MET30 has zinc- and Zap1-responsive gene expression. A, proposed regulatory circuitry controlling MET3, MET14, and MET16 expression in response to zinc. B, transcriptional regulation of MET30 in response to zinc and Zap1 activity. Wild type (DY1457) cells were grown in LZM supplemented with a range of added zinc, and mRNA levels of MET30 and CMD1 were analyzed by S1 nuclease protection assay (lanes 1–7). In addition, wild type and zap1Δ mutant cells (ZHY6) were grown in low zinc (−Zn, LZM + 1 μm ZnCl2) (lanes 8 and 9), and wild type cells with and without expressing the constitutive Zap1TC allele were grown in zinc-replete SD medium (+Zn, lanes 10 and 11). RNA was isolated and analyzed by S1 nuclease protection assay. C, met4Δ mutant strain (TAL31) was grown in LZM supplemented with methionine and with a range of added zinc. RNA was isolated and analyzed by S1 nuclease protection assay.