title: Molecular cloning and biosynthetic regulation of cry1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The cryptopleurine resistance gene, cry1, of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been molecularly cloned using genetic complementation of cryptopleurine sensitivity by the cryptopleurine resistance gene contained in a clone library prepared from DNA of a cryptopleurine resistant strain. Analysis of RNA transcripts indicated that the cry1 gene is the template for a transcript of approximately 900 bases and that the primary transcript contains an intron of approximately 300 bases. In vitro hybrid selection translation experiments indicated that this transcript encodes a protein of molecular weight 17 kilodaltons which on two-dimensional SDS polyacrylamide gels exactly coincides with ribosomal protein rp59. Further analysis showed that when the gene was present on a plasmid of about five copies per cell the amount of messenger RNA was elevated approximately five-fold compared to a cell that had only a single chromosomal copy. The rate of synthesis of ribosomal protein rp59 was not detectably elevated. These data suggest that the cry1 gene is regulated, at least in part, post-transcriptionally.
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D010957:Plasmids; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C007160:cryptopleurine; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes