Cloning, sequence, and disruption of the Saccharomyces diastaticus DAR1 gene encoding a glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
The Saccharomyces diastaticus DAR1 gene was cloned by complementation in an Escherichia coli strain auxogrophic for glycerol-3-phosphate. DAR1 encodes an NADH-dependent dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase (sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [G3PDase; EC 1.1.1.8]) homologous to several other eukaryotic G3PDases. DAR1 is distinct from GUT2, which encodes a glucose-repressed mitochondrial G3PDase, but is identical to GPD1 from S. cerevisiae, a close relative of S. diastaticus. The level of DAR1-encoded G3PDase was increased about threefold in a medium of high osmolarity. Disruption of DAR1 in a haploid S. cerevisiae was not lethal but led to a decrease in cytoplasmic NADH-dependent G3PDase activity, an increase in osmotic sensitivity, and a 25% reduction in glycerol secretion from cells grown anaerobically on glucose.
OmniGene, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-9002.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D000431:Ethanol; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase; D005990:Glycerol