Wingfield B D, Southgate V J, Pretorius I S, van Vuuren H J
Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Yeast. 1990 Mar-Apr;6(2):159-69. doi: 10.1002/yea.320060210.
K2 neutral strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae USM12 was identified and characterized. This strain carried an M double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genome encoding for resistance to K2 toxin. The M dsRNA was larger than the K2 killer yeast M dsRNA and homoduplex analysis of denatured and reannealed K2 neurtal M dsRNA revealed an inverted duplication. Heteroduplex analysis showed that two thirds of the K2 M genome had homology with the K2 neutral M genome. Hybridization showed that the USM12 M dsRNA had significant homology with the K2 M dsRNA. Protein profiles of extracellular proteins from USM12 and a cured strain indicated that USM12 did not secrete any toxin. This is the first time that a K2 neutral yeast strain has been characterized.
鉴定并表征了K2中性菌株酿酒酵母USM12。该菌株携带一个M双链RNA(dsRNA)基因组,编码对K2毒素的抗性。M dsRNA比K2杀伤酵母M dsRNA大,对变性和复性后的K2中性M dsRNA进行同源双链分析,发现存在反向重复。异源双链分析表明,K2 M基因组的三分之二与K2中性M基因组具有同源性。杂交显示,USM12 M dsRNA与K2 M dsRNA具有显著同源性。来自USM12和一个治愈菌株的细胞外蛋白质的蛋白质谱表明,USM12不分泌任何毒素。这是首次对K2中性酵母菌株进行表征。