ISSN:
0749-503X
Keywords:
Yeast
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Saccaromyces
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Kluyveromyces
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ribosomal protein gene
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RAP1
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Life and Medical Sciences
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Genetics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
The transcription of the majority of the ribosomal protein (rp) genes of Saccharmoyces cerevisiae is activated by cis-acting elements, designated RPG boxes, which specifically bind the multifunctional protein RAPI in vitro.To investigate to what extent this global system of tanscription regulation has been conserved, we have isolated a number of rp genes of the related yeast species Kluyveromyces lactis and Kluyveromyces marxianus, whose counterparts in Saccharomyces are controlled by RAPI. The coding regions of these genes showed a sequence similarity of about 90% when compared to their Saccharomyces counterparts. In contrast, little or no sequence similarity was found between the upstream regions and the intervening sequences of Kluyveromyces and Saccharomyces homologs. However, the occurrence and the position of the introns is conserved. The sequence data also show that the physical linkage that exists in S. cerevisiae between the rp genes encoding RP59 (CRY1), S24 and L46 is conserved in Kluyveromyces. Northern analysis demonstrated that each of the isolated Kluyveromyces genes is transcriptionally active.By sequence comparison we idetified a number of conseerved sequences in the upstream region of each of the Kluyveromyces rp genes, which we designated the X, Z and RPGK boxes. The last one is highly similar, though not identical, to the S. cerevisiae RPG box.Functional analysis of the intergenic region between the genes encoding Kluyveromyces ribosomal proteins S24 and L46 showed that the RPGK box (+Z box) functions as a transcriptional activator, while the X box acts as a trascriptional repressor. Band-shift assays confirmed the existence of a RAP1-like protein in Kluyveromyces that binds to the RPGK box but not to the S. cerevisiae RPG box. In contrast, S. cerevisiae RAP1 did recognize the RPGK box.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/yea.320081102
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