Gene-Enzyme Relationships in Neurospora Invertase1
AUTOR(ES)
Sargent, Malcolm L.
RESUMO
A spontaneous, single-gene mutation responsible for a total lack of invertase activity in Neurospora crassa is described. The mutation is believed to lie in the structural gene for invertase, since an immunologically cross-reacting protein is made by the mutant strain. In addition, there was no evidence for a defect in regulation of invertase activity or synthesis by the following criteria. (i) The invertaseless condition was recessive in heterokaryons; (ii) no invertase inhibitor was found in mutant extracts by mixing experiments; and (iii) none of the several sugars able to induce activity in wild-type strains was able to induce activity in the mutant strain. It was also discovered that most of the wild-type enzyme (55 to 75%) cannot be washed free from the rapidly sedimenting cell debris. This finding provided additional support for the hypothesis that Neurospora invertase is located within or about the cell wall.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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