title: Molecular and genetic analysis of the SNF7 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Mutations in the SNF7 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae prevent full derepression of the SUC2 (invertase) gene in response to glucose limitation. We report the molecular cloning of the SNF7 gene by complementation. Sequence analysis predicts that the gene product is a 27-kDa acidic protein. Disruption of the chromosomal locus causes a fewfold decrease in invertase derepression, a growth defect on raffinose, temperature-sensitive growth on glucose, and a sporulation defect in homozygous diploids. Genetic analysis of the interactions of the snf7 null mutation with ssn6 and spt6/ssn20 suppressor mutations distinguished SNF7 from the SNF2, SNF5 and SNF6 genes. The snf7 mutation also behaved differently from mutations in SNF1 and SNF4 in that snf7 ssn6 double mutants displayed a synthetic phenotype of severe temperature sensitivity for growth. We also mapped SNF7 to the right arm of chromosome XII near the centromere.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Vallier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D016153:Genes, Suppressor; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010641:Phenotype; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C083890:SNF7 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase; D005947:Glucose