Integrity of human YACs during propagation in recombination-deficient yeast strains |
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Authors: | Kouprina N Nikolaishvili N Graves J Koriabine M Resnick M A Larionov V |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, USA. Kouprina@niehs.nih.gov |
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Abstract: | Several isogenic strains with defects in recombination/repair genes (RAD1, RAD50, RAD51, RAD52, RAD54, and RAD55) were examined for their ability to propagate accurately a variety of linear and circular yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) containing human DNA inserts. To assess YAC stability, the human DNA inserts were internally marked by an ADE2-pBR-URA3 cassette. Following selection for Ura- clones on 5-fluoroorotic acid containing medium, the following types of YAC deletions were identified: (i) those caused by homologous recombination with a telomeric pBR sequence; (ii) internal deletions, presumed to occur by recombination between commonly occurring DNA repeats such as Alu and LINE sequences; and (iii) deletions leading to loss of part of a YAC arm. rad52 host strains, but not other recombination-deficient strains, decreased the rate of all types of YAC deletions 25- to 400-fold. We have also developed and tested kar1 strains with a conditional RAD52 gene that allow transfer of a YAC from any host into a recombination-deficient background. These strains provide an efficient tool for stabilization of YACs and are useful for allowing additional recombinational modification of YACs. |
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