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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 21, 14857-14866, May 21, 1999

Isolation and Characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae EKI1 Gene Encoding Ethanolamine Kinase

Keunsung KimDagger , Kee-Hong KimDagger , Margo K. Storey§, Dennis R. Voelker§, and George M. CarmanDagger

From the Dagger  Department of Food Science, Cook College, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 and the § Lord and Taylor Laboratory for Lung Biochemistry and the Anna Perahia Adatto Clinical Research Center, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206

Ethanolamine kinase (ATP:ethanolamine O-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.82) catalyzes the committed step of phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway. The gene encoding ethanolamine kinase (EKI1) was identified from the Saccharomyces Genome Data Base (locus YDR147W) based on its homology to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae CKI1-encoded choline kinase, which also exhibits ethanolamine kinase activity. The EKI1 gene was isolated and used to construct eki1Delta and eki1Delta cki1Delta mutants. A multicopy plasmid containing the EKI1 gene directed the overexpression of ethanolamine kinase activity in wild-type, eki1Delta mutant, cki1Delta mutant, and eki1Delta cki1Delta double mutant cells. The heterologous expression of the S. cerevisiae EKI1 gene in Sf-9 insect cells resulted in a 165,500-fold overexpression of ethanolamine kinase activity relative to control insect cells. The EKI1 gene product also exhibited choline kinase activity. Biochemical analyses of the enzyme expressed in insect cells, in eki1Delta mutants, and in cki1Delta mutants indicated that ethanolamine was the preferred substrate. The eki1Delta mutant did not exhibit a growth phenotype. Biochemical analyses of eki1Delta , cki1Delta , and eki1Delta cki1Delta mutants showed that the EKI1 and CKI1 gene products encoded all of the ethanolamine kinase and choline kinase activities in S. cerevisiae. In vivo labeling experiments showed that the EKI1 and CKI1 gene products had overlapping functions with respect to phospholipid synthesis. Whereas the EKI1 gene product was primarily responsible for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway, the CKI1 gene product was primarily responsible for phosphatidylcholine synthesis via the CDP-choline pathway. Unlike cki1Delta mutants, eki1Delta mutants did not suppress the essential function of Sec14p.

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