Two unlinked lysine genes (LYS9 and LYS14) are required for the synthesis of saccharopine reductase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
AUTOR(ES)
Borell, C W
RESUMO
Three lysine auxotrophs, strains AU363, 7305d, and 8201-7A, were investigated genetically and biochemically to determine their gene loci, biochemical lesions, and roles in the lysine biosynthesis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These mutants were leaky and blocked after the alpha-aminoadipate step. Complementation studies placed these three mutations into a single, new complementation group, lys14. Tetrad analysis from appropriate crosses provided evidence that the lys14 locus represented a single nuclear gene and that lys14 mutants were genetically distinct from the other mutants (lys1, lys2, lys5, and lys9) blocked after the alpha-aminoadipate step. The lys14 strains, like lys9 mutants, accumulated alpha-aminoadipate-semialdehyde and lacked significant amounts of saccharopine reductase activity. On the bases of these results, it was concluded, therefore, that LYS9 and LYS14, two distinct genes, were required for the biosynthesis of saccharopine reductase in wild-type S. cerevisiae.
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