RNA and homology mapping of two DNA fragments with repressible acid phosphatase genes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Two EcoRI restriction fragments carrying Saccharomyces cerevisiae repressible acid phosphatase genes were analyzed. Transcripts were mapped by restriction endonuclease cleavage of glyoxal-stabilized R-loops and by gel blot hybridizations to cDNA. Homology between the two fragments was examined by gel blots and heteroduplex analysis. Each fragment carried a region of about 1.5 kilobases that coded for a repressible acid phosphatase, and these regions showed homology to one another. In addition, one fragment carried a second region of somewhat lower homology that probably codes for the so-called constitutive acid phosphatase.