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Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a complex multigene family related to the major heat shock-inducible gene of Drosophila.

ABSTRACT

Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a family of genes related to the major heat shock-induced gene of Drosophila (hsp 70). Two members of the multigene family (YG100 and YG101) were isolated. The primary DNA sequences of more than one-half of the protein-encoding regions of YG100 and YG101 were determined and compared with the Drosophila hsp 70 gene sequence; the predicted amino acid sequences were 72 and 64% homologous to the sequence of the Drosophila hsp 70 protein, respectively. The predicted amino acid sequences of the yeast genes were 65% homologous. Our results demonstrate a striking sequence conservation of hsp 70-related sequences in evolution. Hybridization of the S. cerevisiae genes to total S. cerevisiae DNA indicated that the multigene family consists of approximately 10 members. Hybridization of labeled RNAs from heat-shocked and control cells suggested that, like transcription of the Drosophila hsp 70 gene, transcription of YG100 or a closely related gene is enhanced after heat shock. However, the amount of RNA sequences homologous to YG101 was reduced after heat shock. A multigene family related to the hsp 70 gene exists in Drosophila; transcription of some members is induced by heat shock, whereas transcription of others is not. Our results suggest that S. cerevisiae, like Drosophila, contains a multigene family of hsp 70-related sequences under complex transcriptional regulation and that the differential control, as well as the nucleotide sequence, has been highly conserved in evolution.

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