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Nonsense mutations of the ornithine decarboxylase structural gene of Neurospora crassa.

机译:粗糙神经孢霉鸟氨酸脱羧酶结构基因的无意义突变。

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Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) (EC 4.1.1.17) is an early enzyme of polyamine synthesis, and its activity rises quickly at the onset of growth and differentiation in most eucaryotes. Some have speculated that the enzyme protein may have a role in the synthesis of rRNA in addition to its role in catalyzing the decarboxylation of ornithine (G. D. Kuehn and V. J. Atmar, Fed. Proc. 41:3078-3083, 1982; D. H. Russell, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80:1318-1321, 1983). To test this possibility, we sought mutational evidence for the indispensability of the ODC protein for normal growth of Neurospora crassa. We found three new, ODC-deficient mutants that lacked ODC protein. Among these and by reversion analysis of an earlier set of mutants, we found that two ODC-deficient mutants carried nonsense mutations in the ODC structural gene, spe-1. Allele LV10 imparted a complete deficiency for enzyme activity (less than 0.006% of normal) and had no detectable ODC antigen. Allele PE4 imparted a weak activity to cells (0.1% of derepressed spe+ cultures) and encoded a lower-molecular-weight ODC subunit (Mr = 43,000) in comparison to that of the wild-type strain (Mr = 53,000). Strains carrying either mutation, like other spe-1 mutants, grew at a normal rate in exponential culture if the medium was supplemented with spermidine, the main end product of the polyamine pathway in N. crassa. Unless an antigenically silent, N-terminal fragment with an indispensable role persists in the LV10-bearing mutant, we conclude that the ODC protein has no role in the vegetative growth of this organism other than the synthesis of polyamines. The data extend earlier evidence that spe-1 is the structural gene for ODC in N. crassa. The activity found in mutants bearing allele PE4 suggests that the amino acids nearest the carboxy terminus do not contribute to the active site of the enzyme.
机译:鸟氨酸脱羧酶(ODC)(EC 4.1.1.17)是一种多胺合成的早期酶,在大多数真核生物中,其活性在开始生长和分化时迅速增加。一些人推测,该酶蛋白除了催化鸟氨酸的脱羧作用外,还可能在rRNA的合成中起作用(GD Kuehn和VJ Atmar,Fed。Proc。41:3078-3083,1982; DH Russell,Proc。 (Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 80:1318-1321,1983)。为了测试这种可能性,我们寻求突变证据证明ODC蛋白对于克雷索氏菌的正常生长必不可少。我们发现了三个缺少ODC蛋白的新的ODC缺失突变体。其中,通过对较早的一组突变体进行反向分析,我们发现两个ODC缺陷型突变体在ODC结构基因spe-1中带有无意义的突变。等位基因LV10完全缺乏酶活性(低于正常值的0.006%),并且没有可检测的ODC抗原。与野生型菌株(Mr = 53,000)相比,等位基因PE4赋予细胞弱的活性(0.1%的失压spe +培养物),并编码一个较低分子量的ODC亚基(Mr = 43,000)。如果培养基中添加了亚精胺(cr。crassa中多胺途径的主要终产物),则带有其他突变的菌株(与其他spe-1突变体一样)在指数培养中将以正常速率生长。除非具有不可或缺作用的抗原性沉默,N端片段在携带LV10的突变体中持续存在,否则我们得出的结论是,ODC蛋白除了合成多胺外,在该生物体的营养生长中没有作用。数据提供了更早的证据,即spe-1是N. crassa中ODC的结构基因。在携带等位基因PE4的突变体中发现的活性表明,最接近羧基末端的氨基酸不参与酶的活性位点。

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