scholarly journals Efficient expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PGK gene depends on an upstream activation sequence but does not require TATA sequences.

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 4335-4343 ◽  
Author(s):  
J E Ogden ◽  
C Stanway ◽  
S Kim ◽  
J Mellor ◽  
A J Kingsman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Transcription Initiation ◽  
Fusion Gene ◽  
Phosphoglycerate Kinase ◽  
Human Interferon ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Upstream Activation Sequence ◽  
Efficient Expression ◽  
Activation Sequence

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PGK (phosphoglycerate kinase) gene encodes one of the most abundant mRNA and protein species in the cell. To identify the promoter sequences required for the efficient expression of PGK, we undertook a detailed internal deletion analysis of the 5' noncoding region of the gene. Our analysis revealed that PGK has an upstream activation sequence (UASPGK) located between 402 and 479 nucleotides upstream from the initiating ATG sequence which is required for full transcriptional activity. Deletion of this sequence caused a marked reduction in the levels of PGK transcription. We showed that PGK has no requirement for TATA sequences; deletion of one or both potential TATA sequences had no effect on either the levels of PGK expression or the accuracy of transcription initiation. We also showed that the UASPGK functions as efficiently when in the inverted orientation and that it can enhance transcription when placed upstream of a TRP1-IFN fusion gene comprising the promoter of TRP1 fused to the coding region of human interferon alpha-2.

Efficient expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PGK gene depends on an upstream activation sequence but does not require TATA sequences

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 4335-4343
Author(s):  
J E Ogden ◽  
C Stanway ◽  
S Kim ◽  
J Mellor ◽  
A J Kingsman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Transcription Initiation ◽  
Fusion Gene ◽  
Phosphoglycerate Kinase ◽  
Human Interferon ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Upstream Activation Sequence ◽  
Efficient Expression ◽  
Activation Sequence

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PGK (phosphoglycerate kinase) gene encodes one of the most abundant mRNA and protein species in the cell. To identify the promoter sequences required for the efficient expression of PGK, we undertook a detailed internal deletion analysis of the 5' noncoding region of the gene. Our analysis revealed that PGK has an upstream activation sequence (UASPGK) located between 402 and 479 nucleotides upstream from the initiating ATG sequence which is required for full transcriptional activity. Deletion of this sequence caused a marked reduction in the levels of PGK transcription. We showed that PGK has no requirement for TATA sequences; deletion of one or both potential TATA sequences had no effect on either the levels of PGK expression or the accuracy of transcription initiation. We also showed that the UASPGK functions as efficiently when in the inverted orientation and that it can enhance transcription when placed upstream of a TRP1-IFN fusion gene comprising the promoter of TRP1 fused to the coding region of human interferon alpha-2.

scholarly journals The STK2 gene, which encodes a putative Ser/Thr protein kinase, is required for high-affinity spermidine transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 2994-3004 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Kaouass ◽  
M Audette ◽  
D Ramotar ◽  
S Verma ◽  
D De Montigny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Fusion Gene ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Lower Affinity ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Polyamine Transport ◽  
Exogenous Spermidine

Eukaryotic polyamine transport systems have not yet been characterized at the molecular level. We have used transposon mutagenesis to identify genes controlling polyamine transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A haploid yeast strain was transformed with a genomic minitransposon- and lacZ-tagged library, and positive clones were selected for growth resistance to methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) (MGBG), a toxic polyamine analog. A 747-bp DNA fragment adjacent to the lacZ fusion gene rescued from one MGBG-resistant clone mapped to chromosome X within the coding region of a putative Ser/Thr protein kinase gene of previously unknown function (YJR059w, or STK2). A 304-amino-acid stretch comprising 11 of the 12 catalytic subdomains of Stk2p is approximately 83% homologous to the putative Pot1p/Kkt8p (Stk1p) protein kinase, a recently described activator of low-affinity spermine uptake in yeast. Saturable spermidine transport in stk2::lacZ mutants had an approximately fivefold-lower affinity and twofold-lower Vmax than in the parental strain. Transformation of stk2::lacZ cells with the STK2 gene cloned into a single-copy expression vector restored spermidine transport to wild-type levels. Single mutants lacking the catalytic kinase subdomains of STK1 exhibited normal parameters for the initial rate of spermidine transport but showed a time-dependent decrease in total polyamine accumulation and a low-level resistance to toxic polyamine analogs. Spermidine transport was repressed by prior incubation with exogenous spermidine. Exogenous polyamine deprivation also derepressed residual spermidine transport in stk2::lacZ mutants, but simultaneous disruption of STK1 and STK2 virtually abolished high-affinity spermidine transport under both repressed and derepressed conditions. On the other hand, putrescine uptake was also deficient in stk2::lacZ mutants but was not repressed by exogenous spermidine. Interestingly, stk2::lacZ mutants showed increased growth resistance to Li+ and Na+, suggesting a regulatory relationship between polyamine and monovalent inorganic cation transport. These results indicate that the putative STK2 Ser/Thr kinase gene is an essential determinant of high-affinity polyamine transport in yeast whereas its close homolog STK1 mostly affects a lower-affinity, low-capacity polyamine transport activity.

Signals for transcription initiation and termination in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasmid 2 micron circle

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 2770-2780
Author(s):  
A Sutton ◽  
J R Broach
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Unknown Function ◽  
Transcription Initiation ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
S1 Nuclease ◽  
Plasmid Maintenance ◽  
Transcriptional Regulatory ◽  
Polyadenylation Sites ◽  
Plasmid Genes ◽  
Extension Analysis

By S1 nuclease protection experiments and primer extension analysis, we determined precisely the cap and polyadenylation sites of transcripts from the four genes of the yeast 2 micron circle plasmid, as well as those of other plasmid transcripts of unknown function. In addition, we used deletion analysis to identify sequences necessary for polyadenylation in plasmid transcripts. Our results indicate that plasmid genes constitute independent transcription units and that plasmid mRNAs are not derived by extensive processing of precursor transcripts. In addition, we found that the D coding region of 2 micron circle is precisely encompassed by a polyadenylated transcript, suggesting that this coding region constitutes a functional plasmid gene. Our identification of the position of plasmid polyadenylation sites and of sequences necessary for polyadenylation provides support for a tripartite signal for polyadenylation as proposed by Zaret and Sherman (K.S. Zaret and F. Sherman, Cell 28:563-573, 1982). Finally, these data highlight salient features of the transcriptional regulatory circuitry that underlies the control of plasmid maintenance in the cell.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae secretes and correctly processes human interferon hybrid proteins containing yeast invertase signal peptides

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1812-1819
Author(s):  
C N Chang ◽  
M Matteucci ◽  
L J Perry ◽  
J J Wulf ◽  
C Y Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Signal Sequence ◽  
Phosphoglycerate Kinase ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Signal Peptidase ◽  
Human Interferon ◽  
Expression Plasmid ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
Secretion Signal ◽  
Yeast Invertase

Synthetic oligonucleotides coding for the yeast invertase secretion signal peptide were fused to the gene for the mature form of human interferon (huIFN-alpha 2). Two plasmids (E3 and F2) were constructed. E3 contained the invertase signal codons in a reading frame with the mature huIFN-alpha 2 gene. F2 had a deletion of the codon for alanine at amino acid residue-5 in the invertase signal and an addition of a methionine codon located between the coding sequences for the invertase signal and mature huIFN-alpha 2. Both hybrid genes were located adjacent to the promoter from the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase gene on the multicopy yeast expression plasmid, YEp1PT. Yeast transformants containing these plasmids produced somewhat more IFN than did the same expression plasmid containing the IFN gene with its human secretion signal sequence. HuIFN-alpha 2, purified from the medium of yeast cells containing E3, was found to be processed at the correct site. The huIFN-alpha 2 made by plasmid F2 was found to be completely processed at the junction between the invertase signal (a variant) and the methionine of methionine-huIFN-alpha 2. These results strongly suggested that the invertase signal (or its variant) attached to huIFN was efficiently recognized by the presumed signal recognition particle and was cleaved by the signal peptidase in the yeast cells. These results also suggested that amino acid changes on the right side of the cleavage site did not necessarily prevent cleavage or secretion.

scholarly journals Signals for transcription initiation and termination in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasmid 2 micron circle.

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 2770-2780 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Sutton ◽  
J R Broach
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Unknown Function ◽  
Transcription Initiation ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
S1 Nuclease ◽  
Plasmid Maintenance ◽  
Transcriptional Regulatory ◽  
Polyadenylation Sites ◽  
Plasmid Genes ◽  
Extension Analysis

By S1 nuclease protection experiments and primer extension analysis, we determined precisely the cap and polyadenylation sites of transcripts from the four genes of the yeast 2 micron circle plasmid, as well as those of other plasmid transcripts of unknown function. In addition, we used deletion analysis to identify sequences necessary for polyadenylation in plasmid transcripts. Our results indicate that plasmid genes constitute independent transcription units and that plasmid mRNAs are not derived by extensive processing of precursor transcripts. In addition, we found that the D coding region of 2 micron circle is precisely encompassed by a polyadenylated transcript, suggesting that this coding region constitutes a functional plasmid gene. Our identification of the position of plasmid polyadenylation sites and of sequences necessary for polyadenylation provides support for a tripartite signal for polyadenylation as proposed by Zaret and Sherman (K.S. Zaret and F. Sherman, Cell 28:563-573, 1982). Finally, these data highlight salient features of the transcriptional regulatory circuitry that underlies the control of plasmid maintenance in the cell.

Transcriptional activation in an improved whole-cell extract from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 4555-4560 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Woontner ◽  
P A Wade ◽  
J Bonner ◽  
J A Jaehning
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
In Vitro Transcription ◽  
Cell Extract ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Transcription System ◽  
Upstream Activation Sequence ◽  
Activation Sequence

We report an improved in vitro transcription system for Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Small changes in assay and whole-cell extraction procedures increase selective initiation by RNA polymerase II up to 60-fold over previous conditions (M. Woontner and J. A. Jaehning, J. Biol. Chem. 265:8979-8982, 1990), to levels comparable to those obtained with nuclear extracts. We have found that the simultaneous use of distinguishable templates with and without an upstream activation sequence is critical to the measurement of apparent activation. Transcription from any template was very sensitive to the concentrations of template and nontemplate DNA, extract, and activator (GAL4/VP16). Alterations in reaction conditions led to proportionately greater changes from a template lacking an upstream activation sequence; thus, the apparent ratio of activation is largely dependent on the level of basal transcription. Using optimal conditions for activation, we have also demonstrated activation by a bona fide yeast activator, heat shock transcription factor.

Transcription of the ADH2 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is limited by positive factors that bind competitively to its intact promoter region on multicopy plasmids

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1233-1241
Author(s):  
M Irani ◽  
W E Taylor ◽  
E T Young
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Promoter Region ◽  
Glucose Repression ◽  
Regulatory Gene ◽  
Tata Box ◽  
Upstream Region ◽  
Competition Effect ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Upstream Activation Sequence ◽  
Activation Sequence

Transcription of the ADH2 gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was inhibited by excess copies of its own promoter region. This competition effect was promoter specific and required the upstream activation sequence of ADH2 as well as sequences 3' to the TATA box. Introducing excess copies of ADR1, an ADH2-specific regulatory gene, did not alleviate the competition that was observed in these circumstances during both constitutive and derepressed ADH2 expression. Excess copies of the upstream region did not release ADH2 from glucose repression, consistent with the view that ADH2 is regulated by positive trans-acting factors.

scholarly journals Mutational Analysis of the Structure and Localization of the Nucleolus in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1998 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Oakes ◽  
J.P. Aris ◽  
J.S. Brockenbrough ◽  
H. Wai ◽  
L. Vu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Mutational Analysis ◽  
Fusion Gene ◽  
Nuclear Periphery ◽  
Rdna Locus ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Pol I ◽  
Rdna Expression

The nucleolus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a crescent-shaped structure that makes extensive contact with the nuclear envelope. In different chromosomal rDNA deletion mutants that we have analyzed, the nucleolus is not organized into a crescent structure, as determined by immunofluorescence microscopy, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and electron microscopy. A strain carrying a plasmid with a single rDNA repeat transcribed by RNA polymerase I (Pol I) contained a fragmented nucleolus distributed throughout the nucleus, primarily localized at the nuclear periphery. A strain carrying a plasmid with the 35S rRNA coding region fused to the GAL7 promoter and transcribed by Pol II contained a rounded nucleolus that often lacked extensive contact with the nuclear envelope. Ultrastructurally distinct domains were observed within the round nucleolus. A similar rounded nucleolar morphology was also observed in strains carrying the Pol I plasmid in combination with mutations that affect Pol I function. In a Pol I–defective mutant strain that carried copies of the GAL7-35S rDNA fusion gene integrated into the chromosomal rDNA locus, the nucleolus exhibited a round morphology, but was more closely associated with the nuclear envelope in the form of a bulge. Thus, both the organization of the rDNA genes and the type of polymerase involved in rDNA expression strongly influence the organization and localization of the nucleolus.

scholarly journals Enhancer and promoter elements from simian virus 40 and polyomavirus can substitute for an upstream activation sequence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 947-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
N J Axelrod ◽  
G G Carmichael ◽  
P J Farabaugh
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary Relationship ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Regulatory Elements ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Upstream Activation Sequence ◽  
Beta Galactosidase ◽  
Activation Sequence

Ten fragments of higher eucaryotic DNA were tested for upstream activation sequence activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by inserting them upstream of a CYC1::lacZ promoter lacking an upstream activation sequence. Fragments containing the 21-base-pair repeat region, the enhancer of simian virus 40 or both strongly stimulated beta-galactosidase synthesis, and three fragments from the polyomavirus enhancer region stimulated moderate levels. Three of the four controls of random DNA sequences failed to stimulate significant levels, and the fourth stimulated moderate levels. The stimulation in all cases was independent of the orientation of the inserted fragment. Two series of clones were examined in which between one and six tandemly arranged copies of a fragment were inserted into the XhoI site of the vector. Very interestingly, we detected an apparent exponential relationship between the number of copies of a fragment and the amount of beta-galactosidase produced. Southern analysis showed that increases in enzyme activity were not a result of increased plasmid copy number. Rather, quantitative S1 nuclease analysis demonstrated that the increases were correlated with steady-state levels of lacZ-specific mRNA. We suggest that there may be an evolutionary relationship between some transcriptional activation sequences in yeast cells and the higher eucaryotic regulatory elements that we tested.

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