Mutations in Mgi Genes Convert Kluyveromyces Lactis into a Petite-Positive Yeast
AUTOR(ES)
Chen, X. J.
RESUMO
Following targeted disruption of the unique CYC1 gene, the petite-negative yeast, Kluyveromyces lactis, was found to grow fermentatively in the absence of cytochrome c-mediated respiration. This observation encouraged us to seek mitochondrial mutants by treatment of K. lactis with ethidium bromide at the highest concentration permitting survival. By this technique, we isolated four mtDNA mutants, three lacking mtDNA and one with a deleted mitochondrial genome. In the three isolates lacking mtDNA, a nuclear mutation is present that permits petite formation. The three mutations occur at two different loci, designated MGI1 and MGI2 (for Mitochondrial Genome Integrity). The mgi mutations convert K. lactis into a petite-positive yeast. Like bakers' yeast, the mgi mutants spontaneously produce petites with deletions in mtDNA and lose this genome at high frequency on treatment with ethidium bromide. We suggest that the MGI gene products are required for maintaining the integrity of the mitochondrial genome and that, petite-positive yeasts may be naturally altered in one or other of these genes.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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