酿酒酵母SRP40基因对细胞耐受性影响的研究

【目的】本论文研究酿酒酵母srp40³⁹突变基因对酵母细胞异丁醇耐受性的影响。【方法】首先,以酿酒酵母野生型W303-1A和突变株EMS39染色体DNA为模板克隆野生型SRP40基因和srp40³⁹突变基因;然后,将野生型SRP40基因和srp40³⁹突变基因分别连接到质粒YCplac22上,构建质粒YCplac22-SRP40和YCplac22-srp40³⁹。将质粒YCplac22-SRP40、YCplac22-srp40³⁹以及YCplac22空质粒分别转化入野生型酿酒酵母W303-1A中,分别得到W303-1A-SRP40工程菌、W303-1A-srp40³⁹工程菌和W303-1A-control工程菌。将3株工程菌分别置于含1.0%异丁醇、1.3%异丁醇、8.0%乙醇和0.5%异戊醇的CM培养基中进行发酵,测定细胞密度(OD₆₀₀)和生长情况,并计算2–10 h的比生长速率（μ）。将3株工程菌于55°C热激4 min后做稀释...     

CDC7 protein kinase activity is required for mitosis and meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Summary The product of the CDC7 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has multiple cellular functions, being needed for the initiation of DNA synthesis during mitosis as well as for synaptonemal complex formation and commitment to recombination during meiosis. The CDC7 protein has protein kinase activity and contains the conserved residues characteristic of the protein kinase catalytic domain. To determine which of the cellular functions of CDC7 require this protein kinase activity, we have mutated some of the conserved residues within the CDC7 catalytic domain and have examined the ability of the mutant proteins to support mitosis and meiosis. The results indicate that the protein kinase activity of the CDC7 gene product is essential for its function in both mitosis and meiosis and that this activity is potentially regulated by phosphorylation of the CDC7 protein.     

Characterization of the cyrl-2 UGA mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Summary cyrl-2 is a temperature-sensitive mutation of the yeast adenylate cyclase structural gene, CYR1. The cyrl-2 mutation has been suggested to be a UGA mutation since a UGA suppressor SUP201 has been isolated as a suppressor of the cyrl-2 mutation. Construction of chimeric genes restricted the region containing the cyrl-2 mutation, and the cyrl-2 UGA mutation was identified at codon 1282, which lies upstream of the region coding for the catalytic domain of adenylate cyclase. Alterations in the region upstream of the cyrl-2 mutation site result in null mutations. The complete open reading frame of the cyrl-2 gene expressed under the control of the GAL1 promoter complemented cyrl-dl in a galactose-dependent manner. These results suggest that at the permissive temperature weak readthrough occurs at the cyrl-2 mutation site to produce low levels of active adenylate cyclase. An endogenous suppressor in yeast cells is assumed to be responsible for this readthrough.     

Evidence that two zinc fingers in the methionine aminopeptidase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae are important for normal growth

Limited proteolysis of intact yeast methionine aminopeptidase (MAP1) with trypsin releases a 34 kDa fragment whose NH₂-terminal sequence begins at Asp70, immediately following Lys69. These results suggest that yeast MAP may have a two-domain structure consisting of an NH₂-terminal zinc finger domain and a C-terminal catalytic domain. To test this, a mutant MAP lacking residues 2–69 was generated, overexpressed, purified and analyzed. Metal ion analyses indicate that 1 mol of wild-type yeast MAP contains 2 mol of zinc ions and at least 1 mol of cobalt ion, whereas 1 mol of the truncated MAP lacking the putative zinc fingers contains only a trace amount of zinc ions but still contains one mole of cobalt ion. These results suggest that the two zinc ions observed in the native yeast MAP are located at the Cys/His rich region and the cobalt ion is located in the catalytic domain. The k.at and Km values of the purified truncated MAP are similar to those of the wild-type MAP when measured with peptide substrates in vitro and it appears to be as active as the wild-type MAP in vivo. However, the truncated MAP is significantly less effective in rescuing the slow growth phenotype of map mutant than the wild-type MAP. These findings suggest that the zinc fingers are essential for normal MAP function in vivo, even though the in vitro enzyme assays indicate that they are not involved in catalysis. In addition, a series of single mutations were generated by changing the cysteines and the histidines in the zinc finger region to serines and arginines, respectively. Analyses of these point mutations provide further evidence that the cysteines and histidines are important for the growth promotion function of yeast MAP.     

ore2, a mutation affecting proline biosynthesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, leads to a cdc phenotype

Summary We report here the isolation of temperature-sensitive mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae which exhibit cdc phenotypes. The recessive mutations defined four complementation groups, named ore1, ore2, ore3 and ore4. At the non-permissive temperature, strains bearing these mutations arrested in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The wild-type allele of the gene altered in ore2 mutants was cloned. The nucleotide sequence of a fragment which can complement the mutation showed the presence of an open reading frame capable of encoding a protein with 286 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 25% identity with that of the Escherichia coli 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase, an enzyme of the pathway for the biosynthesis of proline. The ore2 mutants, correspondingly, were found to be capable of growing at the non-permissive temperature on a synthetic medium supplemented with proline. In addition, the chromosomal location of the gene and its restriction map were compatible with those previously reported for the PRO3 gene which encodes the S. cerevisiae ¹-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase.     

A dominant interfering mutation in RAS1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A mutant allele of RAS1 that dominantly interferes with the wild-type Ras function in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was discovered during screening of mutants that suppress an ira2 disruption mutation. A single amino acid substitution, serine for glycine at position 22, was found to cause the mutant phenotype. The inhibitory effect of the RAS1 ^Ser22 gene could be overcome either by overexpression of CDC25 or by the ira2 disruption mutation. These results suggest that the RAS1^Ser22 gene product interferes with the normal interaction of Ras with Cdc25 by forming a dead-end complex between Ras1^Ser22 and Cdc25 proteins.     

Structure of the HOM2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and regulation of its expression

Summary In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the HOM2 gene encodes aspartic semi-aldehyde dehydrogenase (ASA DH). The synthesis of this enzyme had been shown to be derepressed by growth in the presence of high concentrations of methionine. In the present work we have cloned and sequenced the HOM2 gene and found that the promoter region of this gene bears one copy of the consensus sequence for general control of amino acid synthesis. This prompted us to study the regulation of the expression of the HOM2 gene. We have found that ASA DH is the first reported enzyme of the related threonine and methionine pathway to be regulated by the general control of amino acid synthesis.     

MSl3, a multicopy suppressor of mutants hyperactivated in the RAS-CAMP pathway, encodes a novel HSP70 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The MSI3 gene was isolated as a multicopy suppressor of the heat shock-sensitive phenotype of the iral mutation, which causes hyperactivation of the RAS-cAMP pathway. Overexpression of MSI3 also suppresses the heat shock-sensitive phenotype of the bcyl mutant. Determination of the DNA sequence of MSI3 revealed that MSI3 can encode a 77.4 kDa protein related to the HSP70 family. The amino acid sequence of Msi3p is about 30% identical to that of the Ssalp of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This contrasts with the finding that members of the HSP70 family generally show at least 50% amino acid identity. The consensus nucleotide sequence of the heat shock element (HSE) was found in the upstream region of MSI3. Moreover, the steady-state levels of the MSI3 mRNA and protein were increased upon heat shock. These results indicate that the MSI3 gene encodes a novel HSP70-like heat shock protein. Disruption of the MSI3 gene was associated with a temperature sensitive growth phenotype but unexpectedly, thermotolerance was enhanced in the disruptant.     

Involvement of the PS03 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in intrachromosomal mitotic recombination and gene amplification

Using a genetic system of haploid strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae carrying a duplication of the his4 region on chromosome III, the pso3-1 mutation was shown to decrease the rate of spontaneous mitotic intrachromosomal recombination 2- to 13-fold. As previously found for the rad52-1 mutant, the pso3-1 mutant is specifically affected in mitotic gene conversion. Moreover, both mutations reduce the frequency of spontaneous recombination. However, the two mutations differ in the extent to which they affect recombination between either proximally or distally located markers on the two his4 heteroalleles. In addition, amplifications of the his4 region were detected in the pso3-1 mutant. We suggest that the appearance of these amplifications is a consequence of the inability of the pso3-1 mutant to perform mitotic gene conversion.     

Man8GlcNAc2糖基化的酿酒酵母菌株的构建

酿酒酵母糖蛋白的N-糖基化经过高尔基体的修饰后形成聚合度约150-200的甘露寡糖,高尔基体N-糖基化的糖基转移酶Mnn1p和Och1p在甘露寡糖的形成过程中起关键作用。通过同源重组置换敲除了酵母中的MNN1和OCH1基因阻断高尔基体N-糖基化修饰,分离纯化了mnn1 och1突变株中的N-糖蛋白,糖酰胺酶PNGaseF酶解释放的N-糖链经过2-氨基吡啶衍生后,利用HPLC和MALDITOF/MS结合的方法分析了突变株糖蛋白上的N-糖链。结果显示mnn1 och1突变株中的糖蛋白的N-糖链为结构单一的糖链,分子量为1794.66,推测为Man₈GlcNAc₂。     

Plasmid multimerization is dependent on RAD52 activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Summary A mutant plasmid, pX, derived from the 1453 base pair small plasmid, YARp1 (or TRP1 RI circle), consists of 849 base pairs of DNA bearing the TRP1 gene and the ARS1 sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and, unlike YARp1 and other commonly used yeast plasmids, highly multimerizes in a S. cerevisiae host. The multimerization of pX was dependent on RAD52, which is known to be necessary for homologous recombination in S. cerevisiae. Based upon this observation, a regulated system of multimerization of pX with GAL1 promoter-driven RAD52 has been developed. We conclude that the regulated multimerization of pX could provide a useful model system to study genetic recombination in the eukaryotic cell, in particular to investigate recombination intermediates and the effects of various trans-acting mutations on the multimerization and recombination of plasmids.     

Identification and characterization of regulatory elements in the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene PCK1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is a key enzyme in gluconeogenesis. The expression of the PCK1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is strictly regulated and dependent on the carbon source provided. Two upstream activation sites (UAS1_PCK1 and UAS2_PCK1) and one upstream repression site (URS_PCK1) were localized by detailed deletion analysis. The efficacy of these three promoter elements when separated from each other was confirmed by investigations using heterologous promoter test plasmids. Activation mediated by UAS1_PCK1 or UAS2_PCK1 did not occur in the presence of glucose, indicating that these elements are essential for glucose derepression. The repressing effect caused by URS_PCK1 was much stronger in glucose-grown cells than in ethanol-grown cells.