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Mol Cell Biol. 1984 March; 4(3): 520-528

Temporal analysis of general control of amino acid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: role of positive regulatory genes in initiation and maintenance of mRNA derepression.

ABSTRACT

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, starvation for a single amino acid results in the derepression of enzyme activities in multiple amino acid biosynthetic pathways. Derepression is a consequence of increased transcription of the genes encoding these enzymes. Analysis of the kinetics of mRNA elevation established that derepression occurs within 5 min of a shift of the culture from rich medium to starvation medium. Any starvation condition was sufficient to trigger an initial high mRNA elevation; however, it was the severity of starvation which determined the steady-state mRNA levels that were subsequently established. The products of the positive regulatory genes AAS101, AAS103, and AAS2 were shown to be required in the initiation phase of this response, whereas the AAS102 gene product was required to maintain the new elevated steady-state mRNA levels. The AAS101 and AAS102 genes were cloned. Consistent with their respective roles in initiation and maintenance of derepression. AAS101 mRNA was found to be expressed at high levels in both rich and starvation media, whereas AAS102 mRNA was derepressed only under starvation conditions. The derepression of AAS102 mRNA is dependent on the AAS101 gene product.

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