title: Cloning and characterisation of the cytochrome c gene of Aspergillus nidulans.
abstract: The cytochrome c gene (cycA) of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans has been isolated and sequenced. The gene is present in a single copy per haploid genome and encodes a polypeptide of 112 amino acid residues. The nucleotide sequence of the A. nidulans cycA gene shows 87% identity to the DNA sequence of the Neurospora crassa cytochrome c gene, and approximately 72% identity to the sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae iso-1-cytochrome c gene (CYC1). The S. cerevisiae CYC1 gene was used as a heterologous probe to isolate the homologous gene in A. nidulans. The A. nidulans cytochrome c sequence contains two small introns. One of these is highly conserved in terms of position, but the other has not been reported in any of the cytochrome c genes so far sequenced. Expression of the cycA gene is not affected by glucose repression, but has been shown to be induced approximately tenfold in the presence of oxygen and three- to fourfold under heat-shock conditions.
authors.affiliation: Leicester Biocentre, Leicester University, UK.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Raitt
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pillar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000235:genetics*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D005656:Fungal Proteins