Frameshift suppression Saccharomyces cerevisiae. II. Genetic properties of group II suppressors.
Frameshift suppression Saccharomyces cerevisiae. II. Genetic properties of group II suppressors.
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移码抑制酿酒酵母。
DOI:
10.1093/genetics/95.4.833
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发表时间:
1980
期刊:
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Fink,GR
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作者:
Culbertson,MR;Underbrink,KM;Fink,GR
Suppressors of ICR-induced mutations that exhibit behavior similar to bacterial frameshift suppressors have been identified in the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast suppressors have been divided into two groups. One of these groups (Group II:SUFI, SUF3, SUF4, SUF5andSUF6) appears to include a set of informational suppressors in which the vehicle of suppression is glycyl-tRNA. Some of the genetic properties of Group II suppressors are described in this communication.—Corevertants of the Group II frameshift mutationshis4-519andleu2-3have been characterized to determine the spectrum of reversion events induced by the frameshift mutagen ICR-170. Seventythree ICR-induced corevertants were analyzed. With the exception of one corevertant, which carried an allele ofSUF1,all carried alleles ofSUF3orSUF5, SUF1, SUF3, SUF4andSUF6were represented among spontaneous and UV-induced corevertants. In the course of these experiments one of the suppressors was mapped.SUF5,the probable structural gene for tRNAGLY1, is located betweenade2andade9on chromosomeXV.—SUF1, SUF4andSUF6have novel properties and comprise a distinct subset of suppressors. Although these suppressors show no genetic linkage to each other, they share several common features including lethality in haploid pairwise combinations, reduced tRNAGLY3isoacceptor activity and increased efficiency of suppression in strains carrying the cytoplasmically inherited [PSI] element. In addition, strains carryingSUFI, SUF4orSUF6are phenotypically unstable and give rise to mitotic Suf+segregants at high frequency. These segregants invariably contain a linked, second-site mutation that maps in or adjacent to the suppressor gene itself. Strains carrying any of these suppressors also give rise to mitotic segregants that exhibit enhanced efficiency of suppression; mutations responsible for this phenotype map at two loci,upf1andupf2. These genes show no genetic linkage to any of the Group II suppressors.—Methods that permit positive selection for mutants with decreased or enhanced efficiency of suppression have been devised in order to examine large numbers of variants. The importance of these interacting mutants is underscored by their potential utility in studying suppressor function at the molecular level.