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Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2000, p. 2066-2074, Vol. 20, No. 6
0270-7306/00/$04.00+0
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RRS1, a Conserved Essential Gene, Encodes a Novel Regulatory Protein Required for Ribosome Biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Akiko Tsuno, Keita Miyoshi, Rota Tsujii, Tokichi Miyakawa, and Keiko Mizuta*

Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan

Received 18 October 1999/Returned for modification 30 November 1999/Accepted 28 December 1999

A secretory defect causes specific and significant transcriptional repression of both ribosomal protein and rRNA genes (K. Mizuta and J. R. Warner, Mol. Cell. Biol. 14:2493-2502, 1994), suggesting the coupling of plasma membrane and ribosome syntheses. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanism of the signaling pathway, we isolated a cold-sensitive mutant with a mutation in a gene termed RRS1 (regulator of ribosome synthesis), which appeared to be defective in the signaling pathway. The rrs1-1 mutation greatly reduced transcriptional repression of both rRNA and ribosomal protein genes that is caused by a secretory defect. RRS1 is a novel, essential gene encoding a nuclear protein of 203 amino acid residues that is conserved in eukaryotes. A conditional rrs1-null mutant was constructed by placing RRS1 under the control of the GAL1 promoter. Rrs1p depletion caused defects in processing of pre-rRNA and assembly of ribosomal subunits.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-4-1, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. Phone: 81 824 24 7765. Fax: 81 824 22 7196. E-mail: kmizuta{at}ipc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2000, p. 2066-2074, Vol. 20, No. 6
0270-7306/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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