title: Dipeptidyl aminopeptidase yspI mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe: genetic mapping of dpa1+ on chromosome III.
abstract: A mutant strain of Schizosaccharomyces pombe lacking dipeptidyl aminopeptidase yspI was isolated from a strain already defective in aminopeptidase activity by means of a staining technique with the chromogenic substrate ala-pro-4-methoxy-beta-naph-thylamide to screen colonies for the absence of the enzyme. The defect segregated 2+:2- in meiotic tetrads, indicating a single chromosomal gene mutation, which was shown to be recessive. Gene dosage experiments indicated that the mutation resides in the structural gene of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase yspI, dpa1+. The dpa1+ gene was located on chromosome III by using m-fluorophenylalanine-induced haploidization and mitotic analysis. dpa1 mutants did not show any obvious phenotype under a variety of conditions tested.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Funcional, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suárez-Rendueles
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases