A proposal for nomenclature of aldehyde dehydrogenases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and characterization of the stress-inducible ALD2 and ALD3 genes.
The complete sequencing of the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae indicated that this organism contains five genes encoding aldehyde dehydrogenases. YOR374w and YER073w correspond to the mitochondrial isoforms and we propose as gene names ALD4 and ALD5, respectively. YPL061w has been described as the cytoplasmic constitutive isoform and named ALD6. We characterize here the tandem-repeated ORFs YMR170c and YMR169c as the cytoplasmic stress-inducible isoforms, with gene names ALD2 and ALD3, respectively. The expression of ALD2 and ALD3 is dependent on the general-stress transcription factors Msn2,4 but independent of the HOG MAP kinase pathway. ALD3 is induced by a variety of stresses, including osmotic shock, heat shock, glucose exhaustion, oxidative stress and drugs. ALD2 is only induced by osmotic stress and glucose exhaustion. A double null mutant, ald2 ald3, exhibited unchanged sensitivity to any of the above stresses. The only phenotype detected in this mutant was a reduced growth rate in ethanol medium as compared to the wild type.
Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C., Camino de Vera, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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JP
Navarro-Aviño
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Prasad
V J
VJ
Miralles
R M
RM
Benito
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Serrano
D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003470:Culture Media; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D000431:Ethanol; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005947:Glucose; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007763:Lac Operon; D005810:Multigene Family; D009154:Mutation; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D003470:Culture Media; D017931:DNA Primers; D009243:NAD; D000431:Ethanol; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D005947:Glucose