HO gene polymorphism in Saccharomyces industrial yeasts and application of novel HO genes to convert homothallism to heterothallism in combination with the mating-type detection cassette
HO gene polymorphism in Saccharomyces industrial yeasts and application of novel HO genes to convert homothallism to heterothallism in combination with the mating-type detection cassette
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DOI:
10.1007/s002530000490
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发表时间:
2001-04
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5
通讯作者:
Y. Tamai;Keiko Tanaka;Y. Kaneko;S. Harashima
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作者:
Y. Tamai;Keiko Tanaka;Y. Kaneko;S. Harashima
Southern blot analysis of industrial yeasts showed that all top-fermenting yeasts, distiller's yeasts and a proportion of wine yeasts tested in the present study produced a hybridization signal (approximately 7 kb), corresponding to aSaccharomyces cerevisiae-typeHOgene (Sc-HO). It also showed that bottom-fermenting yeasts gave rise to 7-kb and 4-kb hybridization signals, corresponding to the Sc-HOgene and the lager yeastHOgene (Lg-HO), respectively. Two wine yeasts produced a 4-kb hybridization signal, corresponding to Lg-HO; and one wine yeast produced 2.5-kb and 1.5-kb hybridization bands, corresponding to aS. uvarum-typeHOgene (Uv-HO). Partial nucleotide sequences ofHOgenes amplified from these wine yeasts perfectly matched those of Lg-HOand Uv-HO, respectively.HOdisruption vectors were constructed by inserting a dominant selective markerPGK1p-neoand the mating-type detection cassetteMFα1p-PHO5within the Lg-HOor Uv-HOgene. From transformants carrying a single-disruptedhogene, mating-competent progenies were easily obtained through meiosis. Moreover, mating-competent derivatives appearing at very low frequency could be obtained from a double-disruptedhotransformant without meiosis (even from a wine yeast lacking sporulation ability), because the sensitive phosphatase-staining method allowed detection of the Pho+mating-competent derivatives from confluent colonies by the random spore method. Our study describes a rapid and convenient method for isolating mating-competent clones from industrial yeasts.