title: A translocation activating the cryptic nitrogen regulation gene areB inactivates a previously unidentified gene involved in glycerol utilisation in Aspergillus nidulans.
abstract: The chromosome VIII translocation breakpoint of the areB-404 translocation, selected for its ability to activate the cryptic nitrogen metabolism regulatory gene areB, and the mutation glcD-100 both lead to loss of mitochondrial FAD-dependent sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Aspergillus nidulans. These two lesions therefore define glcD, a second gene (in addition to glcB) where mutation can result in loss of this enzyme. The glcD gene has been localised to a centromere-proximal region of the right arm of chromosome VIII. Although all six known areB-activating mutations involve chromosomal rearrangements and presumably therefore gene fusions, areB-404 is the first such rearrangement where the gene involved in an areB fusion has been identified.
authors: Department of Bacteriology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England.
authors: H N
authors: HN
authors: Arst
authors: D H
authors: DH
authors: Hondmann
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Visser
mesh_terms: D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase; D009584:Nitrogen; D005990:Glycerol