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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2000, p. 4249-4256, Vol. 182, No. 15
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae &Sgr;1278b Has Novel Genes of the N-Acetyltransferase Gene Superfamily Required for L-Proline Analogue Resistance

Hiroshi Takagi,* Mika Shichiri, Miho Takemura, Miho Mohri, and Shigeru Nakamori

Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Matsuoka-cho, Fukui 910-1195, Japan

Received 10 January 2000/Accepted 15 May 2000

We discovered on the chromosome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sigma 1278b novel genes involved in L-proline analogue L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid resistance which are not present in the standard laboratory strains. The 5.4 kb-DNA fragment was cloned from the genomic library of the L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid-resistant mutant derived from a cross between S. cerevisiae strains S288C and Sigma 1278b. The nucleotide sequence of a 4.5-kb segment exhibited no identity with the sequence in the genome project involving strain S288C. Deletion analysis indicated that one open reading frame encoding a predicted protein of 229 amino acids is indispensable for L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid resistance. The protein sequence was found to be a member of the N-acetyltransferase superfamily. Genomic Southern analysis and gene disruption showed that two copies of the novel gene with one amino acid change at position 85 required for L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid resistance were present on chromosomes X and XIV of Sigma 1278b background strains. When this novel MPR1 or MPR2 gene (sigma 1278b gene for L-proline analogue resistance) was introduced into the other S. cerevisiae strains, all of the recombinants were resistant to L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid, indicating that both MPR1 and MPR2 are expressed and have a global function in S. cerevisiae.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, 4-1-1 Kenjojima, Matsuoka-cho, Fukui 910-1195, Japan. Phone: 81-776-61-6000. Fax: 81-776-61-6015. E-mail: hiro{at}fpu.ac.jp.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2000, p. 4249-4256, Vol. 182, No. 15
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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