title: The 5'-flanking AT-rich sequence of thioredoxin gene involved in high-frequency transformation of the fission yeast.
abstract: During the cloning of a genomic DNA encoding mitochondrial thioredoxin (TRX) from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, its 5' flanking sequence was involved in the high-frequency of transformation. The recombinant plasmid pYEX that was constructed in the 2 mu plasmid-derived vector pYES2 gave rise to a significant high-frequency of transformation in S. pombe, compared to the vector alone. Plasmid pYEX contains 1,090 bp 5'-flanking sequences of the TRX gene that are ahead of the open-reading frame. Similar 5'-flanking sequences, which were inserted in the lacZ fusion vector YEp357R that contained the 2 mu origin of replication, also gave a high-frequency of transformation. Dissection of the 5'-flanking sequence of the TRX gene by the HindIII restriction site showed that the 782 bp flanking sequence (5' upstream of the HindIII site) was responsible for the high-frequency of transformation by the 2 mu plasmid-derived vector DNAs. The putative sequence that is involved in the high-frequency of transformation contains a very high ratio of A-T pairs. No known functions were assigned on the sequence, which was estimated from the GenBank database.
authors.affiliation: Division of Life Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon-Jong
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Daemyung
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun-Hee
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chang-Jin
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region / Q000235:genetics*; D020856:AT Rich Sequence / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D013879:Thioredoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D013879:Thioredoxins