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Lyutova LV, Naumov GI, Shnyreva AV, Naumova ES. Intraspecific Polymorphism of the Yeast Kluyveromyces lactis: Genetic Populations. Microbiology (Reading) 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261722300191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Zivanovic Y, Wincker P, Vacherie B, Bolotin-Fukuhara M, Fukuhara H. Complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial DNA from Kluyveromyces lactis. FEMS Yeast Res 2005; 5:315-22. [PMID: 15691736 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2004.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2004] [Revised: 09/14/2004] [Accepted: 09/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The total nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis was determined. The DNA is a circular molecule of 40,291 base pairs, with 26.1% GC. It contains a set of protein- and RNA-coding genes equivalent to those of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial genome. The genome size is about one half of that of S. cerevisiae mitochondrial DNA. The difference in size is due essentially to a reduced proportion of intergenic and intronic sequences. The coding sequences occupy about one third of the genome, the rest being composed of AT-rich sequences and numerous short GC-rich clusters that are dispersed mostly in the non-coding regions and a few within coding sequences. The presence of these GC clusters is a characteristic feature common to K. lactis and S. cerevisiae mitochondrial DNA, although their sequence patterns are different. The absence of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit genes distinguishes this yeast and S. cerevisiae from the typically aerobic species. The genetic code appears to be that of the standard fungal mitochondrial genomes, with UGA as a tryptophan codon. There are only 22 transfer RNA genes, those corresponding to CUN and CGN codons being missing. CUN codons are absent in the protein-coding sequences. There are five CGN codons within the open reading frames, but they are located exclusively in the introns, rendering them untranslatable. Introns are found only the genes in KlCOX1 and LrRNA. The transcription promoter motif known in S. cerevisiae and several other yeast species is also present. All genes are transcribed from the same strand, except those on a single 7-kilobase pairs segment (EMBL Accession No. AY654900).
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- Yvan Zivanovic
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621, Bâtiments 400/409, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay 91405, France
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Miyakawa I, Sato H, Maruyama Y, Nakaoka T. Isolation of the mitochondrial nucleoids from yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and analyses of the nucleoid proteins. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2003; 49:85-93. [PMID: 12833211 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.49.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Mitochondrial (mt) nucleoids were isolated from yeast Kluyveromyces lactis with morphological intactness. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) revealed more than 20 proteins that are associated with the mt-nucleoids. However, the protein profile of the mt-nucleoids of K. lactis was significantly different from that of the mt-nucleoid proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. SDS-DNA PAGE, which detected an Abf2p, a major mitochondrial DNA-binding protein, among the mt-nucleoid proteins of S. cerevisiae on a gel, detected only a 17-kDa protein in the K. lactis mt-nucleoid proteins. The 17-kDa protein was purified as homogeneous from the mt-nucleoids by a combination of acid extraction, hydroxyapatite chromatography and DNA-cellulose chromatography. The 17-kDa protein introduced a negative supercoil into circular plasmid DNA in the presence of topoisomerase I, as does S. cerevisiae Abf2p, and it packed K. lactis mtDNA into nucleoid-like particles in vitro. These results, together with the determination of the N-terminal amino acid sequence, suggested that the 17-kDa protein is an Abf2p homologue of K. lactis and plays structural roles in compacting mtDNA in cooperation with other nucleoid proteins.
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- Isamu Miyakawa
- Department of Physics, Informatics and Biology, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan.
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Naumov GI, Naumova ES. Five new combinations in the yeast genus Zygofabospora Kudriavzev emend. G. Naumov (pro parte Kluyveromyces) based on genetic data. FEMS Yeast Res 2002; 2:39-46. [PMID: 12702320 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2002.tb00067.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The rDNA sequencing data obtained during the last 5 years in several laboratories clearly demonstrate that within the heterogeneous genus Kluyveromyces there is a group of highly related species, which we refer to as the genus Zygofabospora Kudriavzev 1960 emend. G. Naumov 2002. This genus includes four hybridizing species, Zf. marxiana, Zf. dobzhanskii, Zf. lactis, Zf. wickerhamii (Zygofabospora sensu stricto), and two taxonomically related species, Zf. aestuarii, Zf. nonfermentans (Nagahama et al.) G. Naumov comb. nov. (Zygofabospora sensu lato). We studied the relationships of the yeasts composing the Zf. lactis complex. Genetic hybridization analysis and molecular karyotyping revealed partial genetic-isolation varieties, Zf. lactis var. drosophilarum (Shehata et al.) G. Naumov comb. nov. and Zf. lactis var. phaseolospora (Shehata et al.) G. Naumov comb. nov. from North America, and Zf. lactis var. krassilnikovii (Kudriavzev) G. Naumov comb. nov. from Europe. The dairy yeast Zf. lactis var. lactis G. Naumov comb. nov. yields highly fertile hybrids with its wild ancestor Zf. lactis var. krassilnikovii and semi-sterile hybrids with North American taxa. Besides, Zf. lactis var. lactis and Zf. lactis var. krassilnikovii formed fertile hybrids with the South African yeast Zf. lactis var. vanudenii (van der Walt et Nel) G. Naumov comb. nov. The reinstatement of the latter yeast at the variety level has been done taking into account the results of the present study and the literature data on its geographic isolation, high divergence of the karyotype and mitochondrial DNA.
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- Gennadi I Naumov
- State Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, 1-Dopozhnyi 1, Moscow 113545, Russia.
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Belloch C, Fernández-Espinar T, Querol A, Dolores García M, Barrio E. An analysis of inter- and intraspecific genetic variabilities in the Kluyveromyces marxianus group of yeast species for the reconsideration of the K. lactis taxon. Yeast 2002; 19:257-68. [PMID: 11816033 DOI: 10.1002/yea.832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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In the present work, we analyse the sequences of the 5.8S rRNA gene and the two internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 (5.8S-ITS region), obtained from 39 strains belonging to the species Kluyveromyces aestuarii, K. dobzhanskii, K. lactis and K. marxianus, K. nonfermentans and K. wickerhamii, to solve the phylogenetic relationships among these species and also to determine the possible genetic basis for the delimitation of the two currently accepted K. lactis varieties: lactis, including lactose-positive strains isolated from dairy products, and drosophilarum, comprising lactose-negative strains isolated from insects and plant exudates. The determination of the phylogenetic relationships within the species K. lactis, together with the examination of the electrophoretic karyotypes and phenotypic characterization of strains representatives of K. lactis var. lactis and var. drosophilarum, allowed differentiation of two groups of strains. The first, and ancestral, group comprises lactose-negative strains isolated from natural habitats in North America. The second, and derived, group includes both lactose-negative strains isolated from natural habitats in Europe and wine fermentation in South Africa, and lactose-positive strains associated with dairy products. These results suggest that the present taxon K. lactis is a complex of different species, subspecies or, at least, genetically structured populations.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Europe
- Food Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Kluyveromyces/chemistry
- Kluyveromyces/classification
- Kluyveromyces/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- North America
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- South Africa
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Affiliation(s)
- Carmela Belloch
- Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (CECT), Universitat de Valencia, Calle Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Ragnini A, Frontali L. Ordered processing of the polygenic transcripts from a mitochondrial tRNA gene cluster in K. lactis. Curr Genet 1994; 25:342-9. [PMID: 8082177 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, transcription of the mitochondrial genome starts at multiple initiation sites and is followed by the processing of multigenic transcripts at the 5' and 3' termini of tRNA sequences and in some intergenic regions. We have used a comparative approach to investigate the structure and function of the latter processing sites. We present here an analysis of the transcripts of a cluster of tRNA genes from the mitochondrial genome of Kluyveromyces lactis. The gene order of this cluster is the same as that of the cluster in S. cerevisiae but the sequence of the intergenic regions is different. A detailed analysis of transcripts has been performed using S1 mapping and primer extension techniques. The results can be summarized as follows: (1) transcription of the cluster very probably starts at initiation sites having the nonanucleotide sequence TTATAAGTA (which acts as a promoter in S. cerevisiae) and yields polygenic transcripts; (2) processing of these transcripts seems to occur through an ordered pathway of endonucleolytic events in which some tRNA sequences are preferentially excised and some endonucleolytic cuts occur more readily than others; (3) in two intergenic regions, strong signals indicate the existence of processing events. The sequences around these sites are similar in sequence and localization to S. cerevisiae intergenic processing sites, indicating a possible functional importance in maintaining a conserved order of tRNA genes in different species of yeasts.
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- A Ragnini
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
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In most yeast species, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been reported to be a circular molecule. However, two cases of linear mtDNA with specific termini have previously been described. We examined the frequency of occurrence of linear forms of mtDNA among yeasts by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Among the 58 species from the genera Pichia and Williopsis that we examined, linear mtDNA was found with unexpectedly high frequency. Thirteen species contained a linear mtDNA, as confirmed by restriction mapping, and labeling, and electron microscopy. The mtDNAs from Pichia pijperi, Williopsis mrakii, and P. jadinii were studied in detail. In each case, the left and right terminal fragments shared homologous sequences. Between the terminal repeats, the order of mitochondrial genes was the same in all of the linear mtDNAs examined, despite a large variation of the genome size. This constancy of gene order is in contrast with the great variation of gene arrangement in circular mitochondrial genomes of yeasts. The coding sequences determined on several genes were highly homologous to those of the circular mtDNAs, suggesting that these two forms of mtDNA are not of distant origins.
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Fukuhara H, Sor F, Drissi R, Dinouël N, Miyakawa I, Rousset S, Viola AM. Linear mitochondrial DNAs of yeasts: frequency of occurrence and general features. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:2309-14. [PMID: 8455612 PMCID: PMC359551 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.4.2309-2314.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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In most yeast species, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been reported to be a circular molecule. However, two cases of linear mtDNA with specific termini have previously been described. We examined the frequency of occurrence of linear forms of mtDNA among yeasts by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Among the 58 species from the genera Pichia and Williopsis that we examined, linear mtDNA was found with unexpectedly high frequency. Thirteen species contained a linear mtDNA, as confirmed by restriction mapping, and labeling, and electron microscopy. The mtDNAs from Pichia pijperi, Williopsis mrakii, and P. jadinii were studied in detail. In each case, the left and right terminal fragments shared homologous sequences. Between the terminal repeats, the order of mitochondrial genes was the same in all of the linear mtDNAs examined, despite a large variation of the genome size. This constancy of gene order is in contrast with the great variation of gene arrangement in circular mitochondrial genomes of yeasts. The coding sequences determined on several genes were highly homologous to those of the circular mtDNAs, suggesting that these two forms of mtDNA are not of distant origins.
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- H Fukuhara
- Section de Biologie, Institut Curie, Centre Universitaire Paris XI, Orsay, France
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Clark-Walker GD. Evolution of mitochondrial genomes in fungi. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1992; 141:89-127. [PMID: 1452434 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62064-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- G D Clark-Walker
- Molecular and Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City
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Clark-Walker GD. Contrasting mutation rates in mitochondrial and nuclear genes of yeasts versus mammals. Curr Genet 1991; 20:195-8. [PMID: 1657417 DOI: 10.1007/bf00326232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Base substitutions have been compared in two mitochondrial and two nuclear genes from three yeasts and three mammals. In yeasts, the two mitochondrial genes, cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 (COX2) and apocytochrome b (CYB), have fewer changes on a percentage basis than the nuclear-encoded cytochrome c (CYC) gene. By contrast, in mammals, the same mitochondrial genes have more mutations than CYC on a percentage basis. Sequence comparisons of the nuclear small-subunit ribosomal RNA (nSSU) gene shows that there are more substitutions per unit length in the three yeasts than in the three mammals. This result suggests that although the yeasts are more distantly related than the mammals, their mitochondrial genes have accumulated fewer changes.
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- G D Clark-Walker
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T
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Hardy CM, Clark-Walker GD. Nucleotide sequence of the COX1 gene in Kluyveromyces lactis mitochondrial DNA: evidence for recent horizontal transfer of a group II intron. Curr Genet 1991; 20:99-114. [PMID: 1657415 DOI: 10.1007/bf00312772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene (COX1) in K. lactis K8 mtDNA spans 8,826 bp and contains five exons (termed E1-E5) totalling 1,602 bp that show 88% nucleotide base matching and 91% amino acid homology to the equivalent gene in S. cerevisiae. The four introns (termed K1 cox1.1-1.4) contain open reading frames encoding proteins of 786, 333, 319 and 395 amino acids respectively that potentially encode maturase enzymes. The first intron belongs to group II whereas the remaining three are group I type B. Introns K1 cox1.1, 1.3, and 1.4 are found at identical locations to introns Sc cox1.2, 1.5 a, and 1.5 b respectively from S. cerevisiae. Horizontal transfer of an intron between recent progenitors of K. lactis and S. cerevisiae is suggested by the observation that K1 cox1.1 and Sc cox1.2 show 96% base matching. Sequence comparisons between K1 cox1.3/Sc cox1.5 a and K1 cox1.4/Sc cox1.5 b suggest that these introns are likely to have been present in the ancestral COX1 gene of these yeasts. Intron K1 cox1.2 is not found in S. cerevisiae and appears at an unique location in K. lactis. A feature of the DNA sequences of the group I introns K1 cox1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 is the presence of 11 GC-rich clusters inserted into both coding and noncoding regions. Immediately downstream of the COX1 gene is the ATPase subunit 8 gene (A8) that shows 82.6% base matching to its counterpart in S. cerevisiae mtDNA.
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- C M Hardy
- Molecular and Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
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Wilson C, Fukuhara H. Distribution of mitochondrial r1-type introns and the associated open reading frame in the yeast genus Kluyveromyces. Curr Genet 1991; 19:163-7. [PMID: 1714356 DOI: 10.1007/bf00336482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have sequenced the intron in the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene from the mitochondrion of Kluyveromyces lactis. It is a typical group I intron but, unlike the corresponding intron (r1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, it does not contain an open reading frame. This intron is widespread in the genus Kluyveromyces although intron-less strains were also found in some species of this genus. Sequences homologous to the open reading frame of the S. cerevisiae ribosomal intron were detected in some strains of K. waltii, K. thermotolerans and K. africanus.
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- C Wilson
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Rome, Italy
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Hardy CM, Galeotti CL, Clark-Walker GD. Deletions and rearrangements in Kluyveromyces lactis mitochondrial DNA. Curr Genet 1989; 16:419-27. [PMID: 2692854 DOI: 10.1007/bf00340721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Three classes of respiratory deficient mutants have been isolated from a fusant between Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae that contains only K. lactis mtDNA. One class (15 isolates), resemble rho 0 mutants of S. cerevisiae as they lack detectable mtDNA. A second class (16 isolates), resemble point mutations (mit-) or nuclear lesions (pet-) of S. cerevisiae as no detectable change is found in their mtDNA. The third class (five isolates), with deletions and rearrangements in their mtDNA are comparable to S. cerevisiae petite (rho-) mutants. Surprisingly, three of the five deletion mutants have lost the same 8.0 kb sector of the mtDNA that encompasses the entire cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 gene and the majority of the adjacent cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene. In the other strains, deletions are accompanied by complex rearrangements together with substoiciometric bands and in one instance an amplified sector of 800 bp. By contrast to G + C rich short direct repeats forming deletion sites in S. cerevisiae mtDNA, excision of the 8.0 kb sector in K. lactis mtDNA occurs at an 11 bp A + T rich direct repeat CTAATATATAT. The recovery of three strains manifesting this deletion suggests there are limited sites for intramolecular recombination leading to excision in K. lactis mtDNA.
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- C M Hardy
- Molecular and Population Genetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T
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Ragnini A, Fukuhara H. Genetic instability of an oligomycin resistance mutation in yeast is associated with an amplification of a mitochondrial DNA segment. Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:6927-37. [PMID: 2780315 PMCID: PMC318423 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.17.6927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis, mutations affecting mitochondrial functions are often highly unstable. In order to understand the basis of this genetic instability, we examined the case of an oligomycin resistant mutant. When the mutant was grown in the absence of the drug, the resistance was rapidly lost. This character showed a typical cytoplasmic inheritance. The unstable resistance was found to be associated with the presence of a repetitive DNA in which the repeating unit was a specific segment of the mitochondrial DNA. The amplified molecules were co-replicating with the wild type genome in the mutant cells. The spontaneous loss of the drug resistance was accompanied by the disappearance of the amplified DNA. The repetitive sequence came from a 405 base-pair segment immediately downstream of a cluster of two transfer RNA genes (threonyl 2 and glutamyl). Modified processing of these tRNAs was detected in the mutant. A possible mechanism by which these events could lead to drug resistance is discussed.
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- A Ragnini
- Institut Curie, Section de Biologie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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Wilson C, Ragnini A, Fukuhara H. Analysis of the regions coding for transfer RNAs in Kluyveromyces lactis mitochondrial DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:4485-91. [PMID: 2748331 PMCID: PMC318008 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.12.4485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The major regions coding for the transfer RNA genes in the mitochondrial DNA of K. lactis were studied. Twenty one, out of a supposed twenty four tRNA genes were identified and localized with respect to other mitochondrial genes. Most of the tRNA genes were found in a cluster downstream of the large ribosomal RNA gene. The order of a few groups of genes is conserved with respect to S. cerevisiae and T. glabrata. The highly diverged intergenic sequences contained a large number of guanine-cytosine clusters which frequently formed long palindromic sequences.
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- C Wilson
- Institut Curie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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Using an improved procedure of pulsed field gel electrophoresis, yeast chromosomes were separated over a wide range of molecular size (250-4000 kbp) on single gels. The chromosomal DNA patterns of all the species belonging to the genus Kluyveromyces were examined. Within the species K. marxianus, the varieties lactis, drosophilarum and vanudenii showed closely related patterns: very different from them, the varieties bulgaricus and marxianus were related to each other, forming a distinct group; the strains commonly called 'K. lactis' and 'K. fragilis' were unambiguously different from each other in chromosome patterns. These differences were correlated with the presence of characteristic repetitive sequence elements in the mitochondrial DNA of the former group and not in the latter. Analysis of Candida macedoniensis, which had been considered to be an anamorph of K. marxianus var. marxianus, showed that these two yeast species were indeed similar in chromosome patterns and in mitochondrial DNA restriction patterns.
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- F Sor
- Institut Curie, Section de Biologie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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