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AgTHR4, a new selection marker for transformation of the filamentous fungusAshbya gossypii, maps in a four-gene cluster that is conserved betweenA. gossypii andSaccharomyces cerevisiae

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Single-read sequence analysis of the termini of eight randomly picked clones ofAshbya gossypii genomic DNA revealed seven sequences with homology toSaccharomyces cerevisiae genes (15% to 69% on the amino acid level). One of these sequences appeared to code for the carboxy-terminus of threonine synthase, the product of theS. cerevisiae THR4 gene (52.4% identity over 82 amino acids). We cloned and sequenced the complete putativeAgTHR4 gene ofA. gossypii. It comprises 512 codons, two less than theS. cerevisiae THR4 gene. Overall identity at the amino acid sequence level is 67.4%. A continuous stretch of 32 amino acids displaying complete identity between these two fungal threonine synthases presumably contains the pyridoxal phosphate attachment site. Disruption of theA. gossypii gene led to threonine auxotrophy, which could be complemented by transformation with replicating plasmids carrying theAgTHR4 gene and variousS. cerevisiae ARS elements. Using these plasmids only very weak complementation of aS. cerevisiae thr4 mutation was observed. Investigation of sequences adjacent to theAgTHR4 gene identified three additional ORFs. Surprisingly, the order and orientation of these four ORFs is conserved inA. gossypii andS. cerevisiae.

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Altmann-Jöhl, R., Philippsen, P. AgTHR4, a new selection marker for transformation of the filamentous fungusAshbya gossypii, maps in a four-gene cluster that is conserved betweenA. gossypii andSaccharomyces cerevisiae . Molec. Gen. Genet. 250, 69–80 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191826

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