Cloning and characteristics of a positive regulatory gene, THI2 (PHO6), of thiamin biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 3 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 297 (1-2) , 155-158
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(92)80349-l
Abstract
A thi2(pho6) mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, defective in the expression of structural genes for thiamin-repressible acid phosphatase and enzymes involved in thiamin biosynthesis, was found to retain sufficient thiamin transport activity. The transport activity was repressed by thiamin in growth medium. We isolated from a S. cerevisiae genomic library two hybrid plasmids, pTSR 1 and pTSR2, containing 10.2- and 12.0-kilobase (kb) DNA fragments, respectively, which complement the thi2(pho6) mutation of S. cerevisiae. This gene was localized on a 6.0-kb ClaI-ClaI fragment in the subclone pTSR3. Complementation of the enzyme activities for thiamin metabolism in the thi2(pho6) mutant transformed by some plasmids with the THI2(PHO6) gene was also examined.Keywords
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