Lawrence C W, Christensen R B
Genetics. 1978 Oct;90(2):213-26. doi: 10.1093/genetics/90.2.213.
The range of specificity of the rev2-1 mutation, an allele that reduces the frequency of ochre revertants induced by UV in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (LEMONTT 1971a), has been investigated by examining its influence on the reversion of eleven well-defined and contrasting cyc1 mutations. We have shown, in support of a suggestion of LEMONTT (1971a), that the REV2 gene product is concerned only with the reversion of ochre alleles; it plays virtually no role in the reversion of amber, missense or frameshift mutations. We have also shown that its effect is specific and confined to only some highly revertible ochre alleles. The REV2 gene product appears to enhance reversion at these sites by facilitating the conversion of two otherwise nonmutagenic photo-products into a single premutational lesion. UV-induced killing of rev2-1 strains was found to be significantly greater on fermentable rather than on nonfermentable media.
rev2-1突变是酿酒酵母中一个能降低紫外线诱导的赭石型回复突变频率的等位基因(LEMONTT,1971a)。通过检测其对11个明确且不同的cyc1突变回复突变的影响,研究了rev2-1突变的特异性范围。我们已证明,支持LEMONTT(1971a)的一个观点,即REV2基因产物仅与赭石型等位基因的回复突变有关;它在琥珀型、错义或移码突变的回复突变中几乎不起作用。我们还表明其作用具有特异性,仅局限于一些高度可回复的赭石型等位基因。REV2基因产物似乎通过促进将两种原本无诱变作用的光产物转化为单一的预突变损伤来增强这些位点的回复突变。发现rev2-1菌株在可发酵培养基上的紫外线诱导杀伤显著大于在非发酵培养基上的。