Inducible expression of REP1 causes inducible expression of the 2 micron circle stability system.
The yeast plasmid, 2 micron circle, encodes a stability system consisting of the plasmid replication origin, a cis-active locus designated REP3 and two trans-active functions--the products of the REP1 and REP2 genes. We have constructed 2 micron circle derivatives in which the expression of the REP1 gene is placed under the control of the yeast GAL10 promoter. We show that in such plasmids the stability-system is inducible, being turned off by glucose and turned on by galactose. Further, our results unequivocally demonstrate that, of the two potential in-frame ATG codons at which REP1 translation might initiate (as inferred from the 2 micron circle DNA sequence and from the cap site of the major REP1 transcript), the upstream ATG is dispensable without affecting REP1 function. We also illustrate here a simple and general method for constructing in vivo in yeast 2 micron circle analogs which contain desired alterations within specific regions of the 2 micron circle genome.
Jayaram
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Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Sumida
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Young
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D001483:Base Sequence; D004260:DNA Repair; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004270:DNA, Circular / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D004270:DNA, Circular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes