Genetic study of the role of calcium ions in the cell division cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a calcium-dependent mutant and its trifluoperazine-dependent pseudorevertants |
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Authors: | Yoshikazu Ohya Yoshinori Ohsumi and Yasuhiro Anraku |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, 113 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary A cal1-1 mutant of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae showing Ca2+-dependent growth was isolated. Its growth continued exponentially in Ca2+-rich medium, but stopped in Ca2+-poor medium at 37°C. Mg2+ ions could not replace Ca2+ ions. In Ca2+-poor medium, the mutant cells stopped growing homogeneously at the stage of cell division cycle with a tiny bud. The nucleus in these arrested cells was in the G2 stage, judging from observation after nuclear staining and determination of the DNA content. Trifluoperazine-dependent pseudorevertants, which could grow in the presence of 20 M to 80 M trifluoperazine in Ca2+-poor medium at 37°C, were obtained from this cal1-1 mutant. The suppressor mutation, tfrl, itself conferred trifluoperazine resistance. Other calmodulin inhibitors structurally unrelated to trifluoperazine had similar effects to trifluoperazine on these pseudorevertants. These results suggest that Ca2+ ions and a calmodulin play important roles in the yeast cell division cycle at the stage of bud growth and nuclear division.Abbreviations Tfp
trifluoperazine
- DAP1
4 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
- EMS
ethyl methanesulfonate
- PD
parental ditype
- NPD
nonparental ditype
- T
tetratype |
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