As - #n Gly Asn His Val Ile305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Gln Lys Cys Ile Phe Lys Phe Ser Pro Ser Ly - #s Phe Gly Phe Ile Ile# 335- Asp Ala Ile Val Glu Gln Asn Asn Ile Ile Th - #r Ile Ser Thr His Lys# 350- His Gly Cys Cys Val Leu Gln Lys Leu Leu Se - #r Val Cys Thr Leu Gln# 365- Gln Ile Phe Lys Ile Ser Val Lys Ile Val Gl - #n Phe Leu Pro Gly Leu# 380- Ile Asn Asp Gln Phe Gly Asn Tyr Ile Ile Gl - #n Phe Leu Leu Asp Ile385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- Lys Glu Leu Asp Phe Tyr Leu Leu Ala Glu Le - #u Phe Asn Arg Leu Ser# 415- Asn Glu Leu Cys Gln Leu Ser Cys Leu Lys Ph - #e Ser Ser Asn Val Val# 430- Glu Lys Phe Ile Lys Lys Leu Phe Arg Ile Il - #e Thr Gly Phe Ile Val# 445- Asn Asn Asn Gly Gly Ala Ser Gln Arg Thr Al - #a Val Ala Ser Asp Asp# 460- Val Ile Asn Ala Ser Met Asn Ile Leu Leu Th - #r Thr Ile Asp Ile Phe465 4 - #70 4 - #75 4 -#80- Thr Val Asn Leu Asn Val Leu Ile Arg Asp As - #n Phe Gly Asn Tyr Ala# 495- Leu Gln Thr Leu Leu Asp Val Lys Asn Tyr Se - #r Pro Leu Leu Ala Tyr# 510- Asn Lys Asn Ser Asn Ala Ile Gly Gln Asn Se - #r Ser Ser Thr Leu Asn# 525- Tyr Gly Asn Phe Cys Asn Asp Phe Ser Leu Ly - #s Ile Gly Asn Leu Ile# 540- Val Leu Thr Lys Glu Leu Leu Pro Ser Ile Ly - #s Thr Thr Ser Tyr Ala545 5 - #50 5 - #55 5 -#60- Lys Lys Ile Lys Leu Lys Val Lys Ala Tyr Al - #a Glu Ala Thr Gly Ile# 575- Pro Phe Thr Asp Ile Ser Pro Gln Val Thr Al - #a Met Ser His Asn Asn# 590- Leu Gln Thr Ile Asn Asn Glu Asn Lys Asn Pr - #o His Asn Lys Asn Ser# 605- His Asn His Asn His Asn His Asn His Asn Hi - #s Ala His Asn Asn Asn# 620- Asn Asn Asn Asn Gln Lys Ser His Thr Arg Hi - #s Phe Ser Leu Pro Ala625 6 - #30 6 - #35 6 -#40- Asn Ala Tyr His Arg Arg Ser Asn Ser Ser Va - #l Thr Asn Asn Phe Ser# 655- Asn Gln Tyr Ala Gln Asp Gln Lys Ile His Se - #r Pro Gln Gln Ile Met# 670- Asn Phe Asn Gln Asn Ala Tyr Pro Ser Met Gl - #y Ala Pro Ser Phe Asn# 685- Ser Gln Thr Asn Pro Pro Leu Val Ser His As - #n Ser Leu Gln Asn Phe# 700- Asp Asn Arg Gln Phe Ala Asn Leu Met Ala Hi - #s Pro Asn Ser Ala Ala705 7 - #10 7 - #15 7 -#20- Pro Ile His Ser Phe Ser Ser Ser Asn Ile Th - #r Asn Val Asn Pro Asn# 735- Val Ser Arg Gly Phe Lys Gln Pro Gly Phe Me - #t Met Asn Glu Thr Asp# 750- Lys Ile Asn Ala Asn His Phe Ser Pro Tyr Se - #r Asn Ala Asn Ser Gln# 765- Asn Phe Asn Glu Ser Phe Val Pro Arg Met Gl - #n Tyr Gln Thr Glu Gly# 780- Ala Asn Trp Asp Ser Ser Leu Ser Met Lys Se - #r Gln His Ile Gly Gln785 7 - #90 7 - #95 8 -#00- Gly Pro Tyr Asn Gln Val Asn Met Ser Arg As - #n Ala Ser Ile Ser Asn# 815- Met Pro Ala Met Asn Thr Ala Arg Thr Ser As - #p Glu Leu Gln Phe Thr# 830- Leu Pro- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs (A) LENGTH: 4000 base (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 717..3380#ID NO:5: (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- GTGTCTTCCA TGGAGTGAAT TGTGATTTGT GAATTATATC TGTCCAATAC CG - #TTGCCTTG 60- TTGGGAGCTC AGATAGAAAA GACATCTTAA TTCCAGACAG TCTATTCTCT GT - #CTATTTCT 120- CTTTGTGACT GCAAATTTTA ATTTGTGACG CCTTTTCTTA TTACTCATGT AT - #TTGTCACT 180- CTTGACGATT GTTTTTTTTC TATATTTTTT TTGTTCTGGG GTCCTCCAGA GA - #ATAAAAAA 240- TAATGATCAA TATAGTAGAT AGTATAGTTA TATTCTTATT CGTTGCACCT TG - #TTTAACAA 300- ATCACTCAGA CTCAAAGAGA ATATCGGTTG GTTATCTCTC TCCGAAGGTG AA - #CAGCAAAC 360- AGTACCTCAC GTCTTTTTTT TGAATAGTTT TTTTTTTTGT TGAAACAGAA AA - #AAAACTTT 420- CTTCCGTATA TTACATTGTA CATTATTTTT ATTGTATTTT AGTTTCCAAC GT - #TAGGATTT 480- GAGCCGTCAT TAATATTATT CGTTTTTGTA CACTATTCCA GACGATTTAT TT - #TTAGTACA 540- CTTAAAATTC CTGTTGATAT TGTCCACTAG TTCTCTTTTC ATATTTTATT TT - #CGCTTATT 600- CTTTAGGTTC TTTTAAGAGT CTCTGTTCAT TTTCCGTTCT TACTGTTTCT TT - #GTCCTCGA 660- TATCTTTTAA GAAAGAGAGA ACTAAGCGCT GTAACATTTT TAAGTGGACC TA - #CGTT 716- ATG TCT ACA AAA GGT TTG AAA GAA GAA ATC GA - #T GAT GTA CCA TCA GTA 764Met Ser Thr Lys Gly Leu Lys Glu Glu Ile As - #p Asp Val Pro Ser Val# 15- GAC CCT GTC GTT TCA GAA ACA GTC AAT TCT GC - #T TTA GAG CAG TTG CAA 812Asp Pro Val Val Ser Glu Thr Val Asn Ser Al - #a Leu Glu Gln Leu Gln# 30- CTA GAT GAT CCA GAG GAA AAC GCC ACC TCT AA - #T GCA TTT GCG AAT AAA 860Leu Asp Asp Pro Glu Glu Asn Ala Thr Ser As - #n Ala Phe Ala Asn Lys# 45- GTT TCT CAA GAT TCT CAA TTC GCT AAT GGC CC - #T CCG TCG CAA ATG TTT 908Val Ser Gln Asp Ser Gln Phe Ala Asn Gly Pr - #o Pro Ser Gln Met Phe# 60- CCA CAT CCA CAA ATG ATG GGT GGA ATG GGC TT - #C ATG CCC TAC TCT CAA 956Pro His Pro Gln Met Met Gly Gly Met Gly Ph - #e Met Pro Tyr Ser Gln# 80- ATG ATG CAG GTT CCT CAT AAT CCT TGT CCA TT - #T TTT CCG CCC CCT GAT1004Met Met Gln Val Pro His Asn Pro Cys Pro Ph - #e Phe Pro Pro Pro Asp# 95- TTT AAT GAT CCA ACA GCA CCA TTG AGT AGC TC - #G CCC TTG AAT GCA GGC1052Phe Asn Asp Pro Thr Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Se - #r Pro Leu Asn Ala Gly# 110- GGT CCA CCA ATG TTA TTC AAG AAT GAC TCA CT - #T CCA TTT CAA ATG CTG1100Gly Pro Pro Met Leu Phe Lys Asn Asp Ser Le - #u Pro Phe Gln Met Leu# 125- TCT TCG GGT GCT GCG GTA GCA ACT CAA GGT GG - #A CAA AAT CTA AAC CCA1148Ser Ser Gly Ala Ala Val Ala Thr Gln Gly Gl - #y Gln Asn Leu Asn Pro# 140- TTG ATA AAT GAC AAT TCA ATG AAG GTA TTG CC - #A ATC GCA TCG GCT GAT1196Leu Ile Asn Asp Asn Ser Met Lys Val Leu Pr - #o Ile Ala Ser Ala Asp145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- CCG TTA TGG ACT CAT TCA AAC GTA CCA GGA TC - #A GCA TCT GTA GCC ATT1244Pro Leu Trp Thr His Ser Asn Val Pro Gly Se - #r Ala Ser Val Ala Ile# 175- GAA GAA ACC ACC GCT ACT CTA CAA GAA AGC CT - #A CCA TCT AAG GGC AGG1292Glu Glu Thr Thr Ala Thr Leu Gln Glu Ser Le - #u Pro Ser Lys Gly Arg# 190- GAG TCT AAT AAT AAG GCT AGT TCG TTC AGA AG - #A CAA ACT TTT CAT GCT1340Glu Ser Asn Asn Lys Ala Ser Ser Phe Arg Ar - #g Gln Thr Phe His Ala# 205- TTA TCA CCA ACT GAC CTT ATC AAT GCG GCC AA - #C AAT GTA ACC TTG TCA1388Leu Ser Pro Thr Asp Leu Ile Asn Ala Ala As - #n Asn Val Thr Leu Ser# 220- AAG GAC TTC CAA TCT GAC ATG CAG AAT TTT TC - #T AAG GCT AAG AAA CCG1436Lys Asp Phe Gln Ser Asp Met Gln Asn Phe Se - #r Lys Ala Lys Lys Pro225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- TCT GTA GGA GCT AAC AAT ACT GCA AAA ACC AG - #A ACT CAA TCC ATA TCT1484Ser Val Gly Ala Asn Asn Thr Ala Lys Thr Ar - #g Thr Gln Ser Ile Ser# 255- TTT GAT AAT ACT CCC TCC TCA ACG TCA TTT AT - #A CCC CCA ACC AAT AGT1532Phe Asp Asn Thr Pro Ser Ser Thr Ser Phe Il - #e Pro Pro Thr Asn Ser# 270- GTT TCT GAG AAA TTA TCC GAT TTC AAA ATA GA - #A ACC TCG AAG GAG GAT1580Val Ser Glu Lys Leu Ser Asp Phe Lys Ile Gl - #u Thr Ser Lys Glu Asp# 285- TTG ATT AAT AAA ACT GCA CCA GCT AAA AAA GA - #G AGT CCT ACA ACT TAT1628Leu Ile Asn Lys Thr Ala Pro Ala Lys Lys Gl - #u Ser Pro Thr Thr Tyr# 300- GGT GCA GCA TAT CCA TAT GGG GGA CCT TTA CT - #T CAA CCA AAT CCT ATT1676Gly Ala Ala Tyr Pro Tyr Gly Gly Pro Leu Le - #u Gln Pro Asn Pro Ile305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- ATG CCA GGC CAC CCA CAT AAT ATA TCC TCC CC - #T ATC TAT GGT ATT AGA1724Met Pro Gly His Pro His Asn Ile Ser Ser Pr - #o Ile Tyr Gly Ile Arg# 335- TCA CCT TTT CCT AAT TCT TAT GAA ATG GGC GC - #G CAA TTT CAA CCT TTC1772Ser Pro Phe Pro Asn Ser Tyr Glu Met Gly Al - #a Gln Phe Gln Pro Phe# 350- TCT CCG ATT TTA AAT CCT ACG AGT CAT TCA CT - #A AAT GCA AAT TCT CCA1820Ser Pro Ile Leu Asn Pro Thr Ser His Ser Le - #u Asn Ala Asn Ser Pro# 365- ATT CCT CTA ACC CAA TCG CCA ATT CAT CTT GC - #A CCA GTT TTA AAC CCT1868Ile Pro Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Ile His Leu Al - #a Pro Val Leu Asn Pro# 380- AGT TCA AAT TCT GTT GCC TTT TCA GAT ATG AA - #G AAT GAT GGT GGT AAG1916Ser Ser Asn Ser Val Ala Phe Ser Asp Met Ly - #s Asn Asp Gly Gly Lys385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- CCC ACC ACC GAT AAC GAC AAG GCG GGT CCA AA - #T GTT AGG ATG GAT TTA1964Pro Thr Thr Asp Asn Asp Lys Ala Gly Pro As - #n Val Arg Met Asp Leu# 415- ATA AAT CCT AAT CTT GGG CCA TCA ATG CAA CC - #T TTC CAC ATA TTA CCT2012Ile Asn Pro Asn Leu Gly Pro Ser Met Gln Pr - #o Phe His Ile Leu Pro# 430- CCC CAG CAA AAC ACC CCC CCT CCT CCC TGG CT - #T TAT AGC ACT CCA CCT2060Pro Gln Gln Asn Thr Pro Pro Pro Pro Trp Le - #u Tyr Ser Thr Pro Pro# 445- CCC TTC AAC GCA ATG GTT CCG CCT CAT TTG TT - #G GCT CAA AAT CAT ATG2108Pro Phe Asn Ala Met Val Pro Pro His Leu Le - #u Ala Gln Asn His Met# 460- CCG TTA ATG AAT AGC GCC AAT AAT AAA CAT CA - #T GGT CGT AAT AAC AAT2156Pro Leu Met Asn Ser Ala Asn Asn Lys His Hi - #s Gly Arg Asn Asn Asn465 4 - #70 4 - #75 4 -#80- AGC ATG TCA AGT CAT AAT GAC AAT GAC AAC AT - #T GGT AAT TCT AAT TAC2204Ser Met Ser Ser His Asn Asp Asn Asp Asn Il - #e Gly Asn Ser Asn Tyr# 495- AAC AAT AAA GAC ACA GGT CGT TCT AAC GTT GG - #T AAA ATG AAA AAT ATG2252Asn Asn Lys Asp Thr Gly Arg Ser Asn Val Gl - #y Lys Met Lys Asn Met# 510- AAA AAC AGT TAT CAT GGC TAC TAT AAT AAC AA - #T AAT AAT AAT AAT AAT2300Lys Asn Ser Tyr His Gly Tyr Tyr Asn Asn As - #n Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn# 525- AAT AAC AAT AAT AAT AAT AAC AGT AAT GCT AC - #C AAC AGC AAC AGC GCG2348Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Ser Asn Ala Th - #r Asn Ser Asn Ser Ala# 540- GAA AAA CAA CGT AAA ATT GAG GAG TCG TCG AG - #A TTT GCG GAC GCA GTT2396Glu Lys Gln Arg Lys Ile Glu Glu Ser Ser Ar - #g Phe Ala Asp Ala Val545 5 - #50 5 - #55 5 -#60- TTA GAC CAA TAT ATC GGA AGT ATT CAC TCA TT - #G TGT AAA GAC CAA CAT2444Leu Asp Gln Tyr Ile Gly Ser Ile His Ser Le - #u Cys Lys Asp Gln His# 575- GGT TGT CGT TTT CTG CAA AAG CAG TTG GAT AT - #T CTC GGC AGT AAG GCG2492Gly Cys Arg Phe Leu Gln Lys Gln Leu Asp Il - #e Leu Gly Ser Lys Ala# 590- GCG GAC CGA ATT TTT GAA GAA ACT AAG GAT TA - #T ACG GTT GAA TTG ATG2540Ala Asp Arg Ile Phe Glu Glu Thr Lys Asp Ty - #r Thr Val Glu Leu Met# 605- ACT GAT TCA TTC GGT AAT TAT TTG ATC CAG AA - #G CTA TTG GAA GAG GTT2588Thr Asp Ser Phe Gly Asn Tyr Leu Ile Gln Ly - #s Leu Leu Glu Glu Val# 620- ACC ACA GAA CAA AGA ATC GTA CTC ACA AAA AT - #A TCT TCC CCT CAT TTT2636Thr Thr Glu Gln Arg Ile Val Leu Thr Lys Il - #e Ser Ser Pro His Phe625 6 - #30 6 - #35 6 -#40- GTC GAA ATT TCC TTA AAC CCT CAT GGT ACT AG - #G GCA TTA CAA AAA CTC2684Val Glu Ile Ser Leu Asn Pro His Gly Thr Ar - #g Ala Leu Gln Lys Leu# 655- ATT GAA TGC ATC AAA ACA GAT GAA GAA GCA CA - #G ATT GTT GTT GAT TCT2732Ile Glu Cys Ile Lys Thr Asp Glu Glu Ala Gl - #n Ile Val Val Asp Ser# 670- TTA CGC CCT TAT ACT GTC CAG TTG AGT AAG GA - #T TTA AAT GGT AAT CAT2780Leu Arg Pro Tyr Thr Val Gln Leu Ser Lys As - #p Leu Asn Gly Asn His# 685- GTT ATT CAA AAA TGT TTG CAA AGG TTG AAG CC - #T GAA AAC TTC CAG TTT2828Val Ile Gln Lys Cys Leu Gln Arg Leu Lys Pr - #o Glu Asn Phe Gln Phe# 700- ATC TTT GAC GCA ATC TCT GAT AGC TGT ATT GA - #T ATT GCT ACT CAT AGA2876Ile Phe Asp Ala Ile Ser Asp Ser Cys Ile As - #p Ile Ala Thr His Arg705 7 - #10 7 - #15 7 -#20- CAC GGG TGT TGC GTT TTG CAA CGT TGT CTA GA - #T CAT GGG ACT ACA GAA2924His Gly Cys Cys Val Leu Gln Arg Cys Leu As - #p His Gly Thr Thr Glu# 735- CAA TGT GAC AAT CTG TGT GAT AAG TTG CTA GC - #C CTT GTT GAT AAA TTA2972Gln Cys Asp Asn Leu Cys Asp Lys Leu Leu Al - #a Leu Val Asp Lys Leu# 750- ACT TTG GAT CCA TTT GGC AAC TAT GTG GTG CA - #A TAT ATA ATT ACC AAA3020Thr Leu Asp Pro Phe Gly Asn Tyr Val Val Gl - #n Tyr Ile Ile Thr Lys# 765- GAG GCT GAG AAG AAC AAA TAT GAT TAT ACG CA - #T AAA ATT GTC CAC CTG3068Glu Ala Glu Lys Asn Lys Tyr Asp Tyr Thr Hi - #s Lys Ile Val His Leu# 780- TTG AAA CCA AGA GCC ATC GAA CTT TCT ATC CA - #T AAA TTT GGA TCA AAT3116Leu Lys Pro Arg Ala Ile Glu Leu Ser Ile Hi - #s Lys Phe Gly Ser Asn785 7 - #90 7 - #95 8 -#00- GTG ATT GAA AAA ATC TTG AAG ACA GCT ATT GT - #T TCG GAG CCA ATG ATT3164Val Ile Glu Lys Ile Leu Lys Thr Ala Ile Va - #l Ser Glu Pro Met Ile# 815- CTG GAA ATT TTA AAT AAT GGT GGC GAG ACG GG - #T ATT CAA TCA TTG TTG3212Leu Glu Ile Leu Asn Asn Gly Gly Glu Thr Gl - #y Ile Gln Ser Leu Leu# 830- AAT GAT AGC TAC GGA AAT TAC GTT TTA CAG AC - #A GCA TTA GAC ATT TCT3260Asn Asp Ser Tyr Gly Asn Tyr Val Leu Gln Th - #r Ala Leu Asp Ile Ser# 845- CAT AAG CAA AAT GAC TAT CTC TAT AAA AGA CT - #A TCA GAG ATT GTG GCG3308His Lys Gln Asn Asp Tyr Leu Tyr Lys Arg Le - #u Ser Glu Ile Val Ala# 860- CCT TTA CTG GTG GGC CCC ATA AGA AAT ACA CC - #T CAT GGT AAA AGA ATC3356Pro Leu Leu Val Gly Pro Ile Arg Asn Thr Pr - #o His Gly Lys Arg Ile865 8 - #70 8 - #75 8 -#80- ATC GGA ATG TTA CAT TTA GAT TCA TAGTTGATAC AT - #ATATCCTC AGTTTAGCTT3410Ile Gly Met Leu His Leu Asp Ser 885- TTTTTACGTT AGCCTCATAT AATATCTTTT GTACAATACT AAAATACATC AT - #TTTTTTTT3470- TCGTTGAGGA TCAAATGAAT ATCCAAAGCA AAAAAAATAG GAATTTTCAC TT - #TATGGTAT3530- ACTGGTAAAT AGTGTTGAAG AAATAAGAGA AGGAGATCGC CCTAGAAAAC AG - #AATGTTCT3590- TATTTAAATA AGTAAACTCA AAAGAAAAAA AAAAGGAAGG AAGTTTTTGA GA - #ACTTTTAT3650- CTATACAAAC GTATACGTTT AACTATCTGG ATAAACGTCG CTCCACAGGA TA - #CTGTAGAG3710- GTCCTCAAGA TCACCGTTAT TAACAAATTC ATCTAGTGTC CCCAAATTAA AA - #CTAGTTGC3770- AGAAAAATTG TTACTGTTGT TGTTGTTAAT ATTGTTAATA TTGTTTTTAT TG - #TTGTTGTT3830- GTTGATTTCA TTTGTGTTCA TAAATGGTAC TTGTACTGAA GTGGGTATTT GC - #TGCTGAGC3890- ATTGATTGGT TTATTAGATT GGACTTGCGA ATTATTTTGC CCATTTGTTG GT - #TGCGCGTA3950# 4000TATCAG ACACGGATAA TGACCTAAAT GAAGGCAATT- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 888 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: - # SEQ ID NO:6:- Met Ser Thr Lys Gly Leu Lys Glu Glu Ile As - #p Asp Val Pro Ser Val# 15- Asp Pro Val Val Ser Glu Thr Val Asn Ser Al - #a Leu Glu Gln Leu Gln# 30- Leu Asp Asp Pro Glu Glu Asn Ala Thr Ser As - #n Ala Phe Ala Asn Lys# 45- Val Ser Gln Asp Ser Gln Phe Ala Asn Gly Pr - #o Pro Ser Gln Met Phe# 60- Pro His Pro Gln Met Met Gly Gly Met Gly Ph - #e Met Pro Tyr Ser Gln# 80- Met Met Gln Val Pro His Asn Pro Cys Pro Ph - #e Phe Pro Pro Pro Asp# 95- Phe Asn Asp Pro Thr Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Se - #r Pro Leu Asn Ala Gly# 110- Gly Pro Pro Met Leu Phe Lys Asn Asp Ser Le - #u Pro Phe Gln Met Leu# 125- Ser Ser Gly Ala Ala Val Ala Thr Gln Gly Gl - #y Gln Asn Leu Asn Pro# 140- Leu Ile Asn Asp Asn Ser Met Lys Val Leu Pr - #o Ile Ala Ser Ala Asp145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Pro Leu Trp Thr His Ser Asn Val Pro Gly Se - #r Ala Ser Val Ala Ile# 175- Glu Glu Thr Thr Ala Thr Leu Gln Glu Ser Le - #u Pro Ser Lys Gly Arg# 190- Glu Ser Asn Asn Lys Ala Ser Ser Phe Arg Ar - #g Gln Thr Phe His Ala# 205- Leu Ser Pro Thr Asp Leu Ile Asn Ala Ala As - #n Asn Val Thr Leu Ser# 220- Lys Asp Phe Gln Ser Asp Met Gln Asn Phe Se - #r Lys Ala Lys Lys Pro225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Ser Val Gly Ala Asn Asn Thr Ala Lys Thr Ar - #g Thr Gln Ser Ile Ser# 255- Phe Asp Asn Thr Pro Ser Ser Thr Ser Phe Il - #e Pro Pro Thr Asn Ser# 270- Val Ser Glu Lys Leu Ser Asp Phe Lys Ile Gl - #u Thr Ser Lys Glu Asp# 285- Leu Ile Asn Lys Thr Ala Pro Ala Lys Lys Gl - #u Ser Pro Thr Thr Tyr# 300- Gly Ala Ala Tyr Pro Tyr Gly Gly Pro Leu Le - #u Gln Pro Asn Pro Ile305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Met Pro Gly His Pro His Asn Ile Ser Ser Pr - #o Ile Tyr Gly Ile Arg# 335- Ser Pro Phe Pro Asn Ser Tyr Glu Met Gly Al - #a Gln Phe Gln Pro Phe# 350- Ser Pro Ile Leu Asn Pro Thr Ser His Ser Le - #u Asn Ala Asn Ser Pro# 365- Ile Pro Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Ile His Leu Al - #a Pro Val Leu Asn Pro# 380- Ser Ser Asn Ser Val Ala Phe Ser Asp Met Ly - #s Asn Asp Gly Gly Lys385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- Pro Thr Thr Asp Asn Asp Lys Ala Gly Pro As - #n Val Arg Met Asp Leu# 415- Ile Asn Pro Asn Leu Gly Pro Ser Met Gln Pr - #o Phe His Ile Leu Pro# 430- Pro Gln Gln Asn Thr Pro Pro Pro Pro Trp Le - #u Tyr Ser Thr Pro Pro# 445- Pro Phe Asn Ala Met Val Pro Pro His Leu Le - #u Ala Gln Asn His Met# 460- Pro Leu Met Asn Ser Ala Asn Asn Lys His Hi - #s Gly Arg Asn Asn Asn465 4 - #70 4 - #75 4 -#80- Ser Met Ser Ser His Asn Asp Asn Asp Asn Il - #e Gly Asn Ser Asn Tyr# 495- Asn Asn Lys Asp Thr Gly Arg Ser Asn Val Gl - #y Lys Met Lys Asn Met# 510- Lys Asn Ser Tyr His Gly Tyr Tyr Asn Asn As - #n Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn# 525- Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Ser Asn Ala Th - #r Asn Ser Asn Ser Ala# 540- Glu Lys Gln Arg Lys Ile Glu Glu Ser Ser Ar - #g Phe Ala Asp Ala Val545 5 - #50 5 - #55 5 -#60- Leu Asp Gln Tyr Ile Gly Ser Ile His Ser Le - #u Cys Lys Asp Gln His# 575- Gly Cys Arg Phe Leu Gln Lys Gln Leu Asp Il - #e Leu Gly Ser Lys Ala# 590- Ala Asp Arg Ile Phe Glu Glu Thr Lys Asp Ty - #r Thr Val Glu Leu Met# 605- Thr Asp Ser Phe Gly Asn Tyr Leu Ile Gln Ly - #s Leu Leu Glu Glu Val# 620- Thr Thr Glu Gln Arg Ile Val Leu Thr Lys Il - #e Ser Ser Pro His Phe625 6 - #30 6 - #35 6 -#40- Val Glu Ile Ser Leu Asn Pro His Gly Thr Ar - #g Ala Leu Gln Lys Leu# 655- Ile Glu Cys Ile Lys Thr Asp Glu Glu Ala Gl - #n Ile Val Val Asp Ser# 670- Leu Arg Pro Tyr Thr Val Gln Leu Ser Lys As - #p Leu Asn Gly Asn His# 685- Val Ile Gln Lys Cys Leu Gln Arg Leu Lys Pr - #o Glu Asn Phe Gln Phe# 700- Ile Phe Asp Ala Ile Ser Asp Ser Cys Ile As - #p Ile Ala Thr His Arg705 7 - #10 7 - #15 7 -#20- His Gly Cys Cys Val Leu Gln Arg Cys Leu As - #p His Gly Thr Thr Glu# 735- Gln Cys Asp Asn Leu Cys Asp Lys Leu Leu Al - #a Leu Val Asp Lys Leu# 750- Thr Leu Asp Pro Phe Gly Asn Tyr Val Val Gl - #n Tyr Ile Ile Thr Lys# 765- Glu Ala Glu Lys Asn Lys Tyr Asp Tyr Thr Hi - #s Lys Ile Val His Leu# 780- Leu Lys Pro Arg Ala Ile Glu Leu Ser Ile Hi - #s Lys Phe Gly Ser Asn785 7 - #90 7 - #95 8 -#00- Val Ile Glu Lys Ile Leu Lys Thr Ala Ile Va - #l Ser Glu Pro Met Ile# 815- Leu Glu Ile Leu Asn Asn Gly Gly Glu Thr Gl - #y Ile Gln Ser Leu Leu# 830- Asn Asp Ser Tyr Gly Asn Tyr Val Leu Gln Th - #r Ala Leu Asp Ile Ser# 845- His Lys Gln Asn Asp Tyr Leu Tyr Lys Arg Le - #u Ser Glu Ile Val Ala# 860- Pro Leu Leu Val Gly Pro Ile Arg Asn Thr Pr - #o His Gly Lys Arg Ile865 8 - #70 8 - #75 8 -#80- Ile Gly Met Leu His Leu Asp Ser 885- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs (A) LENGTH: 5319 base (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 57..3614#ID NO:7: (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- GAAGATCGGG GGGCTGAAAT CCATCTTCAT CCTACCGCTC CGCCCGTGTT GG - #TGGA 56- ATG AGC GTT GCA TGT GTC TTG AAG AGA AAA GC - #A GTG CTT TGG CAG GAC 104Met Ser Val Ala Cys Val Leu Lys Arg Lys Al - #a Val Leu Trp Gln Asp# 15- TCT TTC AGC CCC CAC CTG AAA CAT CAC CCT CA - #A GAA CCA GCT AAT CCC 152Ser Phe Ser Pro His Leu Lys His His Pro Gl - #n Glu Pro Ala Asn Pro# 30- AAC ATG CCT GTT GTT TTG ACA TCT GGA ACA GG - #G TCG CAA GCG CAG CCA 200Asn Met Pro Val Val Leu Thr Ser Gly Thr Gl - #y Ser Gln Ala Gln Pro# 45- CAA CCA GCT GCA AAT CAG GCT CTT GCA GCT GG - #G ACT CAC TCC AGC CCT 248Gln Pro Ala Ala Asn Gln Ala Leu Ala Ala Gl - #y Thr His Ser Ser Pro# 60- GTC CCA GGA TCT ATA GGA GTT GCA GGC CGT TC - #C CAG GAC GAC GCT ATG 296Val Pro Gly Ser Ile Gly Val Ala Gly Arg Se - #r Gln Asp Asp Ala Met# 80- GTG GAC TAC TTC TTT CAG AGG CAG CAT GGT GA - #G CAG CTT GGG GGA GGA 344Val Asp Tyr Phe Phe Gln Arg Gln His Gly Gl - #u Gln Leu Gly Gly Gly# 95- GGA AGT GGA GGA GGC GGC TAT AAT AAT AGC AA - #A CAT CGA TGG CCT ACT 392Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Tyr Asn Asn Ser Ly - #s His Arg Trp Pro Thr# 110- GGG GAT AAC ATT CAT GCA GAA CAT CAG GTG CG - #T TCC ATG GAT GAA CTG 440Gly Asp Asn Ile His Ala Glu His Gln Val Ar - #g Ser Met Asp Glu Leu# 125- AAT CAT GAT TTT CAA GCA CTT GCT CTG GAG GG - #A AGA GCG ATG GGA GAG 488Asn His Asp Phe Gln Ala Leu Ala Leu Glu Gl - #y Arg Ala Met Gly Glu# 140- CAG CTC TTG CCA GGT AAA AAG TTT TGG GAA AC - #A GAT GAA TCC AGC AAA 536Gln Leu Leu Pro Gly Lys Lys Phe Trp Glu Th - #r Asp Glu Ser Ser Lys145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- GAT GGA CCA AAA GGA ATA TTC CTG GGT GAT CA - #A TGG CGA GAC AGT GCC 584Asp Gly Pro Lys Gly Ile Phe Leu Gly Asp Gl - #n Trp Arg Asp Ser Ala# 175- TGG GGA ACA TCA GAT CAT TCA GTT TCC CAG CC - #A ATC ATG GTG CAG AGA 632Trp Gly Thr Ser Asp His Ser Val Ser Gln Pr - #o Ile Met Val Gln Arg# 190- AGA CCT GGT CAG AGT TTC CAT GTG AAC AGT GA - #G GTC AAT TCT GTA CTG 680Arg Pro Gly Gln Ser Phe His Val Asn Ser Gl - #u Val Asn Ser Val Leu# 205- TCC CCA CGA TCG GAG AGT GGG GGA CTA GGC GT - #T AGC ATG GTG GAG TAT 728Ser Pro Arg Ser Glu Ser Gly Gly Leu Gly Va - #l Ser Met Val Glu Tyr# 220- GTG TTG AGC TCA TCC CCG GGC GAT TCC TGT CT - #A AGA AAA GGA GGA TTT 776Val Leu Ser Ser Ser Pro Gly Asp Ser Cys Le - #u Arg Lys Gly Gly Phe225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- GGC CCA AGG GAT GCA GAC AGT GAT GAA AAC GA - #C AAA GGT GAA AAG AAG 824Gly Pro Arg Asp Ala Asp Ser Asp Glu Asn As - #p Lys Gly Glu Lys Lys# 255- AAC AAG GGT ACG TTT GAT GGA GAT AAG CTA GG - #A GAT TTG AAG GAG GAG 872Asn Lys Gly Thr Phe Asp Gly Asp Lys Leu Gl - #y Asp Leu Lys Glu Glu# 270- GGT GAT GTG ATG GAC AAG ACC AAT GGT TTA CC - #A GTG CAG AAT GGG ATT 920Gly Asp Val Met Asp Lys Thr Asn Gly Leu Pr - #o Val Gln Asn Gly Ile# 285- GAT GCA GAC GTC AAA GAT TTT AGC CGT ACC CC - #T GGT AAT TGC CAG AAC 968Asp Ala Asp Val Lys Asp Phe Ser Arg Thr Pr - #o Gly Asn Cys Gln Asn# 300- TCT GCT AAT GAA GTG GAT CTT CTG GGT CCA AA - #C CAG AAT GGT TCT GAG1016Ser Ala Asn Glu Val Asp Leu Leu Gly Pro As - #n Gln Asn Gly Ser Glu305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- GGC TTA GCC CAG CTG ACC AGC ACC AAT GGT GC - #C AAG CCT GTG GAG GAT1064Gly Leu Ala Gln Leu Thr Ser Thr Asn Gly Al - #a Lys Pro Val Glu Asp# 335- TTC TCC AAC ATG GAG TCC CAG AGT GTC CCC TT - #G GAC CCC ATG GAA CAT1112Phe Ser Asn Met Glu Ser Gln Ser Val Pro Le - #u Asp Pro Met Glu His# 350- GTG GGC ATG GAG CCT CTT CAG TTT GAT TAT TC - #A GGC ACG CAG GTA CCT1160Val Gly Met Glu Pro Leu Gln Phe Asp Tyr Se - #r Gly Thr Gln Val Pro# 365- GTG GAC TCA GCA GCA GCA ACT GTG GGA CTT TT - #T GAC TAC AAT TCT CAA1208Val Asp Ser Ala Ala Ala Thr Val Gly Leu Ph - #e Asp Tyr Asn Ser Gln# 380- CAA CAG CTG TTC CAA AGA CCT AAT GCG CTT GC - #T GTC CAG CAG TTG ACA1256Gln Gln Leu Phe Gln Arg Pro Asn Ala Leu Al - #a Val Gln Gln Leu Thr385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- GCT GCT CAG CAG CAG CAG TAT GCA CTG GCA GC - #T GCT CAT CAG CCG CAC1304Ala Ala Gln Gln Gln Gln Tyr Ala Leu Ala Al - #a Ala His Gln Pro His# 415- ATC GGT TTA GCT CCC GCT GCG TTT GTC CCC AA - #T CCA TAC ATC ATC AGC1352Ile Gly Leu Ala Pro Ala Ala Phe Val Pro As - #n Pro Tyr Ile Ile Ser# 430- GCT GCT CCC CCA GGG ACG GAC CCC TAC ACA GC - #T GGA TTG GCT GCA GCA1400Ala Ala Pro Pro Gly Thr Asp Pro Tyr Thr Al - #a Gly Leu Ala Ala Ala# 445- GCG ACA CTA GGC CCA GCT GTG GTC CCT CAC CA - #G TAT TAT GGA GTT ACT1448Ala Thr Leu Gly Pro Ala Val Val Pro His Gl - #n Tyr Tyr Gly Val Thr# 460- CCC TGG GGA GTC TAC CCT GCC AGT CTT TTC CA - #G CAG CAA GCT GCC GCT1496Pro Trp Gly Val Tyr Pro Ala Ser Leu Phe Gl - #n Gln Gln Ala Ala Ala465 4 - #70 4 - #75 4 -#80- GCC GCT GCA GCA ACT AAT TCA GCT AAT CAA CA - #G ACC ACC CCA CAG GCT1544Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Asn Ser Ala Asn Gln Gl - #n Thr Thr Pro Gln Ala# 495- CAG CAA GGA CAG CAG CAG GTT CTC CGT GGA GG - #A GCC AGC CAA CGT CCT1592Gln Gln Gly Gln Gln Gln Val Leu Arg Gly Gl - #y Ala Ser Gln Arg Pro# 510- TTG ACC CCA AAC CAG AAC CAG CAG GGA CAG CA - #A ACG GAT CCC CTT GTG1640Leu Thr Pro Asn Gln Asn Gln Gln Gly Gln Gl - #n Thr Asp Pro Leu Val# 525- GCA GCT GCA GCA GTG AAT TCT GCC CTT GCA TT - #T GGA CAA GGT CTG GCA1688Ala Ala Ala Ala Val Asn Ser Ala Leu Ala Ph - #e Gly Gln Gly Leu Ala# 540- GCA GGC ATG CCA GGT TAT CCG GTG TTG GCT CC - #T GCT GCT TAC TAT GAC1736Ala Gly Met Pro Gly Tyr Pro Val Leu Ala Pr - #o Ala Ala Tyr Tyr Asp545 5 - #50 5 - #55 5 -#60- CAA ACT GGT GCC CTT GTA GTG AAT GCA GGC GC - #G AGA AAT GGT CTT GGA1784Gln Thr Gly Ala Leu Val Val Asn Ala Gly Al - #a Arg Asn Gly Leu Gly# 575- GCT CCT GTT CGA CTT GTA GCT CCT GCC CCA GT - #C ATC ATT AGT TCC TCA1832Ala Pro Val Arg Leu Val Ala Pro Ala Pro Va - #l Ile Ile Ser Ser Ser# 590- GCT GCA CAA GCA GCT GTT GCA GCA GCC GCA GC - #T TCA GCA AAT GGA GCA1880Ala Ala Gln Ala Ala Val Ala Ala Ala Ala Al - #a Ser Ala Asn Gly Ala# 605- GCT GGT GGT CTT GCT GGA ACA ACA AAT GGA CC - #A TTT CGC CCT TTA GGA1928Ala Gly Gly Leu Ala Gly Thr Thr Asn Gly Pr - #o Phe Arg Pro Leu Gly# 620- ACA CAG CAG CCT CAG CCC CAG CCC CAG CAG CA - #G CCC AAT AAC AAC CTG1976Thr Gln Gln Pro Gln Pro Gln Pro Gln Gln Gl - #n Pro Asn Asn Asn Leu625 6 - #30 6 - #35 6 -#40- GCA TCC AGT TCT TTC TAC GGC AAC AAC TCT CT - #G AAC AGC AAT TCA CAG2024Ala Ser Ser Ser Phe Tyr Gly Asn Asn Ser Le - #u Asn Ser Asn Ser Gln# 655- AGC AGC TCC CTC TTC TCC CAG GGC TCT GCC CA - #G CCT GCC AAC ACA TCC2072Ser Ser Ser Leu Phe Ser Gln Gly Ser Ala Gl - #n Pro Ala Asn Thr Ser# 670- TTG GGA TTC GGA AGT AGC AGT TCT CTC GGC GC - #C ACC CTG GGA TCC GCC2120Leu Gly Phe Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu Gly Al - #a Thr Leu Gly Ser Ala# 685- CTT GGA GGG TTT GGA ACA GCA GTT GCA AAC TC - #C AAC ACT GGC AGT GGC2168Leu Gly Gly Phe Gly Thr Ala Val Ala Asn Se - #r Asn Thr Gly Ser Gly# 700- TCC CGC CGT GAC TCC CTG ACT GGC AGC AGT GA - #C CTT TAT AAG AGG ACA2216Ser Arg Arg Asp Ser Leu Thr Gly Ser Ser As - #p Leu Tyr Lys Arg Thr705 7 - #10 7 - #15 7 -#20- TCG AGC AGC TTG ACC CCC ATT GGA CAC AGT TT - #T TAT AAC GGC CTT AGC2264Ser Ser Ser Leu Thr Pro Ile Gly His Ser Ph - #e Tyr Asn Gly Leu Ser# 735- TTT TCC TCC TCT CCT GGA CCC GTG GGC ATG CC - #T CTC CCT AGT CAG GGA2312Phe Ser Ser Ser Pro Gly Pro Val Gly Met Pr - #o Leu Pro Ser Gln Gly# 750- CCA GGA CAT TCA CAG ACA CCA CCT CCT TCC CT - #C TCT TCA CAT GGA TCC2360Pro Gly His Ser Gln Thr Pro Pro Pro Ser Le - #u Ser Ser His Gly Ser# 765- TCT TCA AGC TTA AAC CTG GGA GGA CTC ACG AA - #T GGC AGT GGA AGA TAC2408Ser Ser Ser Leu Asn Leu Gly Gly Leu Thr As - #n Gly Ser Gly Arg Tyr# 780- ATC TCT GCT GCT CCA GGC GCT GAA GCC AAG TA - #C CGC AGT GCA AGC AGC2456Ile Ser Ala Ala Pro Gly Ala Glu Ala Lys Ty - #r Arg Ser Ala Ser Ser785 7 - #90 7 - #95 8 -#00- GCC TCC AGC CTC TTC AGC CCG AGC AGC ACT CT - #T TTC TCT TCC TCT CGT2504Ala Ser Ser Leu Phe Ser Pro Ser Ser Thr Le - #u Phe Ser Ser Ser Arg# 815- TTG CGA TAT GGA ATG TCT GAT GTC ATG CCT TC - #T GGC AGG AGC AGG CTT2552Leu Arg Tyr Gly Met Ser Asp Val Met Pro Se - #r Gly Arg Ser Arg Leu# 830- TTG GAA GAT TTT CGA AAC AAC CGG TAC CCC AA - #T TTA CAA CTG CGG GAG2600Leu Glu Asp Phe Arg Asn Asn Arg Tyr Pro As - #n Leu Gln Leu Arg Glu# 845- ATT GCT GGA CAT ATA ATG GAA TTT TCC CAA GA - #C CAG CAT GGG TCC AGA2648Ile Ala Gly His Ile Met Glu Phe Ser Gln As - #p Gln His Gly Ser Arg# 860- TTC ATT CAG CTG AAA CTG GAG CGT GCC ACA CC - #A GCT GAG CGC CAG CTT2696Phe Ile Gln Leu Lys Leu Glu Arg Ala Thr Pr - #o Ala Glu Arg Gln Leu865 8 - #70 8 - #75 8 -#80- GTC TTC AAT GAA ATC CTC CAG GCT GCC TAC CA - #A CTC ATG GTG GAT GTG2744Val Phe Asn Glu Ile Leu Gln Ala Ala Tyr Gl - #n Leu Met Val Asp Val# 895- TTT GGT AAT TAC GTC ATT CAG AAG TTC TTT GA - #A TTT GGC AGT CTT GAA2792Phe Gly Asn Tyr Val Ile Gln Lys Phe Phe Gl - #u Phe Gly Ser Leu Glu# 910- CAG AAG CTG GCT TTG GCA GAA CGG ATT CGA GG - #C CAC GTC CTG TCA TTG2840Gln Lys Leu Ala Leu Ala Glu Arg Ile Arg Gl - #y His Val Leu Ser Leu# 925- GCA CTA CAG ATG TAT GGC TGC CGT GTT ATC CA - #G AAA GCT CTT GAG TTT2888Ala Leu Gln Met Tyr Gly Cys Arg Val Ile Gl - #n Lys Ala Leu Glu Phe# 940- ATT CCT TCA GAC CAG CAG AAT GAG ATG GTT CG - #G GAA CTA GAT GGC CAT2936Ile Pro Ser Asp Gln Gln Asn Glu Met Val Ar - #g Glu Leu Asp Gly His945 9 - #50 9 - #55 9 -#60- GTC TTG AAG TGT GTG AAA GAT CAG AAT GGC AA - #T CAC GTG GTT CAG AAA2984Val Leu Lys Cys Val Lys Asp Gln Asn Gly As - #n His Val Val Gln Lys# 975- TGC ATT GAA TGT GTA CAG CCC CAG TCT TTG CA - #A TTT ATC ATC GAT GCG3032Cys Ile Glu Cys Val Gln Pro Gln Ser Leu Gl - #n Phe Ile Ile Asp Ala# 990- TTT AAG GGA CAG GTA TTT GCC TTA TCC ACA CA - #T CCT TAT GGC TGC CGA3080Phe Lys Gly Gln Val Phe Ala Leu Ser Thr Hi - #s Pro Tyr Gly Cys Arg# 10050- GTG ATT CAG AGA ATC CTG GAG CAC TGT CTC CC - #T GAC CAG ACA CTC CCT3128Val Ile Gln Arg Ile Leu Glu His Cys Leu Pr - #o Asp Gln Thr Leu Pro# 10205- ATT TTA GAG GAG CTT CAC CAG CAC ACA GAG CA - #G CTT GTA CAG GAT CAA3176Ile Leu Glu Glu Leu His Gln His Thr Glu Gl - #n Leu Val Gln Asp Gln# 10401030 - # 1035- TAT GGA AAT TAT GTA ATC CAA CAT GTA CTG GA - #G CAC GGT CGT CCT GAG3224Tyr Gly Asn Tyr Val Ile Gln His Val Leu Gl - #u His Gly Arg Pro Glu# 10550- GAT AAA AGC AAA ATT GTA GCA GAA ATC CGA GG - #C AAT GTA CTT GTA TTG3272Asp Lys Ser Lys Ile Val Ala Glu Ile Arg Gl - #y Asn Val Leu Val Leu# 10705- AGT CAG CAC AAA TTT GCA AGC AAT GTT GTG GA - #G AAG TGT GTT ACT CAC3320Ser Gln His Lys Phe Ala Ser Asn Val Val Gl - #u Lys Cys Val Thr His# 10850- GCC TCA CGT ACG GAG CGC GCT GTG CTC ATC GA - #T GAG GTG TGC ACC ATG3368Ala Ser Arg Thr Glu Arg Ala Val Leu Ile As - #p Glu Val Cys Thr Met# 11005- AAC GAC GGT CCC CAC AGT GCC TTA TAC ACC AT - #G ATG AAG GAC CAG TAT3416Asn Asp Gly Pro His Ser Ala Leu Tyr Thr Me - #t Met Lys Asp Gln Tyr# 11201110 - # 1115- GCC AAC TAC GTG GTC CAG AAG ATG ATT GAC GT - #G GCG GAG CCA GGC CAG3464Ala Asn Tyr Val Val Gln Lys Met Ile Asp Va - #l Ala Glu Pro Gly Gln# 11350- CGG AAG ATC GTC ATG CAT AAG ATC CGG CCC CA - #C ATC GCA ACT CTT CGT3512Arg Lys Ile Val Met His Lys Ile Arg Pro Hi - #s Ile Ala Thr Leu Arg# 11505- AAG TAC ACC TAT GGC AAG CAC ATT CTG GCC AA - #G CTG GAG AAG TAC TAC3560Lys Tyr Thr Tyr Gly Lys His Ile Leu Ala Ly - #s Leu Glu Lys Tyr Tyr# 11650- ATG AAG AAC GGT GTT GAC TTA GGG CCC ATC TG - #T GGC CCC CCT AAT GGT3608Met Lys Asn Gly Val Asp Leu Gly Pro Ile Cy - #s Gly Pro Pro Asn Gly# 11805- ATC ATC TGAGGCAGTG TCACCCGCTG TTCCCTCATT CCCGCTGACC TC - #ACTGGCCC3664Ile Ile1185- ACTGGCAAAT CCAACCAGCA ACCAGAAATG TTCTAGTGTA GAGTCTGAGA CG - #GGCAAGTG3724- GTTGCTCCAG GATTACTCCC TCCTCCAAAA AAGGAATCAA ATCCACGAGT GG - #AAAAGCCT3784- TTGTAAATTT AATTTTATTA CACATAACAT GTACTATTTT TTTTAATTGA CT - #AATTGCCC3844- TGCTGTTTTA CTGGTGTATA GGATACTTGT ACATAGGTAA CCAATGTACA TG - #GGAGGCCA3904- CATATTTTGT TCACTGTTGT ATCTATATTT CACATGTGGA AACTTTCAGG GT - #GGTTGGTT3964- TAACAAAAAA AAAAAGCTTT AAAAAAAAAA GAAAAAAAGG AAAAGGTTTT TA - #GCTCATTT4024- GCCTGGCCGG CAAGTTTTGC AAATAGCTCT TCCCCACCTC CTCATTTTAG TA - #AAAAACAA4084- ACAAAAACAA AAAAACCTGA GAAGTTTGAA TTGTAGTTAA ATGACCCCAA AC - #TGGCATTT4144- AACACTGTTT ATAAAAAATA TATATATATA TATATATATA TAATGAAAAA GG - #TTTCAGAG4204- TTGCTAAAGC TTCAGTTTGT GACATTAAGT TTATGAAATT CTAAAAAATG CC - #TTTTTTGG4264- AGACTATATT ATGCTGAAGA AGGCTGTTCG TGAGGAGGAG ATGCGAGCAC CC - #AGAACGTC4324- TTTTGAGGCT GGGCGGGTGT GATTGTTTAC TGCCTACTGG ATTTTTTTCT AT - #TAACATTG4384- AAAGGTAAAA TCTGATTATT TAGCATGAGA AAAAAAATCC AACTCTGCTT TT - #GGTCTTGC4444- TTCTATAAAT ATATAGTGTA TACTTGGTGT AGACTTTGCA TATATACAAA TT - #TGTAGTAT4504- TTTCTTGTTT TGATGTCTAA TCTGTATCTA TAATGTACCC TAGTAGTCGA AC - #ATACTTTT4564- GATTGTACAA TTGTACATTT GTATACCTGT AATGTAAATG TGGAGAAGTT TG - #AATCAACA4624- TAAACACGTT TTTTGGTAAG AAAAGAGAAT TAGCCAGCCC TGTGCATTCA GT - #GTATATTC4684- TCACCTTTTA TGGTCGTAGC ATATAGTGTT GTATATTGTA AATTGTAATT TC - #AACCAGAA4744- GTAAATTTTT TTGTTTTGAA GGAATAAATG TTCTTTATAC AGCCTAGTTA AT - #GTTTAAAA4804- AGAAAAAAAT AGCTTGGTTT TATTTGTCAT CTAGTCTCAA GTATAGCGAG AT - #TCTTTCTA4864- AATGTTATTC AAGATTGAGT TCTCACTAGT GTTTTTTTAA TCCTAAAAAA GT - #AATGTTTT4924- GATTTTGTGA CAGTCAAAAG GACGTGCAAA AGTCTAGCCT TGCCCGAGCT TT - #CCTTACAA4984- TCAGAGCCCC TCTCACCTTG TAAAGTGTGA ATCGCCCTTC CCTTTTGTAC AG - #AAGATGAA5044- CTGTATTTTG CATTTTGTCT ACTTGTAAGT GAATGTAACA TACTGTCAAT TT - #TCCTTGTT5104- TGAATATAGA ATTGTAACAC TACACGGTGT ACATTTCCAG AGCCTTGTGT AT - #ATTTCCAA5164- TGAACTTTTT TGCAAGCACA CTTGTAACCA TATGTGTATA ATTAACAAAC CT - #GTGTATGC5224- TTATGCCTGG GCAACTATTT TTTGTAACTC TTGTGTAGAT TGTCTCTAAA CA - #ATGTGTGA5284# 5319 TACA GAACTTTGGA ATCTG- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 1186 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: - # SEQ ID NO:8:- Met Ser Val Ala Cys Val Leu Lys Arg Lys Al - #a Val Leu Trp Gln Asp# 15- Ser Phe Ser Pro His Leu Lys His His Pro Gl - #n Glu Pro Ala Asn Pro# 30- Asn Met Pro Val Val Leu Thr Ser Gly Thr Gl - #y Ser Gln Ala Gln Pro# 45- Gln Pro Ala Ala Asn Gln Ala Leu Ala Ala Gl - #y Thr His Ser Ser Pro# 60- Val Pro Gly Ser Ile Gly Val Ala Gly Arg Se - #r Gln Asp Asp Ala Met# 80- Val Asp Tyr Phe Phe Gln Arg Gln His Gly Gl - #u Gln Leu Gly Gly Gly# 95- Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Tyr Asn Asn Ser Ly - #s His Arg Trp Pro Thr# 110- Gly Asp Asn Ile His Ala Glu His Gln Val Ar - #g Ser Met Asp Glu Leu# 125- Asn His Asp Phe Gln Ala Leu Ala Leu Glu Gl - #y Arg Ala Met Gly Glu# 140- Gln Leu Leu Pro Gly Lys Lys Phe Trp Glu Th - #r Asp Glu Ser Ser Lys145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Asp Gly Pro Lys Gly Ile Phe Leu Gly Asp Gl - #n Trp Arg Asp Ser Ala# 175- Trp Gly Thr Ser Asp His Ser Val Ser Gln Pr - #o Ile Met Val Gln Arg# 190- Arg Pro Gly Gln Ser Phe His Val Asn Ser Gl - #u Val Asn Ser Val Leu# 205- Ser Pro Arg Ser Glu Ser Gly Gly Leu Gly Va - #l Ser Met Val Glu Tyr# 220- Val Leu Ser Ser Ser Pro Gly Asp Ser Cys Le - #u Arg Lys Gly Gly Phe225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Gly Pro Arg Asp Ala Asp Ser Asp Glu Asn As - #p Lys Gly Glu Lys Lys# 255- Asn Lys Gly Thr Phe Asp Gly Asp Lys Leu Gl - #y Asp Leu Lys Glu Glu# 270- Gly Asp Val Met Asp Lys Thr Asn Gly Leu Pr - #o Val Gln Asn Gly Ile# 285- Asp Ala Asp Val Lys Asp Phe Ser Arg Thr Pr - #o Gly Asn Cys Gln Asn# 300- Ser Ala Asn Glu Val Asp Leu Leu Gly Pro As - #n Gln Asn Gly Ser Glu305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Gly Leu Ala Gln Leu Thr Ser Thr Asn Gly Al - #a Lys Pro Val Glu Asp# 335- Phe Ser Asn Met Glu Ser Gln Ser Val Pro Le - #u Asp Pro Met Glu His# 350- Val Gly Met Glu Pro Leu Gln Phe Asp Tyr Se - #r Gly Thr Gln Val Pro# 365- Val Asp Ser Ala Ala Ala Thr Val Gly Leu Ph - #e Asp Tyr Asn Ser Gln# 380- Gln Gln Leu Phe Gln Arg Pro Asn Ala Leu Al - #a Val Gln Gln Leu Thr385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- Ala Ala Gln Gln Gln Gln Tyr Ala Leu Ala Al - #a Ala His Gln Pro His# 415- Ile Gly Leu Ala Pro Ala Ala Phe Val Pro As - #n Pro Tyr Ile Ile Ser# 430- Ala Ala Pro Pro Gly Thr Asp Pro Tyr Thr Al - #a Gly Leu Ala Ala Ala# 445- Ala Thr Leu Gly Pro Ala Val Val Pro His Gl - #n Tyr Tyr Gly Val Thr# 460- Pro Trp Gly Val Tyr Pro Ala Ser Leu Phe Gl - #n Gln Gln Ala Ala Ala465 4 - #70 4 - #75 4 -#80- Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Asn Ser Ala Asn Gln Gl - #n Thr Thr Pro Gln Ala# 495- Gln Gln Gly Gln Gln Gln Val Leu Arg Gly Gl - #y Ala Ser Gln Arg Pro# 510- Leu Thr Pro Asn Gln Asn Gln Gln Gly Gln Gl - #n Thr Asp Pro Leu Val# 525- Ala Ala Ala Ala Val Asn Ser Ala Leu Ala Ph - #e Gly Gln Gly Leu Ala# 540- Ala Gly Met Pro Gly Tyr Pro Val Leu Ala Pr - #o Ala Ala Tyr Tyr Asp545 5 - #50 5 - #55 5 -#60- Gln Thr Gly Ala Leu Val Val Asn Ala Gly Al - #a Arg Asn Gly Leu Gly# 575- Ala Pro Val Arg Leu Val Ala Pro Ala Pro Va - #l Ile Ile Ser Ser Ser# 590- Ala Ala Gln Ala Ala Val Ala Ala Ala Ala Al - #a Ser Ala Asn Gly Ala# 605- Ala Gly Gly Leu Ala Gly Thr Thr Asn Gly Pr - #o Phe Arg Pro Leu Gly# 620- Thr Gln Gln Pro Gln Pro Gln Pro Gln Gln Gl - #n Pro Asn Asn Asn Leu625 6 - #30 6 - #35 6 -#40- Ala Ser Ser Ser Phe Tyr Gly Asn Asn Ser Le - #u Asn Ser Asn Ser Gln# 655- Ser Ser Ser Leu Phe Ser Gln Gly Ser Ala Gl - #n Pro Ala Asn Thr Ser# 670- Leu Gly Phe Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu Gly Al - #a Thr Leu Gly Ser Ala# 685- Leu Gly Gly Phe Gly Thr Ala Val Ala Asn Se - #r Asn Thr Gly Ser Gly# 700- Ser Arg Arg Asp Ser Leu Thr Gly Ser Ser As - #p Leu Tyr Lys Arg Thr705 7 - #10 7 - #15 7 -#20- Ser Ser Ser Leu Thr Pro Ile Gly His Ser Ph - #e Tyr Asn Gly Leu Ser# 735- Phe Ser Ser Ser Pro Gly Pro Val Gly Met Pr - #o Leu Pro Ser Gln Gly# 750- Pro Gly His Ser Gln Thr Pro Pro Pro Ser Le - #u Ser Ser His Gly Ser# 765- Ser Ser Ser Leu Asn Leu Gly Gly Leu Thr As - #n Gly Ser Gly Arg Tyr# 780- Ile Ser Ala Ala Pro Gly Ala Glu Ala Lys Ty - #r Arg Ser Ala Ser Ser785 7 - #90 7 - #95 8 -#00- Ala Ser Ser Leu Phe Ser Pro Ser Ser Thr Le - #u Phe Ser Ser Ser Arg# 815- Leu Arg Tyr Gly Met Ser Asp Val Met Pro Se - #r Gly Arg Ser Arg Leu# 830- Leu Glu Asp Phe Arg Asn Asn Arg Tyr Pro As - #n Leu Gln Leu Arg Glu# 845- Ile Ala Gly His Ile Met Glu Phe Ser Gln As - #p Gln His Gly Ser Arg# 860- Phe Ile Gln Leu Lys Leu Glu Arg Ala Thr Pr - #o Ala Glu Arg Gln Leu865 8 - #70 8 - #75 8 -#80- Val Phe Asn Glu Ile Leu Gln Ala Ala Tyr Gl - #n Leu Met Val Asp Val# 895- Phe Gly Asn Tyr Val Ile Gln Lys Phe Phe Gl - #u Phe Gly Ser Leu Glu# 910- Gln Lys Leu Ala Leu Ala Glu Arg Ile Arg Gl - #y His Val Leu Ser Leu# 925- Ala Leu Gln Met Tyr Gly Cys Arg Val Ile Gl - #n Lys Ala Leu Glu Phe# 940- Ile Pro Ser Asp Gln Gln Asn Glu Met Val Ar - #g Glu Leu Asp Gly His945 9 - #50 9 - #55 9 -#60- Val Leu Lys Cys Val Lys Asp Gln Asn Gly As - #n His Val Val Gln Lys# 975- Cys Ile Glu Cys Val Gln Pro Gln Ser Leu Gl - #n Phe Ile Ile Asp Ala# 990- Phe Lys Gly Gln Val Phe Ala Leu Ser Thr Hi - #s Pro Tyr Gly Cys Arg# 10050- Val Ile Gln Arg Ile Leu Glu His Cys Leu Pr - #o Asp Gln Thr Leu Pro# 10205- Ile Leu Glu Glu Leu His Gln His Thr Glu Gl - #n Leu Val Gln Asp Gln# 10401030 - # 1035- Tyr Gly Asn Tyr Val Ile Gln His Val Leu Gl - #u His Gly Arg Pro Glu# 10550- Asp Lys Ser Lys Ile Val Ala Glu Ile Arg Gl - #y Asn Val Leu Val Leu# 10705- Ser Gln His Lys Phe Ala Ser Asn Val Val Gl - #u Lys Cys Val Thr His# 10850- Ala Ser Arg Thr Glu Arg Ala Val Leu Ile As - #p Glu Val Cys Thr Met# 11005- Asn Asp Gly Pro His Ser Ala Leu Tyr Thr Me - #t Met Lys Asp Gln Tyr# 11201110 - # 1115- Ala Asn Tyr Val Val Gln Lys Met Ile Asp Va - #l Ala Glu Pro Gly Gln# 11350- Arg Lys Ile Val Met His Lys Ile Arg Pro Hi - #s Ile Ala Thr Leu Arg# 11505- Lys Tyr Thr Tyr Gly Lys His Ile Leu Ala Ly - #s Leu Glu Lys Tyr Tyr# 11650- Met Lys Asn Gly Val Asp Leu Gly Pro Ile Cy - #s Gly Pro Pro Asn Gly# 11805- Ile Ile1185- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs (A) LENGTH: 2112 base (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 419..1942#ID NO:9: (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- GGAAGTTAAA GGGAAAAAGC AATTCACAGG AAAGAGTACA AAGACAGCAC AA - #GAAAAAAA 60- CAGATTTCAT AAAAATAGTG ATTCTGGTTC TTCAAAGACA TTTCCAACAA GG - #AAAGTTGC 120- TAAAGAAGGT GGACCTAAAG TCACATCTAG GAACTTTGAG AAAAGTATCA CA - #AAACTTGG 180- GAAAAAGGGT GTAAAGCAGT TCAAGAATAA GCAGCAAGGG GACAAATCAC CA - #AAGAACAA 240- ATTCCAGCCG GCAAATAAAT TCAACAAGAA GAGAAAATTC CAGCCAGATG GT - #AGAAGCGA 300- TGAATCAGCA GCCAAGAAGC CCAAATGGGA TGACTTCAAA AAGAAGAAGA AA - #GAACTGAA 360- GCAAAGCAGA CAACTCAGTG ATAAAACCAA CTATGACATT GTTGTTCGGG CA - #AAGCAG 418- ATG TGG GAG ATT TTA AGA AGA AAA GAC TGT GA - #C AAA GAA AAA AGA GTA 466Met Trp Glu Ile Leu Arg Arg Lys Asp Cys As - #p Lys Glu Lys Arg Val# 15- AAG TTA ATG AGT GAT TTG CAG AAG TTG ATT CA - #A GGG AAA ATT AAA ACT 514Lys Leu Met Ser Asp Leu Gln Lys Leu Ile Gl - #n Gly Lys Ile Lys Thr# 30- ATT GCA TTT GCA CAC GAT TCA ACT CGT GTG AT - #C CAG TGT TAC ATT CAG 562Ile Ala Phe Ala His Asp Ser Thr Arg Val Il - #e Gln Cys Tyr Ile Gln# 45- TAT GGT AAT GAA GAA CAG AGA AAA CAG GCT TT - #T GAA GAA TTG CGA GAT 610Tyr Gly Asn Glu Glu Gln Arg Lys Gln Ala Ph - #e Glu Glu Leu Arg Asp# 60- GAT TTG GTT GAG TTA AGT AAA GCC AAA TAT TC - #G AGA AAT ATT GTT AAG 658Asp Leu Val Glu Leu Ser Lys Ala Lys Tyr Se - #r Arg Asn Ile Val Lys# 80- AAA TTT CTC ATG TAT GGA AGT AAA CCA CAG AT - #T GCA GAG ATA ATC AGA 706Lys Phe Leu Met Tyr Gly Ser Lys Pro Gln Il - #e Ala Glu Ile Ile Arg# 95- AGT TTT AAA GGC CAC GTG AGG AAG ATG CTG CG - #G CAT GCG GAA GCA TCA 754Ser Phe Lys Gly His Val Arg Lys Met Leu Ar - #g His Ala Glu Ala Ser# 110- GCC ATC GTG GAG TAC GCA TAC AAT GAC AAA GC - #C ATT TTG GAG CAG AGG 802Ala Ile Val Glu Tyr Ala Tyr Asn Asp Lys Al - #a Ile Leu Glu Gln Arg# 125- AAC ATG CTG ACG GAA GAG CTC TAT GGG AAC AC - #A TTT CAG CTT TAC AAG 850Asn Met Leu Thr Glu Glu Leu Tyr Gly Asn Th - #r Phe Gln Leu Tyr Lys# 140- TCA GCA GAT CAC CGA ACT CTG GAC AAA GTG TT - #A GAG GTA CAG CCA GAA 898Ser Ala Asp His Arg Thr Leu Asp Lys Val Le - #u Glu Val Gln Pro Glu145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- AAA TTA GAA CTT ATT ATG GAT GAA ATG AAA CA - #G ATT CTA ACT CCA ATG 946Lys Leu Glu Leu Ile Met Asp Glu Met Lys Gl - #n Ile Leu Thr Pro Met# 175- GCC CAA AAG GAA GCT GTG ATT AAG CAC TCA TT - #G GTG CAT AAA GTA TTC 994Ala Gln Lys Glu Ala Val Ile Lys His Ser Le - #u Val His Lys Val Phe# 190- TTG GAC TTT TTT ACC TAT GCA CCC CCC AAA CT - #C AGA TCA GAA ATG ATT1042Leu Asp Phe Phe Thr Tyr Ala Pro Pro Lys Le - #u Arg Ser Glu Met Ile# 205- GAA GCC ATC CGC GAA GCG GTG GTC TAC CTG GC - #A CAC ACA CAC GAT GGC1090Glu Ala Ile Arg Glu Ala Val Val Tyr Leu Al - #a His Thr His Asp Gly# 220- GCC AGA GTG GCC ATG CAC TGC CTG TGG CAT GG - #C ACG CCC AAG GAC AGG1138Ala Arg Val Ala Met His Cys Leu Trp His Gl - #y Thr Pro Lys Asp Arg225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- AAA GTG ATT GTG AAA ACA ATG AAG ACT TAT GT - #T GAA AAG GTG GCT AAT1186Lys Val Ile Val Lys Thr Met Lys Thr Tyr Va - #l Glu Lys Val Ala Asn# 255- GGC CAA TAC TCC CAT TTG GTT TTA CTG GCG GC - #A TTT GAT TGT ATT GAT1234Gly Gln Tyr Ser His Leu Val Leu Leu Ala Al - #a Phe Asp Cys Ile Asp# 270- GAT ACT AAG CTT GTG AAG CAG ATA ATC ATA TC - #A GAA ATT ATC AGT TCA1282Asp Thr Lys Leu Val Lys Gln Ile Ile Ile Se - #r Glu Ile Ile Ser Ser# 285- TTG CCT AGC ATA GTA AAT GAC AAA TAT GGA AG - #G AAG GTC CTA TTG TAC1330Leu Pro Ser Ile Val Asn Asp Lys Tyr Gly Ar - #g Lys Val Leu Leu Tyr# 300- TTA CTA AGC CCC AGA GAT CCT GCA CAT ACA GT - #A CGA GAA ATC ATT GAA1378Leu Leu Ser Pro Arg Asp Pro Ala His Thr Va - #l Arg Glu Ile Ile Glu305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- GTT CTG CAA AAA GGA GAT GGA AAT GCA CAC AG - #T AAG AAA GAT ACA GAG1426Val Leu Gln Lys Gly Asp Gly Asn Ala His Se - #r Lys Lys Asp Thr Glu# 335- GTC CGC AGA CGG GAG CTC CTA GAA TCC ATT TC - #T CCA GCT TTG TTA AGC1474Val Arg Arg Arg Glu Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Se - #r Pro Ala Leu Leu Ser# 350- TAC CTG CAA GAA CAC GCC CAA GAA GTG GTG CT - #A GAT AAG TCT GCG TGT1522Tyr Leu Gln Glu His Ala Gln Glu Val Val Le - #u Asp Lys Ser Ala Cys# 365- GTG TTG GTG TCT GAC ATT CTG GGA TCT GCC AC - #T GGA GAC GTT CAG CCT1570Val Leu Val Ser Asp Ile Leu Gly Ser Ala Th - #r Gly Asp Val Gln Pro# 380- ACC ATG AAT GCC ATC GCC AGC TTG GCA GCA AC - #A GGA CTG CAT CCT GGT1618Thr Met Asn Ala Ile Ala Ser Leu Ala Ala Th - #r Gly Leu His Pro Gly385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- GGC AAG GAC GGA GAG CTT CAC ATT GCA GAA CA - #T CCT GCA GGA CAT CTA1666Gly Lys Asp Gly Glu Leu His Ile Ala Glu Hi - #s Pro Ala Gly His Leu# 415- GTT CTG AAG TGG TTA ATA GAG CAA GAT AAA AA - #G ATG AAA GAA AAT GGG1714Val Leu Lys Trp Leu Ile Glu Gln Asp Lys Ly - #s Met Lys Glu Asn Gly# 430- AGA GAA GGT TGT TTT GCA AAA ACA CTT GTA GA - #G CAT GTT GGT ATG AAG1762Arg Glu Gly Cys Phe Ala Lys Thr Leu Val Gl - #u His Val Gly Met Lys# 445- AAC CTG AAG TCC TGG GCT AGT GTA AAT CGA GG - #T GCC ATT ATT CTT TCT1810Asn Leu Lys Ser Trp Ala Ser Val Asn Arg Gl - #y Ala Ile Ile Leu Ser# 460- AGC CTC CTC CAG AGT TGT GAC CTG GAA GTT GC - #A AAC AAA GTC AAA GCT1858Ser Leu Leu Gln Ser Cys Asp Leu Glu Val Al - #a Asn Lys Val Lys Ala465 4 - #70 4 - #75 4 -#80- GCA CTG AAA AGC TTG ATT CCT ACA CTG GAA AA - #A ACC AAA AGC ACC AGC1906Ala Leu Lys Ser Leu Ile Pro Thr Leu Glu Ly - #s Thr Lys Ser Thr Ser# 495- AAA GGA ATA GAA ATT CTA CTT GAA AAA CTG AG - #C ACA TAGGTGGAAA1952Lys Gly Ile Glu Ile Leu Leu Glu Lys Leu Se - #r Thr# 505- GAGTTAAGAG CAAGATGGAA TGATTTTTTC TGTTCTCTGT TCTGTTTCCC AA - #TGCAGAAA2012- AGAAGGGGTA GGGTCCACCA TACTGGTAAT TGGGGTACTC TGTATATGTG TT - #TCTTCTTT2072# 2112 ATAT AAATTGTTTT TTTAAATGGT- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 508 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: - # SEQ ID NO:10:- Met Trp Glu Ile Leu Arg Arg Lys Asp Cys As - #p Lys Glu Lys Arg Val# 15- Lys Leu Met Ser Asp Leu Gln Lys Leu Ile Gl - #n Gly Lys Ile Lys Thr# 30- Ile Ala Phe Ala His Asp Ser Thr Arg Val Il - #e Gln Cys Tyr Ile Gln# 45- Tyr Gly Asn Glu Glu Gln Arg Lys Gln Ala Ph - #e Glu Glu Leu Arg Asp# 60- Asp Leu Val Glu Leu Ser Lys Ala Lys Tyr Se - #r Arg Asn Ile Val Lys# 80- Lys Phe Leu Met Tyr Gly Ser Lys Pro Gln Il - #e Ala Glu Ile Ile Arg# 95- Ser Phe Lys Gly His Val Arg Lys Met Leu Ar - #g His Ala Glu Ala Ser# 110- Ala Ile Val Glu Tyr Ala Tyr Asn Asp Lys Al - #a Ile Leu Glu Gln Arg# 125- Asn Met Leu Thr Glu Glu Leu Tyr Gly Asn Th - #r Phe Gln Leu Tyr Lys# 140- Ser Ala Asp His Arg Thr Leu Asp Lys Val Le - #u Glu Val Gln Pro Glu145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Lys Leu Glu Leu Ile Met Asp Glu Met Lys Gl - #n Ile Leu Thr Pro Met# 175- Ala Gln Lys Glu Ala Val Ile Lys His Ser Le - #u Val His Lys Val Phe# 190- Leu Asp Phe Phe Thr Tyr Ala Pro Pro Lys Le - #u Arg Ser Glu Met Ile# 205- Glu Ala Ile Arg Glu Ala Val Val Tyr Leu Al - #a His Thr His Asp Gly# 220- Ala Arg Val Ala Met His Cys Leu Trp His Gl - #y Thr Pro Lys Asp Arg225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Lys Val Ile Val Lys Thr Met Lys Thr Tyr Va - #l Glu Lys Val Ala Asn# 255- Gly Gln Tyr Ser His Leu Val Leu Leu Ala Al - #a Phe Asp Cys Ile Asp# 270- Asp Thr Lys Leu Val Lys Gln Ile Ile Ile Se - #r Glu Ile Ile Ser Ser# 285- Leu Pro Ser Ile Val Asn Asp Lys Tyr Gly Ar - #g Lys Val Leu Leu Tyr# 300- Leu Leu Ser Pro Arg Asp Pro Ala His Thr Va - #l Arg Glu Ile Ile Glu305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Val Leu Gln Lys Gly Asp Gly Asn Ala His Se - #r Lys Lys Asp Thr Glu# 335- Val Arg Arg Arg Glu Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Se - #r Pro Ala Leu Leu Ser# 350- Tyr Leu Gln Glu His Ala Gln Glu Val Val Le - #u Asp Lys Ser Ala Cys# 365- Val Leu Val Ser Asp Ile Leu Gly Ser Ala Th - #r Gly Asp Val Gln Pro# 380- Thr Met Asn Ala Ile Ala Ser Leu Ala Ala Th - #r Gly Leu His Pro Gly385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- Gly Lys Asp Gly Glu Leu His Ile Ala Glu Hi - #s Pro Ala Gly His Leu# 415- Val Leu Lys Trp Leu Ile Glu Gln Asp Lys Ly - #s Met Lys Glu Asn Gly# 430- Arg Glu Gly Cys Phe Ala Lys Thr Leu Val Gl - #u His Val Gly Met Lys# 445- Asn Leu Lys Ser Trp Ala Ser Val Asn Arg Gl - #y Ala Ile Ile Leu Ser# 460- Ser Leu Leu Gln Ser Cys Asp Leu Glu Val Al - #a Asn Lys Val Lys Ala465 4 - #70 4 - #75 4 -#80- Ala Leu Lys Ser Leu Ile Pro Thr Leu Glu Ly - #s Thr Lys Ser Thr Ser# 495- Lys Gly Ile Glu Ile Leu Leu Glu Lys Leu Se - #r Thr# 505- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs (A) LENGTH: 2457 base (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 645..1655#ID NO:11:(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- GGATCCCTCT GTGAGGCCGA TTATGCAGGC CTAGACCCGC ACGTGACCAC TT - #CGAGAGCA 60- AGTTGCCTGC GAGTTTCTCT GCCCGAGGAA AAAGAAATGG AGGCAATTTA CT - #TAATATGG 120- TATGAGAGGA TCTTTTGACG GCAAATAGAT GCGCCATCTC CGAGAAAAAA TC - #TAGACAAT 180- AACAGCGACA ATTAACCTAA AGAGGATAGA AGATCGAGCA AAAAAATTTT TT - #AATATGGG 240- GTCAGTGGCG ATATTATACT ATAGGAGTTA AAGAGTAAGT TGAGTGTAAG GT - #GGTAGAAT 300- TATGATTGAA CTCCGAAACT AAGCGCCGAT TATGGGTGGC AAAGCGGACA GC - #TTTTGATA 360- TATAATCGAT CGCTCTCGTA GTTGATATCC TCTCTCTTGC TTATCTTTTC CT - #GTATATAG 420- TATATGTGTA CATACAGATA CGAATATACC TCAGTTAGTT TGTTTTAACA TT - #AAATATTC 480- AACAGTTGCC AGTAGCAAAA AGAATATATC CATTCATTTC GAGCTTTTTC GT - #CTCATTAC 540- TGATATCCAA CTAACAGTCT CCTCATAGAC GGTACCTTAC TTTCCTTTAA TA - #TTAAAATA 600- CTAGTATAGT CGCACATACT TAACTCGTCT CTCTCTAACA CATA ATG A - #AA ATT TCC 656#Ser Met Lys Ile# 1- GCA GCT TTA ATA TTG TCT TCC CTT TCT TCT GT - #C GCA TTT TCT GCC CCT 704Ala Ala Leu Ile Leu Ser Ser Leu Ser Ser Va - #l Ala Phe Ser Ala Pro# 20- GCA CCT GCT CCA GCG GAC AGT CAT CAT GAA GA - #T CAT CAC AAA GAT GAA 752Ala Pro Ala Pro Ala Asp Ser His His Glu As - #p His His Lys Asp Glu# 35- AAA CCA GCG GTT GTC ACT GTC ACT CAA TAC AT - #A GAT TCC AAT GCC GCT 800Lys Pro Ala Val Val Thr Val Thr Gln Tyr Il - #e Asp Ser Asn Ala Ala# 50- ACT AGT ACT GTA GAA TCT GCT GCT ACT ACC AC - #T ACA TTG TCC TCA TCT 848Thr Ser Thr Val Glu Ser Ala Ala Thr Thr Th - #r Thr Leu Ser Ser Ser# 65- GAG AAG GAT ACC TCT GAA CAG AAG CGT GAT GG - #C GGA TTC CAA GAT GGT 896Glu Lys Asp Thr Ser Glu Gln Lys Arg Asp Gl - #y Gly Phe Gln Asp Gly# 80- ACT GTC AAA TGT TCG GAC TTC CCT TCT GTA AA - #C GGT ATA GTT TCC TTG 944Thr Val Lys Cys Ser Asp Phe Pro Ser Val As - #n Gly Ile Val Ser Leu#100- GAC TGG CTA GGA TTT GGT GGA TGG GCC TCT GT - #C ATG GAC ATG GAT GCC 992Asp Trp Leu Gly Phe Gly Gly Trp Ala Ser Va - #l Met Asp Met Asp Ala# 115- AAC ACT TCG TCC GAA TGT AAG GAT GGC TAC TA - #C TGT TCT TAT GCA TGT1040Asn Thr Ser Ser Glu Cys Lys Asp Gly Tyr Ty - #r Cys Ser Tyr Ala Cys# 130- GAA CCT GGA ATG TCA AAG ACT CAA TGG CCT TC - #T GAC CAA CCA AGC GAT1088Glu Pro Gly Met Ser Lys Thr Gln Trp Pro Se - #r Asp Gln Pro Ser Asp# 145- GGT AAA TCT GTT GGT GGT CTT TAT TGT AAA AA - #T GGT TAC TTG TAC CGT1136Gly Lys Ser Val Gly Gly Leu Tyr Cys Lys As - #n Gly Tyr Leu Tyr Arg# 160- ACC AAC ACT GAT ACC AGC GAT TTA TGT TCT AC - #G GAT GAA ACA TCT GCT1184Thr Asn Thr Asp Thr Ser Asp Leu Cys Ser Th - #r Asp Glu Thr Ser Ala165 1 - #70 1 - #75 1 -#80- AAG GCC ATT AAC AAA AAG TCT GAC TCC ATT GC - #T CTA TGT AGG ACG GAT1232Lys Ala Ile Asn Lys Lys Ser Asp Ser Ile Al - #a Leu Cys Arg Thr Asp# 195- TAC CCA GGA TCT GAA AAC ATG GTG ATT CCC AC - #A GTG GTT GAT GGT GGA1280Tyr Pro Gly Ser Glu Asn Met Val Ile Pro Th - #r Val Val Asp Gly Gly# 210- GAT TCA CAA CCA ATT TCA GTC GTT GAT GAA GA - #C ACT TAT TAT CAA TGG1328Asp Ser Gln Pro Ile Ser Val Val Asp Glu As - #p Thr Tyr Tyr Gln Trp# 225- CAG GGT AAA AAG ACT TCT GCT CAG TAC TAT AT - #T AAC AAC GCC GGT GTA1376Gln Gly Lys Lys Thr Ser Ala Gln Tyr Tyr Il - #e Asn Asn Ala Gly Val# 240- TCT GCA GAA GAT GGG TGC ATT TGG GGT ACT TC - #T GGT TCG GAT GTC GGC1424Ser Ala Glu Asp Gly Cys Ile Trp Gly Thr Se - #r Gly Ser Asp Val Gly245 2 - #50 2 - #55 2 -#60- AAC TGG GCT CCA CTA GTG TTA GGT GCT GGT TC - #C ACT AAT GGA GAA ACA1472Asn Trp Ala Pro Leu Val Leu Gly Ala Gly Se - #r Thr Asn Gly Glu Thr# 275- TAC TTG TCG TTG ATT CCA AAC CCC AAC AGT AA - #C CAA GCT GCC AAC TTT1520Tyr Leu Ser Leu Ile Pro Asn Pro Asn Ser As - #n Gln Ala Ala Asn Phe# 290- AAC GTT AAA ATA GTT GCA TCC GAT GGC GCT AA - #C GTT CAG GGC AGC TGT1568Asn Val Lys Ile Val Ala Ser Asp Gly Ala As - #n Val Gln Gly Ser Cys# 305- GCG TAT GAA GAT GGC TCT TTC ACC GGA GAT GG - #T TCC GAT GGT TGC ACA1616Ala Tyr Glu Asp Gly Ser Phe Thr Gly Asp Gl - #y Ser Asp Gly Cys Thr# 320- GTT TCT GTT TTA TCT GGA TCT GCT GAA TTT GT - #T TTC TAT TAAGTCACTC1665Val Ser Val Leu Ser Gly Ser Ala Glu Phe Va - #l Phe Tyr325 3 - #30 3 - #35- TTCTTTTCGG TAAAAGAATG TCTTGTATTT TGATACCCTC AATTCCCCTT AT - #TATTCTTT1725- TTCTTCCGCT CTCTATTTAT TATTATACAT TGGGATTCCG TTATATTTTT CT - #CCTTTCAG1785- TTCATTTTAC TTCTTAAAAA GTTTCGTTGA TCGCTATTAT GCTATGGATT CA - #AAGATTTT1845- CTTTTCTCTC TCTTCAAGGT GTACTCTGCA TTACGGTTTT CTTTAGTTCG TT - #TATTTTTT1905- TTTTGTTAAC AAGGTGTTTG TATACATATA TATAAATATA TGGAAATATT AT - #AGTGTTTA1965- TTTTGTTACT TCCTGCGAGT TGCAACAGAA CTAACAAGAT GCCATGCTGT TT - #TTTTTCAT2025- TTTTTGGCTA TAAAAATAAC AGTATCCTAG TCCTTGTGTT CGGCTTTAAA AT - #GGAATTGC2085- AAACCCCATA ATTCCTTCTT CACACCGAAC AAACCGCCTA GTAGTCGATT TT - #CAGAGACT2145- CTAATGCTTT GAATATAATT TTTTTCTTCA AAAATTTCCT TAAGCGTGCT AT - #CGAATGAG2205- TAGACATCAA TCAAGAGTTT CATGGTCTCC CCGTATTTGC CGCTGCTTCT AA - #TATTTTTG2265- GAGTGTAGCA TAGCCCAATC AATCAAATCT TCGATAATGC CACTTTTTAC AT - #ATACACGA2325- CGACAACCCA CAGTAGTAAC ACTCATGACT AAATTTTCAT CAGTACTTAA TG - #TCATGTTA2385- GGGGCTAACG AAATCAATGC AATGGGCGTT TCTCTATAAA CGATGATATG CG - #TATTGTTC2445# 2457- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 337 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: - # SEQ ID NO:12:- Met Lys Ile Ser Ala Ala Leu Ile Leu Ser Se - #r Leu Ser Ser Val Ala# 15- Phe Ser Ala Pro Ala Pro Ala Pro Ala Asp Se - #r His His Glu Asp His# 30- His Lys Asp Glu Lys Pro Ala Val Val Thr Va - #l Thr Gln Tyr Ile Asp# 45- Ser Asn Ala Ala Thr Ser Thr Val Glu Ser Al - #a Ala Thr Thr Thr Thr# 60- Leu Ser Ser Ser Glu Lys Asp Thr Ser Glu Gl - #n Lys Arg Asp Gly Gly# 80- Phe Gln Asp Gly Thr Val Lys Cys Ser Asp Ph - #e Pro Ser Val Asn Gly# 95- Ile Val Ser Leu Asp Trp Leu Gly Phe Gly Gl - #y Trp Ala Ser Val Met# 110- Asp Met Asp Ala Asn Thr Ser Ser Glu Cys Ly - #s Asp Gly Tyr Tyr Cys# 125- Ser Tyr Ala Cys Glu Pro Gly Met Ser Lys Th - #r Gln Trp Pro Ser Asp# 140- Gln Pro Ser Asp Gly Lys Ser Val Gly Gly Le - #u Tyr Cys Lys Asn Gly145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Tyr Leu Tyr Arg Thr Asn Thr Asp Thr Ser As - #p Leu Cys Ser Thr Asp# 175- Glu Thr Ser Ala Lys Ala Ile Asn Lys Lys Se - #r Asp Ser Ile Ala Leu# 190- Cys Arg Thr Asp Tyr Pro Gly Ser Glu Asn Me - #t Val Ile Pro Thr Val# 205- Val Asp Gly Gly Asp Ser Gln Pro Ile Ser Va - #l Val Asp Glu Asp Thr# 220- Tyr Tyr Gln Trp Gln Gly Lys Lys Thr Ser Al - #a Gln Tyr Tyr Ile Asn225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Asn Ala Gly Val Ser Ala Glu Asp Gly Cys Il - #e Trp Gly Thr Ser Gly# 255- Ser Asp Val Gly Asn Trp Ala Pro Leu Val Le - #u Gly Ala Gly Ser Thr# 270- Asn Gly Glu Thr Tyr Leu Ser Leu Ile Pro As - #n Pro Asn Ser Asn Gln# 285- Ala Ala Asn Phe Asn Val Lys Ile Val Ala Se - #r Asp Gly Ala Asn Val# 300- Gln Gly Ser Cys Ala Tyr Glu Asp Gly Ser Ph - #e Thr Gly Asp Gly Ser305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Asp Gly Cys Thr Val Ser Val Leu Ser Gly Se - #r Ala Glu Phe Val Phe# 335- Tyr- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs (A) LENGTH: 2150 base (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: double (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 563..1987#ID NO:13:(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- TGTTTAGTGC TACCCAACTA CTTACATTCC TTTAAAAACC ACAATATTTA AG - #TTAACCTG 60- AGCTTTATTT TTAGTAAGTT ATTTACCACA ATTTTTCTCA TACACCTTTA CA - #ATCCGTAT 120- TGCCATGAAT ACCAAGGCTT GCTCAGCTTC TGCAGCAGTT CAACCCTTTC CA - #ATACCGCC 180- AATGCGTCCT CAAAACGTTA GTTTAGTCGT GCTCAACCGC TATTTTTGGT TT - #TATCTTCG 240- TTTCTTTCTC CTGAACGACA TTCGTCACGA AAATTGCGGC GGAAAATTTC CT - #GATGCGGA 300- CACTTTTTCC CGATCCGGAC ATGCCTTTTT TTGGCGTTTC GCGTCAGTCA AT - #AGAAGTTT 360- CAGATCTACA TTAGGAAGAA CCAGAAAATA GCCATTAATG CTTTCAGCAT AG - #CACAGCAT 420- AGCAGCTGTG TATATCTTAA ATAAGATGTA GACTGGTTTG CATTTGGAAA GG - #TTTTGTGT 480- AAGAAAAGCA ATACTTGAGG TAAAACAAGA GAAAAAAAAA CACTTTACTA AC - #TAATATCC 540- AATCCTTTAT TTTTTTGCAG AA ATG AAA TTC TCA ACT GCC - # GTT ACT ACG TTG 592# Met Lys Phe Ser Thr Ala V - #al Thr Thr Leu# 10- ATT AGT TCT GGT GCC ATC GTG TCT GCT TTA CC - #A CAC GTG GAT GTT CAC 640Ile Ser Ser Gly Ala Ile Val Ser Ala Leu Pr - #o His Val Asp Val His# 25- CAA GAA GAT GCC CAC CAA CAT AAG AGG GCC GT - #T GCG TAC AAA TAC GTT 688Gln Glu Asp Ala His Gln His Lys Arg Ala Va - #l Ala Tyr Lys Tyr Val# 40- TAC GAA ACT GTT GTT GTC GAT TCT GAT GGC CA - #C ACT GTA ACT CCT GCT 736Tyr Glu Thr Val Val Val Asp Ser Asp Gly Hi - #s Thr Val Thr Pro Ala# 55- GCT TCA GAA GTC GCT ACT GCT GCT ACC TCT GC - #T ATC ATT ACA ACA TCT 784Ala Ser Glu Val Ala Thr Ala Ala Thr Ser Al - #a Ile Ile Thr Thr Ser# 70- GTG TTG GCT CCA ACC TCC TCC GCA GCC GCT GG - #G ATA GCC GCT TCC ATT 832Val Leu Ala Pro Thr Ser Ser Ala Ala Ala Gl - #y Ile Ala Ala Ser Ile# 90- GCT GTT TCA TCT GCT GCC TTA GCC AAG AAT GA - #G AAA ATC TCT GAT GCC 880Ala Val Ser Ser Ala Ala Leu Ala Lys Asn Gl - #u Lys Ile Ser Asp Ala# 105- GCT GCA TCT GCC ACT GCC TCA ACA TCT CAA GG - #G GCA TCC TCC TCC TCC 928Ala Ala Ser Ala Thr Ala Ser Thr Ser Gln Gl - #y Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser# 120- TCC TCC TCC TCG GCA ACT TCT ACC CTA GAA AG - #C AGC TCT GTT TCT TCA 976Ser Ser Ser Ser Ala Thr Ser Thr Leu Glu Se - #r Ser Ser Val Ser Ser# 135- TCT AGT GAA GAA GCT GCT CCA ACA TCT ACT GT - #C GTG TCA ACT TCT TCC1024Ser Ser Glu Glu Ala Ala Pro Thr Ser Thr Va - #l Val Ser Thr Ser Ser# 150- GCA ACC CAA TCT AGT GCT TCT TCT GCC ACT AA - #A TCT AGT ACT TCT TCC1072Ala Thr Gln Ser Ser Ala Ser Ser Ala Thr Ly - #s Ser Ser Thr Ser Ser155 1 - #60 1 - #65 1 -#70- ACT TCA CCA TCT ACT TCT ACT TCT ACT TCC AC - #T TCT TCT ACT TCC TCT1120Thr Ser Pro Ser Thr Ser Thr Ser Thr Ser Th - #r Ser Ser Thr Ser Ser# 185- TCC TCT TCC TCC TCC TCC TCC TCT TCT TCT TC - #T TCT TCT GGC AGT GGT1168Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Se - #r Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly# 200- AGT ATC TAC GGT GAT TTG GCC GAC TTT TCA GG - #C CCA AGT GAG AAA TTC1216Ser Ile Tyr Gly Asp Leu Ala Asp Phe Ser Gl - #y Pro Ser Glu Lys Phe# 215- CAA GAC GGC ACT ATT CCA TGT GAC AAA TTC CC - #A TCT GGT CAA GGT GTC1264Gln Asp Gly Thr Ile Pro Cys Asp Lys Phe Pr - #o Ser Gly Gln Gly Val# 230- ATT TCT ATT GAC TGG ATT GGC GAG GGT GGA TG - #G TCC GGT GTG GAA AAC1312Ile Ser Ile Asp Trp Ile Gly Glu Gly Gly Tr - #p Ser Gly Val Glu Asn235 2 - #40 2 - #45 2 -#50- ACC GAC ACT TCC ACT GGC GGT TCA TGC AAG GA - #G GGG TCC TAC TGT TCC1360Thr Asp Thr Ser Thr Gly Gly Ser Cys Lys Gl - #u Gly Ser Tyr Cys Ser# 265- TAC TCC TGC CAA CCA GGT ATG TCT AAG ACC CA - #A TGG CCA TCC GAT CAA1408Tyr Ser Cys Gln Pro Gly Met Ser Lys Thr Gl - #n Trp Pro Ser Asp Gln# 280- CCA TCT GAC GGT AGA TCT GTC GGG GGT TTG TT - #G TGT AAA AAT GGT TAT1456Pro Ser Asp Gly Arg Ser Val Gly Gly Leu Le - #u Cys Lys Asn Gly Tyr# 295- TTG TAC CGT TCT AAC ACT GAC GCG GAT TAC TT - #A TGT GAA TGG GGT GTC1504Leu Tyr Arg Ser Asn Thr Asp Ala Asp Tyr Le - #u Cys Glu Trp Gly Val# 310- GAG GCT GCC TAT GTT GTT TCT AAA CTA AGC AA - #G GGT GTC GCC ATT TGC1552Glu Ala Ala Tyr Val Val Ser Lys Leu Ser Ly - #s Gly Val Ala Ile Cys315 3 - #20 3 - #25 3 -#30- AGA ACC GAC TAC CCG GGC ACT GAA AAC ATG GT - #T ATC CCA ACC TAT GTT1600Arg Thr Asp Tyr Pro Gly Thr Glu Asn Met Va - #l Ile Pro Thr Tyr Val# 345- GAA GGG GGT AGC TCT TTG CCA TTG ACC GTT GT - #T GAC CAA GAT ACT TAC1648Glu Gly Gly Ser Ser Leu Pro Leu Thr Val Va - #l Asp Gln Asp Thr Tyr# 360- TTT ACT TGG GAA GGC AAA AAG ACA TCT GCT CA - #A TAC TAC GTT AAT AAC1696Phe Thr Trp Glu Gly Lys Lys Thr Ser Ala Gl - #n Tyr Tyr Val Asn Asn# 375- GCC GGC GTC TCA GTT GAA GAT GGG TGT ATC TG - #G GGT ACT TCT GGA TCT1744Ala Gly Val Ser Val Glu Asp Gly Cys Ile Tr - #p Gly Thr Ser Gly Ser# 390- GGT ATT GGT AAC TGG GCA CCA TTA AAC TTT GG - #T GCT GGC TCC ACT GGT1792Gly Ile Gly Asn Trp Ala Pro Leu Asn Phe Gl - #y Ala Gly Ser Thr Gly395 4 - #00 4 - #05 4 -#10- GGA GTG ACA TAC TTA TCA TTG ATT CCT AAC CC - #A AAC AAC AGC GAC GCA1840Gly Val Thr Tyr Leu Ser Leu Ile Pro Asn Pr - #o Asn Asn Ser Asp Ala# 425- TTG AAC TAC AAC GTC AAG ATA GTT GCT GCT GA - #T GAT TCA TCC AAT GTC1888Leu Asn Tyr Asn Val Lys Ile Val Ala Ala As - #p Asp Ser Ser Asn Val# 440- ATC GGT GAA TGT GTT TAC GAA AAT GGT GAG TT - #C TCT GGC GGT GCT GAC1936Ile Gly Glu Cys Val Tyr Glu Asn Gly Glu Ph - #e Ser Gly Gly Ala Asp# 455- GGG TGT ACC GTC TCT GTT ACT TCC GGT AAA GC - #T CAT TTC GTC TTA TAC1984Gly Cys Thr Val Ser Val Thr Ser Gly Lys Al - #a His Phe Val Leu Tyr# 470- AAT TAAGCTACGT GACTACTACT TTTCCTTTTT TTTTTCTTTT TTCGAACAC - #A2037Asn- 475- TCTCACCCCC TATACCTCAC ACAATCACTA TGGTCCCCTT TTCTTTTTAC CG - #ATATTTAT2097- ACTGTCCACC TTTTTCTTTT CGTTAATGGC CTCAATGTTT CTGTACCATT AT - #C2150- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 475 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: - # SEQ ID NO:14:- Met Lys Phe Ser Thr Ala Val Thr Thr Leu Il - #e Ser Ser Gly Ala Ile# 15- Val Ser Ala Leu Pro His Val Asp Val His Gl - #n Glu Asp Ala His Gln# 30- His Lys Arg Ala Val Ala Tyr Lys Tyr Val Ty - #r Glu Thr Val Val Val# 45- Asp Ser Asp Gly His Thr Val Thr Pro Ala Al - #a Ser Glu Val Ala Thr# 60- Ala Ala Thr Ser Ala Ile Ile Thr Thr Ser Va - #l Leu Ala Pro Thr Ser# 80- Ser Ala Ala Ala Gly Ile Ala Ala Ser Ile Al - #a Val Ser Ser Ala Ala# 95- Leu Ala Lys Asn Glu Lys Ile Ser Asp Ala Al - #a Ala Ser Ala Thr Ala# 110- Ser Thr Ser Gln Gly Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser Se - #r Ser Ser Ser Ala Thr# 125- Ser Thr Leu Glu Ser Ser Ser Val Ser Ser Se - #r Ser Glu Glu Ala Ala# 140- Pro Thr Ser Thr Val Val Ser Thr Ser Ser Al - #a Thr Gln Ser Ser Ala145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Ser Ser Ala Thr Lys Ser Ser Thr Ser Ser Th - #r Ser Pro Ser Thr Ser# 175- Thr Ser Thr Ser Thr Ser Ser Thr Ser Ser Se - #r Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser# 190- Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Se - #r Ile Tyr Gly Asp Leu# 205- Ala Asp Phe Ser Gly Pro Ser Glu Lys Phe Gl - #n Asp Gly Thr Ile Pro# 220- Cys Asp Lys Phe Pro Ser Gly Gln Gly Val Il - #e Ser Ile Asp Trp Ile225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Gly Glu Gly Gly Trp Ser Gly Val Glu Asn Th - #r Asp Thr Ser Thr Gly# 255- Gly Ser Cys Lys Glu Gly Ser Tyr Cys Ser Ty - #r Ser Cys Gln Pro Gly# 270- Met Ser Lys Thr Gln Trp Pro Ser Asp Gln Pr - #o Ser Asp Gly Arg Ser# 285- Val Gly Gly Leu Leu Cys Lys Asn Gly Tyr Le - #u Tyr Arg Ser Asn Thr# 300- Asp Ala Asp Tyr Leu Cys Glu Trp Gly Val Gl - #u Ala Ala Tyr Val Val305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Ser Lys Leu Ser Lys Gly Val Ala Ile Cys Ar - #g Thr Asp Tyr Pro Gly# 335- Thr Glu Asn Met Val Ile Pro Thr Tyr Val Gl - #u Gly Gly Ser Ser Leu# 350- Pro Leu Thr Val Val Asp Gln Asp Thr Tyr Ph - #e Thr Trp Glu Gly Lys# 365- Lys Thr Ser Ala Gln Tyr Tyr Val Asn Asn Al - #a Gly Val Ser Val Glu# 380- Asp Gly Cys Ile Trp Gly Thr Ser Gly Ser Gl - #y Ile Gly Asn Trp Ala385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- Pro Leu Asn Phe Gly Ala Gly Ser Thr Gly Gl - #y Val Thr Tyr Leu Ser# 415- Leu Ile Pro Asn Pro Asn Asn Ser Asp Ala Le - #u Asn Tyr Asn Val Lys# 430- Ile Val Ala Ala Asp Asp Ser Ser Asn Val Il - #e Gly Glu Cys Val Tyr# 445- Glu Asn Gly Glu Phe Ser Gly Gly Ala Asp Gl - #y Cys Thr Val Ser Val# 460- Thr Ser Gly Lys Ala His Phe Val Leu Tyr As - #n465 4 - #70 4 - #75- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 145 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide#ID NO:15:(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- Thr Asp Tyr Pro Gly Xaa Glu Asn Met Val Xa - #a Pro Thr Xaa Val Xaa# 15- Xaa Gly Xaa Ser Xaa Pro Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xa - #a Xaa Asp Xaa Tyr Xaa# 30- Xaa Trp Xaa Gly Lys Lys Thr Ser Ala Gln Ty - #r Tyr Xaa Asn Asn Xaa# 45- Gly Val Ser Xaa Glu Asp Gly Cys Ile Trp Gl - #y Thr Xaa Gly Ser Xaa# 60- Xaa Gly Asn Trp Ala Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Al - #a Xaa Xaa Thr Xaa Gly#80- Xaa Thr Tyr Leu Ser Xaa Ile Pro Asn Pro As - #n Xaa Xaa Xaa Ala Xaa# 95- Asn Xaa Asn Xaa Lys Ile Val Ala Xaa Asp Xa - #a Xaa Xaa Xaa Val Xaa# 110- Gly Xaa Cys Xaa Tyr Glu Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xa - #a Gly Xaa Gly Xaa Asp# 125- Gly Cys Thr Val Ser Val Xaa Ser Gly Xaa Al - #a Xaa Phe Val Xaa Tyr# 140- Xaa145- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids (A) LENGTH: 60 amino (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide#ID NO:16:(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ- Ser Leu Ile Pro Asn Pro Asn Asn Gly Asn Al - #a Leu Asn Phe Asn Val# 15- Lys Ile Val Ala Ala Asp Asp Ser Ser Thr Va - #l Asn Gly Glu Cys Ile# 30- Tyr Glu Asn Gly Ser Phe Ser Ser Gly Gly Se - #r Asp Gly Cys Thr Val# 45- Ser Val Thr Ala Gly Lys Ala Lys Phe Val Le - #u Tyr# 60__________________________________________________________________________

Claims

1. A method of isolating a gene which encodes a protein that contributes to senescence in an organism, comprising the steps of:

a) generating a genomic DNA library from the organism of interest;

b) transforming yeast cells from a budding yeast strain, in which the SIR4 gene has been mutated to generate a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein, with the library;

c) plating the transformed yeast cells, and culturing them under conditions for growth of yeast cells;

d) calculating the life span of the colonies of transformed yeast cells;

e) selecting yeast cells from colonies in which the life span of the yeast cells is about equal to the life span of the yeast strain in which the SIR4 gene has not been mutated to generate a stop at codon 1237, thereby obtaining yeast cells containing senescence genes from the organism of interest; and

i) isolating from the selected yeast cells the DNA from the organism of interest,

thereby obtaining a gene encoding a protein that contributes to senescence.

2. A gene which encodes a protein that contributes to senescence in an organism, isolated by the method of claim 1, wherein said gene is not the wild-type SIR4 gene.

3. A gene which encodes a protein that contributes to senescence in an organism, wherein said gene is not the wild-type SIR4 gene, and which hybridizes under conditions of high stringency to a gene isolated by the method of claim 1.

4. A method of isolating DNA which contributes to senescence in an organism comprising the steps of:

a) generating a genomic DNA library from the organism of interest;

b) contacting the library with a labeled probe comprising DNA encoding the SIR4 gene or the UTH1 gene, under conditions of high stringency; and

c) isolating from the library DNA which hybridizes to the labeled probe.

5. Isolated DNA consisting essentially of a gene contributing to senescence in an organism, isolated by the method of claim 4, wherein said gene is not the wild-type SIR4 gene.

6. A mutant SIR4 gene having a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein.

7. A gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence encoded by a SIR4 gene having a stop codon at amino acid 1237 of the encoded protein.

8. DNA which encodes a protein that contributes to extended life span and which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the gene of claim 6, wherein said DNA does not encode the wild-type SIR4 gene.

9. DNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the UTH1 gene having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID. NO. 1.

10. A gene encoding a UTH1 protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID. NO. 2.

11. A method of isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span, comprising the steps of:

a) exposing a sample of yeast cells from a budding yeast strain, for which the life span is known, to a mutagen;

b) plating the sample of cells on minimal medium necessary for growth of yeast cells, thereby generating an original plate;

c) replica-plating the original plate to a plate with a medium lacking nutrients necessary for growth of yeast cells, thereby generating a replica plate;

d) culturing the original plate and the replica plate under conditions appropriate for growth of yeast cells;

e) replica-plating the replica plate to enriched medium, thereby generating an enriched plate;

f) culturing the enriched plates under conditions for growth of yeast cells, thereby generating colonies of yeast cells which are starvation resistant;

g) calculating the life span of yeast cells in the starvation resistant colonies;

h) selecting those yeast cells with a life span that is longer than the known life span of the yeast strain;

i) isolating the DNA from the yeast cells with a life span that is longer than the known life span of the yeast strain; and

j) isolating from the DNA of step (i) DNA which contributes to extended life span,

thereby isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span.

12. A method of isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span, comprising the steps of:

a) exposing a sample of yeast cells from a budding yeast strain, for which the life span is known, to a mutagen;

b) labelling the cell surface of the yeast cells with a fluorescent marker, thereby generating fluorescent yeast cells;

c) culturing the yeast cells under conditions for growth of yeast cells, and for a period of time greater than the chronological life span of the strain;

d) subjecting the yeast cells to fluorescence-activated cell sorting, thereby separating fluorescent yeast cells from non-fluorescent yeast cells;

e) replating the fluorescent yeast cells, under conditions for growth of yeast cells, wherein the fluorescent yeast cells which grow after replating are mutant yeast cells having an increased life span;

f) isolating the DNA from the fluorescent yeast cells which grow after replating; and

g) isolating from the DNA of step (f) DNA which contributes to extended life span,

thereby isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span.

13. A method of isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span, comprising the steps of:

a) exposing a sample of yeast cells from a temperature-sensitive budding yeast strain, in which the daughter cells die at the nonpermissive temperature, and for which the life span is known, to a mutagen;

b) plating the yeast cells, and cultivating the yeast cells at the permissive temperature and under conditions for growth of yeast cells;

c) transferring a sample of yeast cells from each colony of the plate at the permissive temperature to a second plate;

d) cultivating the yeast cells transferred to the second plate at the nonpermissive temperature, thereby generating microcolonies of yeast cells;

e) calculating the number of yeast cells in the microcolonies, wherein if a microcolony consists of a number of yeast cells that is greater than the number of generations in the life span of the yeast strain, the microcolony contains mutant yeast cells having an increased life span;

f) isolating the DNA from a microcolony consisting of a number of yeast cells that is greater than the number of generations in the life span of the yeast strain; and

g) isolating from the DNA of step (f) DNA which contributes to extended life span,

thereby isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span.

14. A method of isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span, comprising the steps of:

a) exposing a sample of yeast cells from a temperature-sensitive budding yeast strain, in which the daughter cells die at the nonpermissive temperature, and for which the life span is known, to a mutagen;

b) plating the yeast cells, and cultivating the yeast cells at the nonpermissive temperature for a period of time greater than the chronological life span of the strain, thereby generating microcolonies of yeast cells;

c) shifting the microcolonies to the permissive temperature, wherein the yeast cells which grow after the shift to the permissive temperature are mutant yeast cells having an increased life span;

d) isolating the DNA from yeast cells which grow after the shift to the permissive temperature; and

e) isolating from the DNA of step (f) DNA which contributes to extended life span,

thereby isolating DNA which contributes to extended life span.

15. DNA which contributes to extended life span isolated by the method of claim 11.

16. DNA which contributes to extended life span isolated by the method of claim 12.

17. DNA which contributes to extended life span isolated by the method of claim 13.

18. DNA which contributes to extended life span isolated by the method of claim 14.

19. DNA encoding a protein, said protein comprising the SUN domain region, or a region encoded by DNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the DNA encoding the SUN domain region, said SUN domain region consisting of amino acid 123 through amino acid 337 of SEQ ID NO. 12.