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Künzler, M. et al.

Cloning, primary structure and regulation of the ARO4 gene, encoding the tyrosine-inhibited 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two differently regulated 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase (DAHPS; EC 4.1.2.15) isoenzymes carry out the first step in the shikimate pathway. Mutations in both genes are necessary to cause aromatic amino acid (aa) auxotrophy, since one isoenzyme alone is sufficient to produce enough DAHP for normal growth of the cells. The phenylalanine-inhibited DAHPS is encoded by the previously isolated and characterized ARO3 gene. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of the ARO4 gene, encoding the second DAHPS, which is inhibited by tyrosine. The aa sequence of the ARO4 gene product reveals 76% similarity to the ARO3-encoded isoenzyme and 66 and 73% to the three DAHPS isoenzymes from Escherichia coli. ARO4 gene expression is regulated by the general control system of aa biosynthesis. As in the case of the ARO3 gene, a single GCN4-recognition element in the promoter is responsible for derepression of the ARO4 gene under aa starvation conditions. However, in contrast to the situation in the isogene, ARO3, GCN4 does not contribute to the basal level of ARO4 transcription under nonderepressing conditions.[1]

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Cloning, primary structure and regulation of the ARO4 gene, encoding the tyrosine-inhibited 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Künzler, M., Paravicini, G., Egli, C.M., Irniger, S., Braus, G.H. Gene (1992) [Pubmed]

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