ISSN:
1617-4623
Keywords:
Key wordslah-1
;
cpc-1
;
Laccase
;
Cycloheximide-inducible genes
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Neurospora crassa
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract In Neurospora crassa, expression of the laccase gene is induced by treatment with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX). This expression is mediated by CPC1, which acts as a general transcriptional activator when mycelia are treated with CHX or starved for any one of the amino acids. A laccase-derepressed mutant, lah-1, shows pleiotropic deficiencies in growth, hyphal morphology, CHX sensitivity, and production of protoperithecia. Moreover, in the lah-1 mutant, transcript levels of CHX-inducible genes, including lacc, tub-2, tef-1, and amino acid biosynthetic genes such as cpc-1, trp-3, and arg-12, are increased without exposure to CHX. All of the defects exhibited in the lah-1 mutant are suppressed by a mutation in the cpc-1 locus. These findings suggest that the cpc-1 mutation is epistatic to the lah-1 mutation and that the pleiotropic defects in the lah-1 mutant are attributable to constitutive expression of CPC1. These conclusions are supported by a developmental Northern blot analysis of the CHX-inducible genes. Based on these results, the lah-1 gene product appears to regulate expression of the cpc-1 gene negatively. Expression of the CHX-inducible genes was induced by CHX treatment in the lah-1 cpc-1 mutant, as well as in the cpc-1 mutant. This observation indicates that LAH1 is not a component of CHX-responsive pathway itself.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004380050775
