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doi:10.1534/genetics.105.046110


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The Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Phosphatase Activator YPTPA1/RRD1 is Required to Modulate Gene Expression in Response to Rapamycin Exposure

1 University of Montreal
2 Université de Sherbrooke

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Submitted on May 25, 2005
Revised on September 2, 2005
Accepted on 12 November 2005


Abstract

We show that mutants lacking either the phosphatase activator Rrd1 or the phosphatase Pph3 are resistant to rapamycin, and that double mutants exhibit a synergistic response. This phenotype could be related to an inability of the mutants to degrade RNA polymerase II leading to transcription of critical genes that sustain growth.

Key Words: RNA pol II, gene expression, phosphatase activator, proteolysis, yeast




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