The glucose-dependent transactivation activity of ABF1 on the expression of the TDH3 gene in yeast

Curr Genet. 1995 Mar;27(4):312-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00352099.

Abstract

Autonomously replicating sequence binding factor 1 (ABF1) has been implicated in the control of a variety of gene expressions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this paper evidence is presented that ABF1 is involved in the glucose-dependent expression of the TDH3 gene which encodes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. ABF1 binds to consensus sites located between -420 and -250, and between +77 and +200, and acts as a transactivator in an orientation-independent manner on both upstream and downstream sites. TDH3-lacZ fusions having an ABF1 consensus motif showed glucose-dependent expression of TDH3, whereas in the abf1 mutant strain JCA35 glucose-dependent expression disappeared. These findings suggest that ABF1 functions as a glucose-dependent transactivator for the expression of the TDH3 gene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Consensus Sequence
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / physiology*
  • Ethanol / pharmacology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal*
  • Glucose / pharmacology*
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / biosynthesis
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / genetics*
  • Glycerol / pharmacology
  • Mutation
  • Phosphorylation
  • Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Sequence Deletion
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / physiology*
  • Transcriptional Activation*

Substances

  • ABF1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Ethanol
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases
  • Glucose
  • Glycerol