Sequence and centromere proximal location of a transformation enhancing fragmentanslfromAspergillus nidulans

Abstract
The Asperqillus nidulans sequence ans1, previously known to enhance transformation frequencies of pyr4-based vectors, was shown to enhance the efficiency of arqB and trpC-based vectors. Increased efficiencies could be obtained by constructing vectors containing argB and ansl or by cotransforming selectable plasmids (containing argB, trpC or pyr4) with the non-selectable ansl sequence. The preponderance of evidence suggests that the mechanism of ansl activity does not involve homologous recombination events, in spite of the presence of multiple regions of homology in the A. nidulans genome. Genetic mapping localized ansl to the vicinity of the centromere of linkage group I. The nucleotide sequence of a 1.8 Kb functional subclone of ansl was determined and found to be highly A+T rich (81%).

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