A Temperature-Sensitive Mutation of the Temperature-Regulated Serh3 I-Antigen Gene of Tetrahymena Thermophila: Implications for Regulation of Mutual Exclusion
AUTOR(ES)
LaCrosse, G. L.
RESUMO
The Ser genes of Tetrahymena thermophila specify alternative forms of a major cell surface glycoprotein, the immobilization or i-antigen (i-ag). Regulation of i-ag expression assures that at least one i-ag gene is expressed at all times. To learn more about the regulatory system and the possible role of i-ag itself, we studied SerH3-ts1, a temperature-sensitive allele of the temperature-regulated SerH3 gene normally expressed from 20-36°. In homozygotes grown at the nonpermissive temperature (>32°), H3 is not present on the cell surface, but the gene continues to be transcribed until its 36° cutoff. H3 formed at the permissive temperature is stable at nonpermissive temperatures, indicating that SerH3-ts1 is temperature-sensitive for synthesis rather than function. At nonpermissive temperatures, the S i-ag is expressed in place of H3. This result suggests that normal H protein may play a role in regulating S expression. SerH3-ts1 was isolated following mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). Sequencing of SerH3-ts1 revealed a single A -> G transition at nucleotide 473, resulting in the substitution of glycine for aspartate. The affected residue is conserved in the internal repeats comprising the H protein, and the charge difference correlates with changes in electrophoretic mobility of the H3 protein.
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