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The 5'-upstream region of the yeast 25S rRNA gene contains a promoter element allowing expression in yeast and E. coli.

Current genetics ·Vol. 14 ·No. 4 ·1988-10-00 ·Pages 293-302

Strobel G, Magdolen V, Oechsner U, Huh HS, Bandlow W

Abstract

The 25S rRNA gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is preceded by a bona fide TATA sequence which allows the initiation of transcription--presumably by polymerase II--from the same strand as the 25S rRNA gene. When the promoter fragment is cloned in front of a lacZ gene equipped with an initiation codon but lacking a promoter, this element permits formation of beta-galactosidase both in yeast and E. coli. Using RNA from yeast transformed with the fusion plasmid, we mapped by primer elongation a single initiation site 63 bp downstream from the presumed TATA sequence, i.e. about 53 bp 5' of the 25S rRNA gene. A similar signal at about the same position was observed when RNA from untransformed wild-type yeast was used as a template for primer elongation. These results suggest that transcription from this polymerase II promoter-like element occurs in vivo. A regulatory function could not be assigned to this transcript. Its initiation is not significantly influenced by heme or carbon source, although two boxes of high homology with upstream activation sequences (UAS) mediating heme dependent expression of the iso-1-cytochrome c gene (CYC1) precede the promoter at the appropriate distance.

MeSH Terms
Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence Blotting, Southern Cloning, Molecular DNA, Fungal DNA, Ribosomal Escherichia coli/genetics Genetic Vectors Heme/physiology Molecular Sequence Data Oligonucleotide Probes Promoter Regions, Genetic RNA, Fungal/genetics RNA, Ribosomal/genetics Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid Restriction Mapping Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics Transformation, Genetic beta-Galactosidase/biosynthesis
Chemicals
DNA, Fungal DNA, Ribosomal Oligonucleotide Probes RNA, Fungal RNA, Ribosomal Heme beta-Galactosidase
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Strobel G
Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität München, Federal Republic of Germany.
Magdolen V
Oechsner U
Huh H S
Bandlow W
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Article Info
Journal
Current genetics
Abbr.
Curr Genet
ISSN
0172-8083
DOI
10.1007/BF00419985
Published
1988-10-00
Pages
293-302
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
8004904
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00419985 View journal details
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