Analysis of Mitotic and Meiotic Defects in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Srs2 DNA Helicase Mutants
AUTOR(ES)
Palladino, F.
RESUMO
The hyper-gene conversion srs2-101 mutation of the SRS2 DNA helicase gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been reported to suppress the UV sensitivity of rad18 mutants. New alleles of SRS2 were recovered using this suppressor phenotype. The alleles have been characterized with respect to suppression of rad18 UV sensitivity, hyperrecombination, reduction of meiotic viability, and definition of the mutational change within the SRS2 gene. Variability in the degree of rad18 suppression and hyperrecombination were found. The alleles that showed the severest effects were found to be missense mutations within the consensus domains of the DNA helicase family of proteins. The effect of mutations in domains I (ATP-binding) and V (proposed DNA binding) are reported. Some alleles of SRS2 reduce spore viability to 50% of wild-type levels. This phenotype is not bypassed by spo13 mutation. Although the srs2 homozygous diploids strains undergo normal commitment to meiotic recombination, this event is delayed by several hours in the mutant strains and the strains appear to stall in the progression from meiosis I to meiosis II.
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