Liu H, Styles C A, Fink G R
Department of Biological Chemistry, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92717, USA.
Genetics. 1996 Nov;144(3):967-78. doi: 10.1093/genetics/144.3.967.
Diploid strains of baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can grow in a cellular yeast form or in filaments called pseudohyphae. This dimorphic transition from yeast to pseudohyphae is induced by starvation for nitrogen. Not all laboratory strains are capable of this dimorphic switch; many grow only in the yeast form and fail to form pseudohyphae when starved for nitrogen. Analysis of the standard laboratory strain S288C shows that this defect in dimorphism results from a nonsense mutation in the FLO8 gene. This defect in FLO8 blocks pseudohyphal growth in diploids, haploid invasive growth, and flocculation. Since feral strains of S. cerevisiae are dimorphic and have a functional FLO8 gene, we suggest that the flo8 mutation was selected during laboratory cultivation.
面包酵母酿酒酵母的二倍体菌株可以以细胞酵母形式生长,也可以以称为假菌丝的丝状形式生长。从酵母到假菌丝的这种双态转变是由氮饥饿诱导的。并非所有实验室菌株都能进行这种双态转换;许多菌株仅以酵母形式生长,在氮饥饿时无法形成假菌丝。对标准实验室菌株S288C的分析表明,这种双态性缺陷是由FLO8基因中的无义突变导致的。FLO8的这种缺陷会阻止二倍体中的假菌丝生长、单倍体侵袭性生长和絮凝。由于酿酒酵母的野生菌株具有双态性且具有功能性FLO8基因,我们认为flo8突变是在实验室培养过程中被选择出来的。