ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LINEAR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID PLASMIDS FROM KLUYVEROMYCES-LACTIS AND THE PLASMID-ASSOCIATED KILLER CHARACTER
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LINEAR DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID PLASMIDS FROM KLUYVEROMYCES-LACTIS AND THE PLASMID-ASSOCIATED KILLER CHARACTER
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.145.1.382-390.1981
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
SAKAGUCHI, K
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作者:
GUNGE, N;TAMARU, A;SAKAGUCHI, K
Two linear DNA plasmids, designated pGKll and pGKl2, were isolated from the yeast K. lactis IFO 1267. pGKll and pGKl2 had MW of 5.4 .times. 106 and 8.4 .times. 106, respectively. Both plasmids possessed the same density of 1.687 g/cm3, lighter than the densities of mitochondrial (1.692 g/cm3) and nuclear (1.699 g/cm3) DNA. A restriction map of pGKl1 was constructed from digestions by EcoRI, HindIII, PstI, and BamHI. pGKl2 was cleaved by EcoRI into 7 fragments and by BamHI into 2 fragments. K. lactis IFO 1267 killed Saccharomyces cerevisiae sensitive and killer strains and certain strains of S. italicus, K. lactis, K. thermotolerans, and K. vanudenii. All K. lactis strains lacking the pGKl plasmids were nonkillers. A hybrid was constructed between K. lactis IFO 1267 and a nonkiller K. lactis strain lacking the plasmids and subjected to tetrad analysis after sporulation. The killer character was extrachromosomally transmitted in all tetrads in association with the pGKl plasmids. The double-stranded RNA killer plasmid could not be detected in any K. lactis killer strains. The killer character was apparently mediated by the linear DNA plasmids. A single chromosomal gene was found which was responsible for the resistance to the K. lactis killer.