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The regulation of urea amidolyase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mating type influence on a constitutivity mutation acting in cis

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Constitutivity for the synthesis of the urea amidolyase bienzymatic complex is obtained by dur0hmutations located in the regulatory genetic region adjacent to the dur1, dur2 gene cluster. The dur0hmutations act only in cis and are a new case of cis effect strongly cancelled in α/a diploid, similar to cargA +0hmutation shown previously to lead to arginase constitutivity. Illegitimate diploids do not show such a cancellation of constitutivity.

The constitutivity produced by dur0hmutation comprises the process of induction and the release of the glutamine effect. It does not impair the NH +4 effect.

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  1. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Yves Lemoine, Evelyne Dubois & Jean-Marie Wiame

  2. Institut de Recherches du C.E.R.I.A., B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Yves Lemoine, Evelyne Dubois & Jean-Marie Wiame

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Lemoine, Y., Dubois, E. & Wiame, JM. The regulation of urea amidolyase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Molec. Gen. Genet. 166, 251–258 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267616

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