Genetic analysis of the gene ICL1 of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
Abstract
The gene ICL1 codes for the tetrameric enzyme isocitrate lyase of Y. lipolytica. Twenty icl1− alleles have been analysed for their reversion frequency, their interallelic complementation pattern, and the position of the corresponding mutation site on the fine structure map of the gene ICL1. One intragenic temperature‐sensitive revertant of the allele icl1D‐39 was isolated, which expressed a thermolabile enzyme. In spite of the fact that no nonsense mutations have been detected, the direction of transcription of the gene ICL1 was inferred from the localization of a linked cis‐dominant regulatory mutation site. The size of the mitotic map of this gene suggests that recombination frequency in Y. lipolytica is lower than in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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