| Title: | Large-scale identification of genes important for apical growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by directed allele replacement technology (DART) screening |
| Author(s): | Bidlingmaier S; Snyder M; |
| Address: | "Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10142-001-0043-1 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1438-793X (Print) 1438-793X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, apical bud growth occurs for a brief period in G1 when the deposition of membrane and cell wall is restricted to the tip of the growing bud. To identify genes important for apical bud growth, we have utilized a novel transposon-based mutagenesis system termed DART (Directed Allele Replacement Technology) that allows the rapid transfer of defined insertion alleles into any strain background. A total of 4,810 insertion alleles affecting 1,392 different yeast genes were transferred into a cdc34-2 mutant strain that arrests in the apical growth phase when grown at the restrictive temperature of 37 degrees C. We identified 29 insertion alleles, containing mutations in 17 different genes ( SMY1, SPA2, PAN1, SLA1, SLA2, CBK1, SEC22, FAB1, VPS36, VID22, RAS2, ECM33, OPI3, API1/YDR372c, API2/YDR525w, API3/YKR020w, and API4/YNL051w), which alter the elongated bud morphology of cdc34-2 cells arrested in the apical growth phase. Upon treatment with mating pheromone at 25 degrees C, cells containing insertion alleles affecting ten of these genes ( SMY1, SPA2, PAN1, SLA1, SLA2, CBK1, FAB1, VPS36, VID22, and API2/YDR525w) form abnormal mating projections. Additionally, cells containing insertion alleles affecting SEC22, RAS2, API1/YDR372c, API3/YKR020w,and API4/YNL051display severe mating projection formation defects at the elevated temperature of 37 degrees C. DART mutagenesis has many advantages over traditional mutagenesis methods and will be a useful tool for dissecting gene networks important for biological processes" |
| Keywords: | "Alleles Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome DNA Transposable Elements/physiology DNA, Fungal/genetics Genes, Fungal/*physiology Ligases/physiology Morphogenesis Mutagenesis, Site-Directed Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*genetics/*growth & development Saccharom;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineBidlingmaier, Scott Snyder, Michael eng GM 36494/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Germany 2002/04/17 Funct Integr Genomics. 2002 Apr; 1(6):345-56. doi: 10.1007/s10142-001-0043-1. Epub 2001 Dec 21" |
