title: Characterization of a second gene (ZSOD22) of Na+/H+ antiporter from salt-tolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii and functional expression of ZSOD2 and ZSOD22 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: We reported in our previous paper on the characterization of the Na+/H(+)-antiporter gene (ZSOD2) closely related to the salt-tolerance of yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. In the present paper, we have cloned a second gene (ZSOD22) of Na+/H+ antiporter from Z. rouxii. The deduced amino acid sequence of Zsod22p was highly homologous to that of Zsod2p, Sod2p from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and Nhalp from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The open reading frames (ORFs) from ZSOD2 or ZSOD22 were inserted into a yeast expression vector pYES2, and their constructs (pZSOD2 and pZSOD22) were used to transform the salt-sensitive S. cerevisiae. pZSOD2- or pZSOD22-harboring-recombinant S. cerevisiae cells showed increases in salt tolerance. However, the Z. rouxii disruptant of ZSOD22 did not show any phenotypes related to salt tolerance or osmotolerance, unlike that of ZSOD2. The transcriptional expression of ZSOD22 was not observed by Northern blot analysis even in Z. rouxii cells subjected to NaCl-shock. From these results we conclude that although Z. rouxii includes at least two copies of the Na+/H(+)-antiporter gene (ZSOD2 and ZSOD22), ZSOD2 encodes a functional product as an antiporter and ZSOD22 is poorly transcribed, if at all.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higashida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D015723:Gene Library; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D018021:Lithium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D020068:Zygosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D015342:DNA Probes; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D018021:Lithium Chloride