title: Identification of Candida tropicalis HSR1, a gene of the heat-shock factor-related family, which confers salt tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: A genomic library of Candida tropicalis in a yeast multicopy plasmid has been screened for clones conferring salt tolerance upon transformation into S. cerevisiae. The best halotolerance clone contained an open reading frame encoding a predicted protein of 728 amino acids with homology to transcription factors of the heat-shock family. This novel gene was named HSR1 and is present in single copy in the C. tropicalis genome. Upon transformation into S. cerevisiae it increases the expression of ENA1, a major determinant of salt tolerance encoding a cation-extrusion pump. The sequence of CtHSR1 has been deposited in the EMBL data library under Accession No. AJ296093.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascual-Ahuir
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marquez
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Serrano
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002175:Candida / Q000235:genetics*; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D015723:Gene Library; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D056892:Mediator Complex; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C086375:ENA1 protein, S cerevisiae; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C067168:HSF1 protein, S cerevisiae; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D056892:Mediator Complex; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C110281:PGD1 protein, S cerevisiae; C063404:SFL1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase