MAL64c is a global regulator of alpha-glucoside fermentation: identification of a new gene involved in melezitose
1Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Detroit, MI 48201.
Abstract:
Maltase constitutive mutants at the MAL6 locus have been mapped to the newly identified regulatory gene MAL64c. We show here that MAL64c has in addition pleiotropic effects on sugar fermentation: MAL64c strains constitutively synthesize an alpha-methylglucosidase and can complement a new gene, MTP1, for the fermentation of melezitose and alpha-methylglucoside. MTP1, maps near MAL1, and either encodes a permease which transports melezitose, alpha-methylglucoside, and maltose or regulates the activity of such a permease. This work shows that MAL64c, a trans-acting regulatory gene, is a global regulatory gene affecting several different pathways of alpha-glucoside metabolism.
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