Ty1 sequence with enhancer and mating-type-dependent regulatory activities.

AUTOR(ES)

Errede, B

RESUMO

Some insertion mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae activate the expression of adjacent structural genes. The CYC7-H2 mutation is a Ty1 insertion 5' to the iso-2-cytochrome c coding region of CYC7. The Ty1 insertion causes a 20-fold increase in CYC7 expression in a and alpha haploid cell types of S. cerevisiae. This activation is repressed in the a/alpha diploid cell type. Previous computer analysis of the CYC7-H2 Ty1 activator region identified two related sequences with homology both to mammalian enhancers and to a yeast a/alpha control site. A 112-base-pair (bp) DNA fragment encompassing one of these blocks of homology functioned as one component of the Ty1 activator. A 28-bp synthetic oligonucleotide with the wild-type homology block sequence was also functional. A single base pair mutation within the enhancer core of the synthetic 28-bp regulatory element reduced its activation ability to near background amounts. In addition, the 112-bp Ty1 fragment by itself functioned as a target for repression of adjacent gene expression in a/alpha diploid cells.

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