Abstract
The tryptophan biosynthetic genes TRP1 and TRP3 and partly also TRP2 and TRP4 have been compared by the technique of Southern hybridization and enzyme measurements in twelve wild isolates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae from natural sources of different continents, in the commonly used laboratory strain S. cerevisiae X2180-1A and in a Kluyveromyces marxianus strain. We could classify these strains into four groups, which did not correlate with their geographical distribution. In no case are the TRP3 and TRP1 genes fused as has been found in other ascomycetes. Two strains were found which, in contrast to strain X2180-1A, show derepression of gene TRP1. Two examples are discussed to demonstrate the usefulness of Southern hybridizations for the identification of closely related strains.
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Abbreviations
- InGP:
-
Indole-3-glycerolphosphate
- PRA:
-
N(5′-phosphoribosyl)-anthranilate
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Braus, G., Furter, R., Prantl, F. et al. Arrangement of genes TRP1 and TRP3 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. Arch. Microbiol. 142, 383–388 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00491908
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