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The cloning of 7.2- and 9.6-kbp fragments of the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha DNA restored the wild-type phenotype Gsh+ in the glutathione-dependent gsh1 and gsh2 mutants of this yeast defective in glutathione (GSH) synthesis because of a failure of the γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase reaction. The 9.6-kbp DNA fragment was found to contain a 4.3-kbp subfragment, which complemented the Gsh– phenotype of the gsh2 mutant. The Gsh+ transformants of the gsh1 and gsh2 mutants, which bear plasmids pG1 and pG24, having the 7.2- and 4.3-kbp DNA fragments, respectively, had a completely restored wild-type phenotype with the ability to synthesize GSH and to grow in GSH-deficient synthetic media on various carbon sources, including methanol, and with acquired tolerance to cadmium ions. In addition, the 4.3-kbp DNA fragment borne by plasmid pG24 eliminated pleiotropic changes in the gsh2 mutants associated with methylotrophic growth in a semisynthetic (GSH-supplemented) medium (poor growth and alterations in the activity of the GSH-catabolizing enzyme γ-glutamyltransferase and the methanol-oxidizing enzyme alcohol oxidase).
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Ubiivovk, V.M., Nazarko, T.Y., Stasyk, E.G. et al. Cloning of the GSH1 and GSH2 Genes Complementing the Defective Biosynthesis of Glutathione in the Methylotrophic Yeast Hansenula polymorpha. Microbiology 71, 717–722 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021492225726
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