HSM6 gene is identical to PSY4 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts.

Autor: Fedorov, D., Kovaltsova, S., Evstuhina, T., Peshekhonov, V., Chernenkov, A., Korolev, V.
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Zdroj: Russian Journal of Genetics; Mar2013, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p286-293, 8p
Abstrakt: Previously, we isolated mutant yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae with an increased rate of spontaneous mutagenesis. Here, we studied the properties of HSM6 gene, the hsm6-1 mutation of which increased the frequency of UV-induced mutagenesis and decreased the level of UV-induced mitotic crossover at the region between the centromere and ADE2 gene . HSM6 gene was mapped on the left arm of chromosome II in the region where the PSY4 gene is located. The epistatic analysis has shown that the hsm6-1 mutation represents an allele of PSY4 gene. Sequencing of hsm6-1 mutant allele has revealed a frameshift mutation, which caused the Lys218Glu substitution and the generation of a stop codon in the next position. The interactions of hsm6-1 and rad52 mutations were epistatic. Our data show that the PSY4 gene plays a key role in the regulation of cell withdrawal from checkpoint induced by DNA disturbances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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