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Abstract

Glucose-repressible alcohol dehydrogenase II, encoded by the gene of the yeast , is transcriptionally controlled by the activator Adr1, binding UAS1 of the control region. However, even in an null mutant, a substantial level of gene derepression can be detected, arguing for the existence of a further mechanism of activation. Here it is shown that the previously identified UAS2 contains a distantly related variant of the carbon source-responsive element (CSRE) initially found upstream of gluconeogenic genes. In a mutant defective for the CSRE-binding factor Cat8, derepression of an - fusion was reduced to about 12% of the wild-type level. Gene expression in a double mutant decreased almost to the basal level of the glucose-repressed promoter. CSRE present in a single copy turned out to be a weak UAS element, while a significant synergism of gene activation was found in the presence of at least two copies. Its importance for regulated gene activation was confirmed by site-directed mutagenesis of the CSRE in the natural control region. Direct binding of Cat8 to CSRE could be shown by electrophoretic retardation of the corresponding protein/DNA complex in the presence of a specific antibody. In contrast to what was shown previously for CSRE sequence variants, no significant influence of the isofunctional activator Sip4 on CSRE was detected. In conclusion, these results show a derepression of by synergistically acting regulators Adr1 (interacting with UAS1) and Cat8, binding to UAS2 (=CSRE).

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