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. 1982 Nov;102(3):341–359. doi: 10.1093/genetics/102.3.341

Mutations in the PHO80 Gene Confer Permeability to 5'-Mononucleotides in SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

Linda F Bisson 1,2, Jeremy Thorner 1,2
PMCID: PMC1201945  PMID: 6293915

Abstract

Yeast mutants permeable to dTMP (tup) were selected and two new complementation groups (tup5 and tup7) were identified. Assay of the levels of both acid and alkaline phosphatase in cells grown under either repressing (5 mm PO4-3) or derepressing (0.03 mm PO4-3) conditions indicated that, in general, tup mutations cause cells to be defective in their regulation of phosphatase synthesis. In addition, three of the tup mutations (tup1, tup4 and tup7) displayed markedly elevated rates of inorganic phosphate transport. The tup7 locus was found to be tightly centromere-linked on the right arm of chromosome XV, and was shown to be allelic with the pho80 regulatory locus on the basis of both genetic and biochemical criteria. Analysis of other mutations known to affect phosphatase levels (pho) indicated that some also conferred permeability to dTMP. Possible allelic relationships between tup genes and certain of these pho mutations are discussed. Regardless of the culture conditions, wild-type strains were not permeable to dTMP; in contrast, it was found in the course of this work that normal yeast cells were permeable to dUMP and that dUMP permeability was regulated by the concentration of inorganic phosphate present in the medium used to grow the cells. Thus, permeability to 5'-mononucleotides appears to be under coordinate control with phosphatase synthesis.

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