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IXR1 and HMO1 genes jointly control the level of spontaneous mutagenesis in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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The yeast genes IXR1 and HMO1 encode proteins belonging to the family of chromatin nonhistone proteins, which are able to recognize and bind to irregular DNA structures. The full deletion of gene IXR1 leads to an increase in cell resistance to the lethal action of UV light, γ-rays, and MMS, increases spontaneous mutagenesis and significantlly decreases the level of UV-induced mutations. It was earlier demonstrated in our works that the hmo1 mutation renders cells sensitive to the lethal action of cisplatin and virtually does not affect the sensitivity to UV light. Characteristically, the rates of spontaneous and UV-induced mutagenesis in the mutant are increased. Epistatic analysis of the double mutation hmo1 ixr1 demonstrated that the interaction of these genes in relation to the lethal effect of cisplatin and UV light, as well as UV-induced mutagenesis, is additive. This suggests that the products of genes HMO1 and IXR1 participate in different repair pathways. The ixr1 mutation significantly increases the rate of spontaneous mutagenesis mediated by replication errors, whereas mutation hmo1 increases the rate of repair mutagenesis. In wild-type cells, the level of spontaneous mutagenesis was nearly one order of magnitude lower than that obtained in cells of the double mutant. Consequently, the combined activity of the Hmo1 and the Ixr1 proteins provides efficient correction of both repair and replication errors.

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    D. V. Fedorov, S. V. Kovaltzova, V. T. Peshekhonov & V. G. Korolev

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Original Russian Text © D.V. Fedorov, S.V. Kovaltzova, V.T. Peshekhonov, V.G. Korolev, 2010, published in Genetika, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 750–757.

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Fedorov, D.V., Kovaltzova, S.V., Peshekhonov, V.T. et al. IXR1 and HMO1 genes jointly control the level of spontaneous mutagenesis in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Russ J Genet 46, 659–665 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795410060049

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