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Comparison and cross‐species expression of the acetyl‐CoA synthetase genes of the ascomycete fungi, Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa

Comparison and cross‐species expression of the acetyl‐CoA synthetase genes of the ascomycete... Summary The genes encoding the acetate‐inducible enzyme acetyl‐coenzyme A synthetase from Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans (acu‐5 and facA, respectively) have been cloned and their sequences compared. The predicted amino acid sequence of the Aspergillus enzyme has 670 amino acid residues and that of the Neurospora enzyme either 626 or 606 residues, depending upon which of the two possible initiation codons is used. The amino acid sequences following the second alternative AUG show 86% homology between the two species; the extended N‐terminal sequences show no homology. The Neurospora protein is characterized by the appearance of the S(T)PXX sequence motif where the amino acid homologies break down. The codon usage is biased in both genes, with a marked deficiency, especially in Neurospora, of codons with A in the third position. The facA transcribed sequence contains six introns: one in the long leader sequence, one in the 5′ coding sequence not homologous with acu‐5, and four within the sequence that is largely similar to that of acu‐5. Only one intron, corresponding in size and position to the furthest downstream of the facA introns, is found in acu‐5. The evolution of introns during the divergence of these two Ascomycete fungi is discussed. Each of the two genes has been transferred by transformation into the other species. Each species is evidently able to splice out the other's introns. Most transformants have normal acetate‐induction of acetyl‐CoA synthetase, emptying that the two genes respond to transcriptional control signals common to both species, in spite of the striking divergence of their 5′ ends. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Molecular Microbiology Wiley

Comparison and cross‐species expression of the acetyl‐CoA synthetase genes of the ascomycete fungi, Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa

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0950-382X
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10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00611.x
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Summary The genes encoding the acetate‐inducible enzyme acetyl‐coenzyme A synthetase from Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans (acu‐5 and facA, respectively) have been cloned and their sequences compared. The predicted amino acid sequence of the Aspergillus enzyme has 670 amino acid residues and that of the Neurospora enzyme either 626 or 606 residues, depending upon which of the two possible initiation codons is used. The amino acid sequences following the second alternative AUG show 86% homology between the two species; the extended N‐terminal sequences show no homology. The Neurospora protein is characterized by the appearance of the S(T)PXX sequence motif where the amino acid homologies break down. The codon usage is biased in both genes, with a marked deficiency, especially in Neurospora, of codons with A in the third position. The facA transcribed sequence contains six introns: one in the long leader sequence, one in the 5′ coding sequence not homologous with acu‐5, and four within the sequence that is largely similar to that of acu‐5. Only one intron, corresponding in size and position to the furthest downstream of the facA introns, is found in acu‐5. The evolution of introns during the divergence of these two Ascomycete fungi is discussed. Each of the two genes has been transferred by transformation into the other species. Each species is evidently able to splice out the other's introns. Most transformants have normal acetate‐induction of acetyl‐CoA synthetase, emptying that the two genes respond to transcriptional control signals common to both species, in spite of the striking divergence of their 5′ ends.

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Molecular Microbiology – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 1990

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