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Misumi Y, Nishioka S, Fukuda A, Uemura T, Nakamura M, Hoshida H, Akada R. YHp as a highly stable, hyper-copy, hyper-expression plasmid constructed using a full 2-μm circle sequence in cir 0 strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2019; 36:249-257. [PMID: 30537227 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast episomal plasmid (YEp), containing a partial sequence from a natural 2-μm plasmid, has been frequently used to induce high levels of gene expression. In this study, we used Japanese sake yeast natural cir0 strain as a host for constructing an entire 2-μm plasmid with an expression construct using the three-fragment gap-repair method without Escherichia coli manipulation. The 2-μm plasmid contains two long inverted repeats, which is problematic for the amplification by polymerase chain reaction. Therefore, we amplified it by dividing into two fragments, each containing a single repeat together with an overlapping sequence for homologous recombination. TDH3 promoter-driven yEmRFP (TDH3p-yEmRFP) and the URA3 were used as a reporter gene and a selection marker, respectively, and inserted at the 3' end of the RAF1 gene on the 2-μm plasmid. The three fragments were combined and used for the transformation of sake yeast cir0 ura3- strain. The resulting transformant colonies showed a red or purple coloration, which was significantly stronger than that of the cells transformed with YEp-TDH3p-yEmRFP. The 2-μm transformants were cultured in YPD medium and observed by fluorescence microscopy. Almost all cells showed strong fluorescence, suggesting that the plasmid was preserved during nonselective culture conditions. The constructed plasmid maintained a high copy state similar to that of the natural 2-μm plasmid, and the red fluorescent protein expression was 54 fold compared with the chromosomal integrant. This vector is named YHp, the Yeast Hyper expression plasmid.
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- Yukie Misumi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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Hohnholz R, Achstetter T. Recombinant multicopy plasmids in yeast – interactions with the endogenous 2 μm. FEMS Yeast Res 2019; 19:5425451. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foz001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Flp-mediated site specific intramolecular recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is considered responsible for amplification of the endogenous 2 μm plasmid. For YEp-type vectors, a similar mechanism can be imagined by which such plasmids achieve high copy numbers, a trait desired for many research applications and necessary for industrial production. We have cultivated yeast carrying one of six isomeric YEp-type model expression plasmids under two different conditions and back transformed the shuttle vectors into Escherichia coli. Our analysis of 586 ampR clones represents a high-resolution snapshot of plasmid forms present in the transformed yeast cells with a detection limit of structural changes of <2%. Altered forms summed up to about 11%, constituting likely a lower limit. We have observed two categories of recombination events. One is Flp based, with products of intermolecular recombination with the 2 μm, likely intermediates that are prerequisites for YEp-type plasmid amplification. The other type is based on Flp-independent homologous recombination leading to oligomerization of such plasmids also in a 2μm-free [cir°] strain, i.e. in the absence of Flp. Beyond the general maintenance and its functional sequences, only the gene of interest and its expression might have an impact on the physiology of the host.
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- Ruben Hohnholz
- Department of Industrial Microbiology, City University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Neustadtswall 30, D-28199 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Industrial Microbiology, City University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Neustadtswall 30, D-28199 Bremen, Germany
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Xiao W, Rank GH. Curing IndustrialSaccharomycesYeasts of Parasitic 2μm Plasmid. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREWING CHEMISTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1094/asbcj-48-0107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Wei Xiao
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 0W0
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 0W0
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Erhart E, Hollenberg CP. Curing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2-μm DNA by transformation. Curr Genet 2013; 3:83-9. [PMID: 24190052 DOI: 10.1007/bf00365710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/1981] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A general procedure for the curing of 2-μm in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is described. The method is based on the displacement of endogenous 2-μm DNA by the recombinant plasmid pMP78-1, which carries the yeast leu2 gene and the 2 -μm DNA replicon, but cannot be maintained stably in a yeast cell without endogenous 2-μm DNA. After transformation with pMP78-1 cells are grown selectively to displace 2-μm DNA. During the non-selective growth which follows, plasmid pMP78-1 is lost and up to 100% of the cells completely lack plasmids. In conjunction with a kanamycin resistance marker, as present in plasmid pMP81, this method should be applicable to cure any wild-type yeast strain. The stability of recombinant plasmids in cir (+) and cir (0) strains has been compared.
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- E Erhart
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Mitotic segregation of 2 μm-pbr322 chimaeric plasmids in yeast. Curr Genet 2013; 7:235-7. [PMID: 24173283 DOI: 10.1007/bf00434895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/1983] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mitotic segregation of three 2 μm-pBR322 chimaeric plasmids (YEp6, YEp21, and YEp24) was studied in yeast. Each displayed a characteristic rate of loss: YEp6 was lost at approximately twice the rate of YEp21 and YEp24. The loss rates were not significantly increased when two chimaeric plasmids were coresident, nor was the endogenous 2 μm plasmid itself displaced. Therefore these plasmids appear to be compatible in yeast.
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Dobson MJ, Pickett AJ, Velmurugan S, Pinder JB, Barrett LA, Jayaram M, Chew JSK. The 2 microm plasmid causes cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with a mutation in Ulp1 protease. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:4299-310. [PMID: 15870298 PMCID: PMC1087720 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.10.4299-4310.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2004] [Revised: 11/20/2004] [Accepted: 02/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The 2 microm circle plasmid confers no phenotype in wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae but in a nib1 mutant, an elevated plasmid copy number is associated with cell death. Complementation was used to identify nib1 as a mutant allele of the ULP1 gene that encodes a protease required for removal of a ubiquitin-like protein, Smt3/SUMO, from protein substrates. The nib1 mutation replaces conserved tryptophan 490 with leucine in the protease domain of Ulp1. Complete deletion of ULP1 is lethal, even in a strain that lacks the 2 microm circle. Partial deletion of ULP1, like the nib1 mutation, results in clonal variations in plasmid copy number. In addition, a subset of these mutant cells produces lineages in which all cells have reduced proliferative capacity, and this phenotype is dependent upon the presence of the 2 microm circle. Segregation of the 2 microm circle requires two plasmid-encoded proteins, Rep1 and Rep2, which were found to colocalize with Ulp1 protein in the nucleus and interact with Smt3 in a two-hybrid assay. These associations and the observation of missegregation of a fluorescently tagged 2 microm circle reporter plasmid in a subset of ulp1 mutant cells suggest that Smt3 modification plays a role in both plasmid copy number control and segregation.
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- Melanie J Dobson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1X5.
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Ugolini S, Tosato V, Bruschi CV. Selective fitness of four episomal shuttle-vectors carrying HIS3, LEU2, TRP1, and URA3 selectable markers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Plasmid 2002; 47:94-107. [PMID: 11982331 DOI: 10.1006/plas.2001.1557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A comparison of the selective fitness of four 2-microm-based shuttle-plasmids carrying the yeast genes HIS3, LEU2, TRP1, and URA3 was performed. The effect of each marker on long-term growth rate and plasmid maintenance was measured. In selective medium, the LEU2 and URA3 plasmids were maintained at the lowest and the highest levels, respectively, while the HIS3 and TRP1 plasmids were maintained at an intermediate level. In synthetic complete medium, plasmid loss rate was lower for the genes TRP1 and URA3 than for the other two markers, and a similar pattern was observed for cells growing in rich medium. These results were confirmed by competition experiments among transformants with different plasmids in complete and rich media, indicating a different degree of fitness for the markers used. A potential correlation of the energy cost of plasmid maintenance with the secondary DNA structure and the level of expression of the selective markers is also investigated.
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- Simone Ugolini
- Microbiology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, AREA Science Park, Padriciano 99, I-34012 Trieste, Italy
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Xu Z, Mitsui K, Motizuki M, Yaguchi SI, Tsurugi K. The DLP1 mutant of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with an increased copy number of the 2micron plasmid shows a shortened lifespan. Mech Ageing Dev 1999; 110:119-29. [PMID: 10580697 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00052-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We isolated and characterized a recessive mutant, named dlp1, which shows the Dlp phenotype (delayed loss of proliferation activity) during the autophagic death of cdc28. The dip1 mutant was found to consist of two subtypes of cells based on colony morphology. One subtype with the Dlp phenotype, named dlp1-1, became large, red, and nibbled during the incubation, suggesting that the cells on the surface of the colonies were dying. The other without the Dlp phenotype, named dlp1-s, retained small, white colonies even after a prolonged incubation and was found to be a petite mutant. The change from dlp1-1 to dlp1-s (petite) occurred much more frequently (about 15%) than that from the wild-type to petite mutant (less than 1%). The lifespan of both subtypes of cells was severely shortened. The copy number of the endogenous 2micron plasmid of dlp1-1 was 68-fold that of the original cdc28, and decreased by half after the conversion to dlp1-s (petite). A 4.0-kbp fragment of the 2micron plasmid containing REP2 decreased the copy number of the endogenous 2micron plasmid to 8-fold that of the original cdc28 cells and partially rescued the shortened lifespan, in addition to resulting in the complete complementation of the Dlp and nibbled-colony phenotypes. These results suggest that DLP1 is a chromosomal gene that regulates the copy number of the 2micron plasmid, and that the shortening of the lifespan and other effects of the dlp1 mutation are likely caused by the increased copy number of the endogenous 2micron plasmid.
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- Z Xu
- Department of Biochemistry 2, Yamanashi Medical University, Nakakoma, Japan
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- J A Alfieri
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2715, USA
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Powerful mutagenic screens of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have recently been developed which require strains that lack the endogenous 2 micron plasmid (Burns et al., 1994). Here, we describe a simple and reliable method for curing yeast of the highly stable genetic element. The approach employs heterologous expression of a 'step-arrest' mutant of the Flp recombinase. The mutant, Flp H305L (Parsons et al., 1988), forms long-lived covalent protein-DNA complexes exclusively at 2 micron-borne recombinase target sites. In vivo, the complexes serve as sites of targeted DNA damage. Using Southern hybridization and a colony color assay for plasmid loss, we show that expression of the mutant enzyme results in the effective elimination of the 2 micron from cells.
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- E L Tsalik
- Department of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Storici F, Bruschi CV. Molecular engineering with the FRT sequence of the yeast 2 microm plasmid: [cir0] segregant enrichment by counterselection for 2 microm site-specific recombination. Gene 1997; 195:245-55. [PMID: 9305770 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)81116-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Site-specific recombination systems from bacteriophage and yeasts are becoming precious tools for manipulating DNA both in vitro and in living organisms. In this work we describe the isolation of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae segregants which have lost the highly stable 2 microm DNA plasmid, exploiting the site-specific recombination system of 2 microm itself. We efficiently isolated [cir0] segregants from two haploid yeast strains and also a diploid. Moreover, the effect of mutations in the core region of the FRT (Flp Recognition Target) sequence was investigated in vivo, studying the result of the recombination event between several mutated and wild-type FRT sequences. From our result it seems that the identity between the core regions of two FRT sites is necessary but not sufficient, indicating that the core sequence itself has a relevant function in the recombination mechanism in vivo.
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- F Storici
- Microbiology Group, ICGEB, AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy
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Pushnova EA, Bulat SA, Korolev VG. Comparative analysis of spontaneous mitotic recombination in [cir0] and [cir+] strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 1992; 22:259-65. [PMID: 1356638 DOI: 10.1007/bf00317918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The influence of the 2 microns plasmid on homologous recombination in the right arm of chromosome XV of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been examined. No differences between spontaneous mitotic recombination rates in [cir0] and [cir+] derivatives of two yeast diploid tester strains were detected. In the course of analysis an unusually high coincident conversion frequency at ADE2, HIS3, and two RFLP loci adjacent to ADE2, was observed. The character of coincident homozygotization of linked markers argues for a "break-and-replicate" mechanism underlying the coincident conversion events.
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- E A Pushnova
- Department of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Gatchina
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Morrissey JA, Cashmore AM. Use of a cis-acting mutation to study the role of FLP-mediated recombination in the maintenance of native yeast 2 micrometer plasmids. Mol Microbiol 1992; 6:3101-7. [PMID: 1453952 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01767.x] [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: 12/27/2022]
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The 2 micrometer plasmid encodes a mechanism that ensures the partitioning of the plasmid at cell division. Little is known about the detailed mechanism of this partitioning system; for example, is there equal or unequal distribution of the plasmid molecules at mitosis? The plasmid also encodes a site-specific recombination system that is thought to be involved in plasmid copy-number amplification, although to date there has been no direct evidence that the recombination process itself is important for maintenance. We have identified a natural 2 micrometer variant that has a cis-acting mutation in the FLP-mediated recombination system. We show that this plasmid is unable to amplify in vivo. Our results demonstrate that the average copy number per cell is not affected for the mutant but there is a large clonal variation. This is a direct demonstration that plasmid partitioning results in an unequal distribution of plasmids and that FLP-mediated amplification compensates for this and therefore has an important role in maintenance.
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- M A Romanos
- Department of Cell Biology, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, U.K
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The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is now widely used as a model organism in the study of gene structure, function, and regulation in addition to its more traditional use as a workhorse of the brewing and baking industries. In this article the plethora of methods available for manipulating the genome of S. cerevisiae are reviewed. This will include a discussion of methods for manipulating individual genes and whole chromosomes, and will address both classic genetic and recombinant DNA-based methods. Furthermore, a critical evaluation of the various genetic strategies for genetically manipulating this simple eukaryote will be included, highlighting the requirements of both the new and the more traditional biotechnology industries.
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- M F Tuite
- Biological Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, England
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Kuriyama M, Morita S, Asakawa N, Nakatsu M, Kitano K. Stabilization of a recombinant plasmid in yeast. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(92)90072-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The introduction of plasmid DNA into yeast by transformation or electroporation, but not by cytoduction, results in the induction of a slow growth phenotype. This phenotype is inherited as a dominant Mendelian trait, which is only exhibited in the absence of the native 2 mu nuclear DNA plasmid of yeast. The use of recombinant DNA technology in yeast, therefore, does not necessarily manipulate the genome in a precise and completely defined way.
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- N Danhash
- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK
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SMR1-410, a dominant resistance marker, was cloned into the FLP gene of 2 microns DNA to produce the chimeric YEp vector pWX823B. Selection for SMR1-410 at high concentrations of sulfometuron methyl maintained pWX823 at high copy number and resulted in the rapid and efficient loss of native 2 microns DNA. Using this protocol approximately 15% of the cells monitored showed loss of 2 microns DNA. The curing methodology is more efficient and convenient than previous methods and has the added advantage of being applicable to wild-type prototrophic cells.
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- W Xiao
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Piper PW, Curran BP. When a glycolytic gene on a yeast 2 mu ORI-STB plasmid is made essential for growth its expression level is a major determinant of plasmid copy number. Curr Genet 1990; 17:119-23. [PMID: 2182198 DOI: 10.1007/bf00312855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This study demonstrates how varying the promoter strength of an essential gene on a yeast 2 mu ORI-STB YEp multicopy vector can influence vector copy levels. A phosphoglycerate kinase gene (PGK) on this plasmid was made essential for fermentative growth by transformation into a pgk- yeast strain. When in these PGK+ transformants the requirement for PGK expression was the sole selective criterion for plasmid maintenance, PGK promoter activity was inversely related to vector copy levels. Plasmids with an efficiently-transcribed PGK gene were maintained at approximately one copy per cell, whereas those lacking the UAS that normally directs high basal PGK transcription levels were present at up to 10-15 copies. All cultures of these PGK+ transformants contained only a low proportion of pgk- cells. Since mitotic loss of the plasmid arrests growth through loss of a functional PGK allele, PGK confers high stability to the YEp vector in such a pgk- genetic background. In this system YEp vector levels are probably influenced by PGK transcription because high expression of PGK is needed in rapid fermentative growth. Remarkably, low plasmid PGK promoter activity caused PGK mRNA levels slightly higher than those found in yeast with normal PGK regulation. A higher plasmid copy number is therefore not the only factor counteracting the effects of low PGK transcription, and it is possible that PGK mRNA becomes more stable in response to inefficient PGK transcription.
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- P W Piper
- Department of Biochemistry, University College London, UK
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We describe a general assay designed to detect mutants of yeast that are defective for any of several aspects of telomere function. Using this assay, we have isolated a mutant that displays a progressive decrease in telomere length as well as an increased frequency of chromosome loss. This mutation defines a new gene, designated EST1 (for ever shorter telomeres). Null alleles of EST1 are not immediately inviable; instead, they have a senescence phenotype, due to the gradual loss of sequences essential for telomere function, leading to a progressive decrease in chromosomal stability and subsequent cell death.
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- V Lundblad
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Shoubochkina EA, Fodor II. Cosmids carrying Aspergillus terreus DNA can integrate into Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XII via recombination between yeast and foreign DNAs. Curr Genet 1988; 14:183-9. [PMID: 3058328 DOI: 10.1007/bf00376738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A genome clonotheque consisting of 25- to 40-kb Sau3AI fragments of Aspergillus terreus DNA was constructed in the episomal cosmid vector pES33 containing the yeast ARG4 gene. From the 475 transformants of cir0 yeast strain ESH-0, 23 stable Arg+ transformants were independently selected. Genetic and Southern analysis of these stable transformants showed that 39% arose as a result of recombination between cloned A. terreus DNA sequences and yeast chromosome XII. The recombination events most likely occurred in the regions of homology within the rDNA clusters of A. terreus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- E A Shoubochkina
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, USSR Academy of Sciences, Puschino-on-the Oka, Moscow
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Cashmore AM, Albury MS, Hadfield C, Meacock PA. The 2 μm D region plays a role in yeast plasmid maintenance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00330846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A B Futcher
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Baker SM, Johnston SA, Hopper JE, Jaehning JA. Transcription of multiple copies of the yeast GAL7 gene is limited by specific factors in addition to GAL4. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1987; 208:127-34. [PMID: 3302604 DOI: 10.1007/bf00330433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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High levels of the GAL7 gene in the yeast cell appear to titrate regulatory factors and to impair transcription of related sequences. To investigate the role that the GAL regulatory factors GAL4 and GAL80 have in this process we have compared the accumulation of mRNA transcribed from single-copy (plasmid-borne GAL7 and chromosomal GAL10) and high-copy (plasmid-borne GAL7) genes in several GAL regulatory mutants. Our results show that functional GAL4 gene product is required for induction of transcription from the single- and high-copy genes. In a strain containing the GAL4 gene fused to the high expression ADH1 promoter, glucose can replace galactose to induce high levels of transcription of GAL7 and GAL10 genes, although the kinetics of accumulation induced by the two sugars are distinctly different. In the presence of high levels of GAL4, maximum accumulation of mRNA from single and high copy genes is elevated two-fold; disruption of the gal80 gene in combination with high levels of GAL4 results in a further two-fold increase in transcription. In this genetic background, galactose-induced transcription of the high copy GAL7 gene results in a greater than 50-fold increase in the levels of GAL7 mRNA, representing 30%-50% of the total cellular mRNA. Our results are consistent with a cooperative effect of saturation of multiple GAL4 DNA binding sites and with a limiting factor, in addition to GAL4, that is required for transcription of the GAL genes.
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Phenotypic differences between induced and spontaneous 2?-plasmid-free segregants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00378186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Passaging on selective media of yeast strains transformed with complete 2 micron vectors carrying TRP1, LEU2 or URA3 selective markers leads to curing of the resident endogenous 2 micron DNA in a majority of the population. Vector plasmids defective in FLP function are fixed as populations of A, A + B or B forms after 2 micron loss. Transformation with these plasmids offers a general method of obtaining cir degree derivatives of any yeast strain.
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- M N Harford
- Molecular Genetics Department, Smith Kline-RIT, Rixensart, Belgium
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Mead DJ, Gardner DCJ, Oliver SG. Enhanced stability of a 2?-based recombinant plasmid in diploid yeast. Biotechnol Lett 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01026738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cashmore AM, Albury MS, Hadfield C, Meacock PA. Genetic analysis of partitioning functions encoded by the 2 μm circle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00330397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Parent SA, Fenimore CM, Bostian KA. Vector systems for the expression, analysis and cloning of DNA sequences in S. cerevisiae. Yeast 1985; 1:83-138. [PMID: 3916863 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320010202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- S A Parent
- Section of Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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Kingsman SM, Kingsman AJ, Dobson MJ, Mellor J, Roberts NA. Heterologous gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 1985; 3:377-416. [PMID: 2418856 DOI: 10.1080/02648725.1985.10647819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Niederberger P, Aebi M, Furter R, Prantl F, Hütter R. Expression of an artificial yeast TRP-gene cluster in yeast and Escherichia coli. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1984; 195:481-6. [PMID: 6381966 DOI: 10.1007/bf00341450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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All five tryptophan biosynthetic genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were unified on plasmid pME554, which is based on 2 micrometer DNA and pBR322 sequences allowing for autonomous replication in yeast and E. coli. Homologous and heterologous expression of this artificial yeast TRP-gene cluster was studied. Plasmid pME554 allowed for nearly normal growth of a yeast strain bearing auxotrophic mutations in all five TRP-genes. The plasmid-borne genes TRP2 to TRP5 were expressed and regulated normally in the frame of the general control. Gene TRP1, carried on an EcoRI/Bg/II fragment lacking the ARS1 function, was expressed poorly and did not respond to the general control like the chromosomally-borne TRP1 gene. Plasmid pME554 allowed for poor growth of E. coli strain W3110 tna- delta trpEA2 on minimal medium. Marked stimulation was observed, however, when anthranilic acid or indole were added. Accordingly, poor expression of the first Trp-enzyme anthranilate synthase and the last enzyme tryptophan synthase was found, whereas the other three genes were moderately well expressed in E. coli.
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Futcher AB, Cox BS. Copy number and the stability of 2-micron circle-based artificial plasmids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Bacteriol 1984; 157:283-90. [PMID: 6361000 PMCID: PMC215164 DOI: 10.1128/jb.157.1.283-290.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The copy number and stability of artificial 2-micron circle-based plasmids have been accurately measured in [Cir+] and [Cir0] strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We conclude that (i) instability and copy number vary greatly from plasmid to plasmid; (ii) instability and copy number are negatively correlated--that is, high copy number is associated with low instability; (iii) it is difficult to reconcile this variability with a strict and direct system of copy number control; (iv) instabilities are much higher than expected from random partition and the observed copy numbers: this may imply partition which is less efficient than random. Even so, (v) the partitioning of 2-micron circle-like plasmids is more efficient than that of ARS-based plasmids, which hints at the existence of a system for the (inefficient) distribution of 2-micron circles.
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Erhart E, Hollenberg CP. The presence of a defective LEU2 gene on 2 mu DNA recombinant plasmids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is responsible for curing and high copy number. J Bacteriol 1983; 156:625-35. [PMID: 6313610 PMCID: PMC217876 DOI: 10.1128/jb.156.2.625-635.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The copy number of 2 mu DNA-derived plasmids in CIR+ Saccharomyces cerevisiae transformants is determined by its selective marker and is usually much lower than that of the endogenous plasmid. Only plasmids containing the leu2 allele of pJDB219, designated as leu2-d, under selective conditions displayed a higher copy number than did endogenous 2 mu DNA and by displacement generated cured cells. Spontaneous loss of 2 mu DNA occurred with a frequency of about 0.02% per generation. Curing plasmids, like pMP78, have copy numbers of 35; noncuring plasmids, like pDB248 or YEp6, have copy numbers of 4 to 8. The 2 mu DNA copy number in strains AH22 and YNN27 were determined to be 40 and 100, respectively. The high copy number of leu2-d-containing plasmids can be explained by its weak expression of less than 5% that of the wild-type LEU2 gene. The leu2-d allele has a deletion of the 5'-end sequence starting from 29 base pairs before the ATG initiation codon, but surprisingly, its expression is still regulated. On YRp7, which contains the chromosomal autonomic replication sequence ARS1, the defective leu2-d allele could not complement a leu2 host strain. This suggests a more stringent control of replication of ARS1-containing plasmids than of 2 mu-containing plasmids.
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Walmsley RM, Gardner DC, Oliver SG. Stability of a cloned gene in yeast grown in chemostat culture. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1983; 192:361-5. [PMID: 6361487 DOI: 10.1007/bf00392175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A study has been made of the stability of LEU2, a cloned chromosomal gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, when reintroduced into yeast on a number of plasmid vectors which permit a chromosomal or episomal location for the gene in either high or low copy number. Glucose-limited continuous culture was employed to ensure that there was no selection for the inserted gene. Both the rate of segregation of plasmid minus cells and the effect of the plasmid on host growth rate were found to determine plasmid stability which, in many cases, could be predicted by simple mathematical models. The presence or absence of the endogenous 2 mu plasmid of yeast was found to have an important influence on the stability of 2 mu-based vectors. This led to the discovery that, for the host strain used, the presence of 2 mu sequences represented a selective advantage for the cells.
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We have used pedigree analysis to investigate the mitotic segregation of circular and linear DNA plasmids in Saccharomyces cerevisae. Circular ARS plasmids, which bear putative chromosomal replication origins, have a high segregation frequency and a strong bias to segregate to the mother cell at mitosis. The segregation bias explains how the fraction of plasmid-bearing cells can be small despite the high average copy number of circular ARS plasmids. Linear ARS plasmids do not show strong segregation bias, nor does the 2 mu ori-containing plasmid YEp 13, when it is present in strains containing intact 2 mu circles. In the absence of endogenous 2 mu circles, YEp 13 behaves like an ARS plasmid, showing a strong maternal segregation bias. The presence of a centromere on circular ARS plasmids eliminates segregation bias. We discuss a model for plasmid segregation, which explains these findings and the possible biological significance of mother-daughter segregation bias.
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Kaufman CL, Livingston DM. The effect of canavanine on the maintenance in yeast of chimeric plasmids containing portions of the 2-µm DNA plasmid. Curr Genet 1983; 7:363-7. [PMID: 24173417 DOI: 10.1007/bf00445876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/1983] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We have found that the application of the amino acid analog canavanine to a culture of yeast cells transformed with chimeric plasmids based on the yeast 2-µm DNA plasmid increases the percentage of cells which have lost the transforming plasmid. This effect is found whether the plasmid carries the CAN1 sensitive allele and the yeast strain carries a can1 mutation confering resistance, or the plasmid contains no CAN1 allele and the yeast strain carries the wild-type CAN1 sensitive allele. Canavanine exerts this effect on yeast strains transformed with chimeric plasmids containing either a portion or the entire 2-µm DNA plasmid, yet canavanine does not appear to effect the maintenance of the native 2-µm DNA plasmid complement within the cell. The effect of canavanine on strains transformed with chimeric plasmids is the same whether or not the yeast strain also contains native 2-µm plasmid DNA. Neither the amino acid analog ethionine, the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide, nor the DNA replication inhibitor hydroxyurea exhibit this effect. Some of the experimental results suggest that canavanine may be a curing agent rather than an agent which selects for spontaneous plasmid loss.
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- C L Kaufman
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, 4-225 Millard Hall, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Futcher AB, Cox BS. Maintenance of the 2 microns circle plasmid in populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Bacteriol 1983; 154:612-22. [PMID: 6341357 PMCID: PMC217508 DOI: 10.1128/jb.154.2.612-622.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The 2 microns circle plasmid is maintained at high frequencies in populations of yeast cells. To find out how the plasmid is maintained, three forces were measured: the selective advantage or disadvantage conferred by 2 microns circles, the rate of generation of [Cir0] cells, and the rate of illegitimate transfer of 2 microns circles from cell to cell. It was found that under the conditions used, 2 microns circles confer a selective disadvantage of about 1%, that [Cir0] cells are generated at the rate of 7.6 x 10(-5) per [Cir+] cell per generation, and that illegitimate transfer of 2 microns circles occurs at a rate less than 10(-7) per recipient cell per generation. The most likely explanation of 2 microns circle maintenance is that the plasmid is sexually transmitted at such a rate that it spreads through populations despite selection against it.
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Molecular Cloning in Heterologous Systems. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-39694-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tuite MF, Lund PM, Futcher AB, Dobson MJ, Cox BS, McLaughlin CS. Relationship of the [psi] factor with other plasmids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Plasmid 1982; 8:103-11. [PMID: 6757991 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619x(82)90048-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Hollenberg CP. Cloning with 2-micrometer DNA vectors and the expression of foreign genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1982; 96:119-44. [PMID: 6276088 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-68315-2_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Control of recombination within and between DNA plasmids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 1980; 2:193-200. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00435685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/1980] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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