title: Selection of genes repressed by cAMP that are induced by nutritional limitation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: DNA-lacZ fusion libraries of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were used to select genes coordinately regulated by the Ras-cAMP-cAPK signalling pathway. Sixteen new genes (AGP1, APE2, APE3, FPS1, GUT2, MDH2, PLB2, PYK2, RNR3, SUR1, UGA1, YHR033w, YBR006w, YHR143w, YMR086w and YOR173w) were found to be repressed by cAMP. Most of these genes encode for metabolic enzymes and are induced by nutritional limitations. These common properties suggest a role of this pathway in the metabolic adjustment of the cell to nutritional variations. The induction of 10 of these genes is reduced in the msn2,msn4 double mutant, which emphasizes the role of the Msn2/4p transcriptional activators in mediating the Ras-cAMP-cAPK signalling pathway. The Msn2p/Msn4p-independent expression of the six other genes suggests the existence of other regulatory systems under the control of this pathway.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Information Génétique et Développement, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR C8621, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91405 Orsay cedex, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tadi
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bussereau
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boy-Marcotte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacquet
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D015723:Gene Library; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006003:Glycogen / Q000032:analysis; D007763:Lac Operon; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D014199:Trehalose / Q000032:analysis; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D006003:Glycogen; D014199:Trehalose; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D005947:Glucose