Expression cassettes for formaldehyde and fluoroacetate resistance, two dominant markers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 551-559

  Van Den Berg, Marco A ^a,b,c   Steensma, H Yde ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dominant markers; fluoroacetate; formaldehyde; Yeast genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLUOROACETATES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENETIC MARKERS; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

MORAXELLA SP.; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030996792     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199705)13:6<551::AID-YEA113>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Allen, S. J. and Holbrook, J. J. (1995). Isolation, sequence and overexpression of the gene encoding NAD-dependent formate dehydrogenase from the methylotrophic yeast Candida methylica. Gene 162, 99-104.
2. Bruinenberg, P. M., Jonker, R., Van Dijken, J. P. and Scheffers, W. A. (1985). Utilization of formate as an additional energy source by glucose-limited chemostat cultures of Candida utilis CBS 621 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 8006. Evidence for the absence of transhydrogenase activity in yeasts. Arch. Microb. 142, 302-306.
3. Bullock, W. O., Fernandez, J. M. and Short, J. M. (1987). A high efficiency plasmid transforming recA Escherichia coli strain with β-galactosidase selection. Biotechniques 5, 376-380.
4. Bussey, H. and Meaden, P. (1985). Selection and stability of yeast transformants expressing cDNA of an M1 killer toxin-immunity gene. Genetics 9, 285-291.
5. Casey, G. P., Xiao, W. and Rank, G. H. (1988). A convenient dominant selection marker for gene transfer in industrial strains of Saccharomyces yeast: SMR1 encoded resistance to the herbicide sulfometuron methyl. J. Inst. Brew. 94, 93-97.
6. Del Pozo, L., Abarca, D., Claros, M. G. and Jiménez, A. (1991). Cycloheximide resistance as a yeast cloning marker. Curr. Genet. 19, 353-358.
7. Denis, C. L., Ferguson, J. and Young, E. T. (1983). mRNA levels for the fermentative alcohol dehydrogenase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae decrease upon growth on a nonfermentable carbon source. J. Biol. Chem. 258, 1165-1171.
8. Distel, B., Veenhuis, M. and Tabak, H. F. (1987). Import of alcohol oxidase into peroxisomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EMBO J. 6. 3111-3116.
9. Doignon, F., Aigle, M. and Ribereau-Gayon, P. (1993). Resistance to imidazoles and triazoles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a new dominant marker. Plasmid 30, 224-233.
10. Gardner, P. R., Nguyen, D. D. and White, C. W. (1994). Aconitase is a sensitive and critical target of oxygen poisoning in cultured mammalian cells and in rat lungs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 12248-12252.
11. Gatignol, A., Baron, M. and Tiraby, G. (1987). Phleomycin resistance encoded by the ble gene from transposon Tn5 as a dominant selectable marker in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol. Gen. Genet. 207, 342-348.
12. Goldman, P. (1965). The enzymatic cleavage of the carbon-fluorine bond in fluoroacetate. J. Bacteriol. 240, 3434-3438.
13. Gregg, K., Cooper, C. L., Schafer, D. J., et al. (1994). Detoxification of the plant toxin fluoroacetate by a genetically modified rumen bacterium. Bio/Technol. 12, 1361-1365.
14. Gritz, L. and Davies, J. (1983). Plasmid-encoded hygromycin B resistance: the sequence of hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene and its expression in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gene 25, 179-188.
15. Hadfield, C., Cashmore, A. M. and Meacock, P. A. (1986). An efficient chloramphenicol marker for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli. Gene 45, 149-158.
16. Hadfield, C., Jordan, B. E., Mount, R. C., Pretorius, G. H. J. and Burak E. (1990). G418-resistance as a dominant marker and reporter for gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr. Genet. 18, 303-313.
17. Harder, W. and Veenhuis, M. (1989). Metabolism of one-carbon compounds. In The Yeasts, 2nd edn, vol. 3. Academic Press, London, pp. 289-316.
18. Harford, S. and Weitzman, P. D. (1980). Selection for citrate-deficient mutants with fluoroacetate. FEBS Lett. 114, 339-341.
19. Heidler, S. A. and Radding, J. A. (1995). The AUR1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes dominant resistance to the antifungal agent aureobasidin A (LY295337). Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 39, 2765-2769.
20. Henderson, R. C. A., Cox, B. S. and Tubb, R. (1985). The transformation of brewing yeast with a plasmid containing the gene for copper resistance. Curr. Genet. 9, 133-138.
21. Inoue, H., Nojima, H. and Okayama, H. (1990). High efficiency transformation of Escherichia coli with plasmids. Gene 96, 23-28.
22. Jensen, H. L. (1960). Decomposition of chloroacetates and chloropropionates by bacteria. Acta Agricult. Scand. 10, 83-103.
23. Jones, E. W. and Fink, G. R. (1982). The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, vol. 3. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, p. 279.
24. Kawasaki, H., Tsuda, K., Matsushita, I. and Tonomura, K. (1992). Lack of homology between two haloacetate dehalogenase genes encoded on a plasmid from Moraxella sp. strain B. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138, 1317-1323.
25. Kawasaki, H., Kuriyama, H. and Tonomura, K. (1995). Use of haloacetate dehalogenase genes as selection markers for Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas vectors. Biodegradation 6, 213-216.
26. Kinsella, B. T. and Cantwell, B. A. (1991). Analysis of the expression and secretion of the Candida tsukubaensis alpha-glucosidase gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 7, 445-454.
27. Kujau, M., Weber, H. and Barth, G. (1992). Characterization of mutants of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica defective in acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase. Yeast 8, 193-203.
28. Kunze, G., Bode, R., Rintala, H. and Hofemeister, J. (1989). Heterologous gene expression of the glyphosate resistance marker and its application in yeast transformation. Curr. Genet. 15, 91-98.
29. Lolle, S., Skipper, N., Bussey, H. and Thomas, D. Y. (1984). The expression of cDNA clones of yeast M1 double-stranded RNA in yeast confers both killer and immunity types. EMBO J. 3, 1383-1387.
30. MacReadie, I. G., Horaitis, O., Vaughan, P. R. and Clark-Walker, G. D. (1991). Constitutive expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae CUP1 gene in Kluyveromyces lactis. Yeast 7, 127-135.
31. Manivasakam, P. and Schiestl, R. H. (1993). High efficiency transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucl. Acids Res. 21 ,4414-4415.
32. Marinus, M. G. (1973). Location of DNA methylation genes on the Escherichia coli K-12 genetic map. Mol. Gen. Genet. 127, 265-270.
33. Miyajima, A., Miyajima, I., Arai, K. and Arai, N. (1984). Expression of plasmid R388-encoded type II dihydrofolate reductase as a dominant selective marker in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol. Cell Biol. 4, 407-414.
34. Mumberg, D., Müller, R. and Funk, M. (1995). Yeast vectors for the controlled expression of heterologous proteins in different genetic backgrounds. Gene 156, 119-122.
35. Murata, K., Fukuda, Y., Shimosaka, M., Watanabe, K., Saikusa, T. and Kimura, A. (1985). Phenotypic character of the methylglyoxal resistance gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Expression in Escherichia coli and application to breeding wild-type yeast strains. Appl. Environ. Microb. 50, 1200-1207.
36. Owen, N. E., Chaure, P. T. and Connerton, I. F. (1992). Isolation and characterization of new fluoroacetate resistant/acetate non-utilizing mutants of Neurospora crassa. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138, 2599-2608.
37. Pronk, J. T., Steensma, H. Y. and Van Dijken, J. P. (1996). Pyruvate metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 12, 1607-1633.
38. Ras, J. (1995). Cl-metabolism of Paracoccus denitrificans: genetic and physiological studies. PhD Thesis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
39. Raymond, M., Ruetz, S., Thomas, D. Y. and Gros, P. (1994). Functional expression of p-glycoprotein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae confers cellular resistance to the immunosuppressive and antifungal agent FK250. Mol. Cell. Biol. 14, 277-286.
40. Rothstein, D. M. (1986). Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum strain deficient in acetate production. J. Bacteriol. 165, 319-320.
41. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T. (1989). Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
42. Schaaff, I., Green, J. B., Gozalbo, D. and Hohmann, S. (1989). A deletion of the PDC1 gene for pyruvate decarboxylase of yeast causes a different phenotype than previously isolated point mutations. Curr. Genet. 15, 75-81.
43. Sherman, F., Fink, G. R. and Lawrence, C. W. (1983). Methods in Yeast Genetics, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
44. Shimura, K., Fukuda, K. and Ouchi, K. (1993). Genetic transformation of industrial yeasts using an amino acid analog resistance gene as a directly selectable marker. Enzyme Microb. Technol. 15, 874-876.
45. Slusher, L. B., Gillman, E. C., Martin, N. C. and Hopper, A. K. (1991). MRNA leader length and initiation codon context determine alternative AUG selection for the yeast gene MOD5. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 9789-9793.
46. Struhl, K. (1983). Direct selection for gene replacement events in yeast. Gene 26, 231-241.
47. Van den Berg, M. A. and Steensma, H. Y. (1995). ACS2, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding acetylcoenzyme A synthetase, essential for growth on glucose. Eur. J. Biochem. 231, 704-713.
48. Vandenbol, M., Durand, P., Dion, C., Portetelle, D. and Hilger, F. (1995). Sequence of a 17.1 kb DNA fragment from chromosome X of Saccharomyces cerevisiae includes the mitochondrial ribosomal protein L8. Yeast 11, 57-60.
49. Wach, A., Brachat, A., Pohlmann, R. and Philippsen, P. (1994). New heterologous modules for classical or PCR-based gene disruptions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 10, 1793-1808.
50. Wehner, E. P., Rao, E. and Brendel, M. (1993). Molecular structure and genetic regulation of SFA, a gene responsible for resistance to formaldehyde in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and characterization of its protein product. Mol. Gen. Genet. 237, 351-358.
51. Wehner, E. P. and Brendel, M. (1993). Vector YFRp1 allows transformant selection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via resistance to formaldehyde. Yeast 9, 783-785.
52. Wenzel, T. J., Van den Berg, M. A., Visser, W., Van den Berg, J. A. and Steensma, H. Y. (1992a). Characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants lacking the E1α subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Eur. J. Biochem. 209, 697-705.
53. Wenzel, T. J., Migliazza, A., Steensma, H. Y. and Van den Berg, J. A. (1992b). Efficient selection of phleomycin-resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae transformants. Yeast 8, 667-668.
54. Zhu, J., Contreras, R. and Fiers, W. (1986). Construction of stable laboratory and industrial yeast strains expressing a foreign gene by integrative transformation usina a dominant selection system. Gene 50, 225-237.
55. Zonneveld, B. J. M. (1986). Cheap and simple yeast media. J. Microbiol. Methods 4, 287-291.