Cloning and functional characterization of the gene encoding the transcription factor Acel in the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Biol. Res
; 39(4): 641-648, 2006. ilus, graf
Article
en En
| LILACS
| ID: lil-456599
Biblioteca responsable:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
In this report we describe the isolation and characterization of a gene encoding the transcription factor Acel (Activation protein of cup 1 Expression) in the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Pc-acel encodes a predicted protein of 633 amino acids containing the copper-fist DNA binding domain typically found in fungal transcription factors such as Acel, Macl and Haal from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Pc-acel gene is localized in Scaffold 5, between coordinates 220841 and 222983. A S. cerevisiae acel null mutant strain unable to grow in high-copper medium was fully complemented by transformation with the cDNA of Pc-acel. Moreover, Northern blot hybridization studies indicated that Pc-acel cDNA restores copper inducibility of the yeast cup 1 gene, which encodes the metal-binding protein metallothionein implicated in copper resistance. To our knowledge, this is first report describing an Acel transcription factor in basidiomycetes.
Palabras clave
Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Factores de Transcripción
/
Proteínas Fúngicas
/
Phanerochaete
/
Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae
/
Proteínas de Unión al ADN
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol. Res
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
/
Project document
País de afiliación:
Chile