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| RRC ID | 4493 |
|---|---|
| Author | Chien CY, Chou CK, Su JY. |
| Title | Ung1p-mediated uracil-base excision repair in mitochondria is responsible for the petite formation in thymidylate deficient yeast. |
| Journal | FEBS Lett |
| Abstract |
The budding yeast CDC21 gene, which encodes thymidylate synthase, is crucial in the thymidylate biosynthetic pathway. Early studies revealed that high frequency of petites were formed in heat-sensitive cdc21 mutants grown at the permissive temperature. However, the molecular mechanism involved in such petite formation is largely unknown. Here we used a yeast cdc21-1 mutant to demonstrate that the mutant cells accumulated dUMP in the mitochondrial genome. When UNG1 (encoding uracil-DNA glycosylase) was deleted from cdc21-1, we found that the ung1Delta cdc21-1 double mutant reduced frequency of petite formation to the level found in wild-type cells. We propose that the initiation of Ung1p-mediated base excision repair in the uracil-laden mitochondrial genome in a cdc21-1 mutant is responsible for the mitochondrial petite mutations. |
| Volume | 583(9) |
| Pages | 1499-504 |
| Published | 2009-5-6 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.04.003 |
| PII | S0014-5793(09)00277-4 |
| PMID | 19362086 |
| MeSH | DNA Repair / physiology* DNA, Fungal / metabolism DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics DNA, Mitochondrial / metabolism* Flow Cytometry S Phase Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism* Thymidine Monophosphate / metabolism* Uracil / metabolism* Uracil-DNA Glycosidase / metabolism Uracil-DNA Glycosidase / physiology* |
| IF | 3.057 |
| Times Cited | 1 |
| WOS Category | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BIOPHYSICS CELL BIOLOGY |
| Resource | |
| Yeast | BY20612 |