ANALYSIS OF THE DNA-SEQUENCE OF A 34-038-BP REGION ON THE LEFT ARM OFYEAST CHROMOSOME-XV

We report the DNA sequence of a 34 038 bp segment of Saccharomyces cer evisiae chromosome XV. Subsequent analysis revealed 20 open reading fr ames (ORFs) longer than 300 bp and two tRNA genes. Five ORFs correspon d to genes previously identified in S. cerevisiae, including RPLA2, PR E6, MSE1, IFM1 and SCM2 (TAT2, TAP2, LTG3). Two putative proteins shar e considerable homology with other proteins in the current data librar ies. ORF O2145 shows 41.2% identity with the glycophospholipid-anchore d surface glycoprotein Gas1p of S. cerevisiae and ORF O2197 has 53.2% identity to chromosome segregation protein Dis3p of Schizosaccharomyce s pombe. Accession Numbers for these sequences are provided in Table 1 . (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.