A general suppressor of RNA polymerase I, II and III mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Authors: | Yuji Masuda Suguru Tsuchimoto Akiko Nishimura and Eiichi Ohtsubo |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113 Tokyo, Japan;(2) National Institute of Generics, Yata 1,111, Mishima, 411 Shizuoka, Japan |
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Abstract: | The pem locus, which is responsible for the stable maintenance of the low copy number plasmid R100, contains the pemK gene, whose product has been shown to be a growth inhibitor. Here, we attempted to isolate mutants which became tolerant to transient induction of the PemK protein. We obtained 20 mutants (here called pkt for PemK tolerance), of which 9 were temperature sensitive for growth. We analyzed the nine mutants genetically and found that they could be classified into three complementation groups, pktA, pktB and pktC, which corresponded to three genes, ileS, gltX and asnS, encoding isoleucyl-, glutamyl- and asparaginyl-tRNA synthetases, respectively. Since these aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase mutants did not produce the PemK protein upon induction at the restrictive temperature, these mutants could be isolated because they behaved as if they were tolerant to the PemK protein. The procedure is therefore useful for isolating temperature-sensitive mutants of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. |
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Keywords: | Growth inhibitor Postsegregational killing Plasmid R100 Stable maintenance |
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