title: Nucleotide sequence and promoter analysis of SPO13, a meiosis-specific gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The SPO13 gene, required for meiosis I segregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces two developmentally regulated transcripts (1.0 and 1.4 kilobases) that differ in length at their 5' ends. The shorter transcript is sufficient to complement the spo13-1 mutation and contains a major open reading frame encoding a highly basic protein of 33.4 kilodaltons. A fragment upstream (-170 to -8) of the open reading frame confers meiosis-specific transcription on a spo13-HIS3 fusion. Deletions at the 5' end of spo13-lacZ fusions define a region between -140 and -80 that is essential for meiosis-specific expression. This region acts in an orientation-independent manner and is responsive to the MAT-RME regulatory cascade. It contains a 10-base-pair sequence, TAGCCGCCGA, found in a number of meiosis-specific genes, that appears to be required for SPO13 expression. This sequence is identical to URS1, a ubiquitous mitotic repressor element.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Buckingham
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: McCarroll
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008540:Meiosis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000502:physiology; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D001616:beta-Galactosidase