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Genetics, Vol 133, 29-38, Copyright © 1993
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Identification of Aspergillus brlA Response Elements (BREs) by Genetic Selection in Yeast
Y. C. Chang and W. E. Timberlake
Present address: National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 11N104, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
The brlA gene of Aspergillus nidulans plays a central role in controlling conidiophore development. To test the hypothesis that brlA encodes a transcriptional regulator and to identify sites of interaction for the BrlA polypeptide, we expressed brlA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) strains containing Aspergillus DNA sequences inserted upstream of a minimal yeast promoter fused to the Escherichia coli lacZ gene. Initially, a DNA fragment from the promoter region of the developmentally regulated rodA gene was tested and shown to mediate brlA-dependent transcriptional activation. Two additional DNA fragments were selected from an Aspergillus genomic library by their ability to respond to brlA in yeast. These fragments contained multiple copies of a sequence motif present in the rodA fragment, which we propose to be sites for BrlA interaction and designate brlA response elements (BREs). DNA fragments containing BREs upstream of a minimal Aspergillus promoter were capable of conferring developmental regulation in Aspergillus. Deletion of BREs from the upstream region of rodA greatly decreased its developmental induction. Multiple copies of a synthetic oligonucleotide with the consensus sequence identified among the BREs mediated brlA-dependent transcriptional activation in yeast. The results show that a primary activity of brlA is transcriptional activation and tentatively identify sites of interaction for the BrlA polypeptide.
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