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Query: EC:1.1.1.1 (alcohol dehydrogenase)
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Three different histochemical marker genes--E. coli beta-galactosidase gene (lacZ), Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ADH) and human placenta alkaline phosphatase gene (ALP)--were cloned into a eukaryotic expression vector also containing the neomycin resistance gene. After calcium phosphate transfection and G418 sulfate selection of recipient BALB/c 3T3 cells, stable transfectants were pooled for histochemical staining. The lacZ-bearing cells produce aqua blue staining for beta-galactosidase; ADH-bearing cells, blue-black staining for alcohol dehydrogenase; and ALP-bearing cells, red staining for alkaline phosphatase. Cells carrying different marker genes can be easily differentiated by double-staining protocols. In addition, various photographic films can be used to enhance the colors of specific histochemically tagged cell classes. These plasmid vectors, providing selectability with the neomycin resistance gene and ultrasensitivity of alternative histochemical marker genes, will be very effective in virtually any biological system requiring analyses of multiple cell clones or classes in culture model systems or in situ.
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PMID:Selectable plasmid vectors with alternative and ultrasensitive histochemical marker genes. 193 Oct 36

The bacterial neo gene from transposon Tn903 (Tn601) was used for dominant transformation of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. It was found that high transformation efficiency was dependent on a high level of promoter activity, mediated by the strong promoter of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe alcohol dehydrogenase gene (adh1), as shown by comparing the efficiency of transformation to G418-resistance, the resistance levels of transformed cells, and the in vitro amino-glycoside phosphotransferase activity. On the other hand, the heterologous promoter of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae alcohol dehydrogenase I gene (adc1) is shown to be a weak promoter in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, though its activity is significantly enhanced in cells grown on glycerol as a carbon source. This system for selection and detection of promoter-active sequences may provide a useful basis for the analysis of promoter elements in fission yeast.
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PMID:Use of the Tn903 neomycin-resistance gene for promoter analysis in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 196 9

A system is presented for transformation of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe to resistance against the antibiotic G418. The bacterial resistance gene of the transposon Tn5 is expressed under the control of promoters and transcription terminators from cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV). The promoter of the S. pombe alcohol dehydrogenase gene has also been used. Transformants can be selected directly on medium containing G418 (up to 1 mg/ml) due to inactivation of G418 by the Tn5 gene product, the aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase (II). The plant viral promoter 35S confers higher resistance to G418 than the 19S promoter. This corresponds to the relative strengths of these promoters in plant cells. The strong plant promoter 35S yields resistance comparable to that obtained with the strong S. pombe promoter from the alcohol dehydrogenase gene. The constructions with the two plant promoters have been used on multicopy shuttle plasmids that replicate autonomously in S. pombe and Escherichia coli. In addition the 35S and the 19S constructions have been inserted into the S. pombe genome where they confer G418 resistance as single copy genes. Since vector sequences are excluded in this case, all the necessary signals for expression of G418 resistance are contained within the DNA fragments containing the plant promoters, the resistance gene and the plant terminators. This transformation system is independent of S. pombe mutants. It may be useful for the transformation of other lower eukaryotes. The activity of the CaMV promoters in S. pombe may be exploited for the expression of plant genes in fission yeast.
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PMID:Cauliflower mosaic virus promoters direct efficient expression of a bacterial G418 resistance gene in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 255 89

A pectate lyase (PL)-encoding gene (pelE) from Erwinia chrysanthemi and a polygalacturonase (PG)-encoding gene (peh1) from E. carotovora were each inserted between a novel yeast expression-secretion cassette and a yeast gene terminator, and cloned separately into a yeast-centromeric shuttle vector (YCp50), generating recombinant plasmids pAMS12 and pAMS13. Transcription initiation signals present in the expression-secretion cassette were derived from the yeast alcohol dehydrogenase gene promoter (ADC1P), whereas the transcription termination signals were derived from the yeast tryptophan synthase gene terminator (TRP5T). Secretion of PL and PG was directed by the signal sequence of the yeast mating pheromone alpha-factor (MF alpha 1s). A pectinase cassette comprising ADC1P-MF alpha 1s-pelE-TRP5T and ADC1P-MF alpha 1s-peh1-TRP5T was subcloned into YCp50, generating plasmid pAMS14. Subsequently, the dominant selectable Geneticin G418-resistance (GtR) marker, APH1, inserted between the yeast uridine diphosphoglucose 4-epimerase gene promoter (GAL10P) and yeast orotidine-5'-phosphate carboxylase gene terminator (URA3T), was cloned into pAMS14, resulting in plasmid pAMS15. Plasmids pAMS12, pAMS13 and pAMS14 were transformed into a laboratory strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whereas pAMS15 was stably introduced into two commercial wine yeast strains. DNA-DNA and DNA-RNA hybridization analyses revealed the presence of these plasmids, and the pelE and peh1 transcripts in the yeast transformants, respectively. A polypectate agarose assay indicated the extracellular production of biologically active PL and PG by the S. cerevisiae transformants and confirmed that co-expression of the pelE and peh1 genes synergistically enhanced pectate degradation.
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PMID:Co-expression of an Erwinia chrysanthemi pectate lyase-encoding gene (pelE) and an E. carotovora polygalacturonase-encoding gene (peh1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 776 27

alpha-Acetolactate decarboxylase (ALDC) gene from Acetobacter aceti ssp. xylinum has several possible initiation codons in the N-terminus. To determine the initiation codon of the ALDC giving the highest expression levels, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) promoter was linked just upstream of each possible initiation codon. The ALDC whose translation starts 130 bp downstream from the first ATG codon had the highest activity in yeast cells. When expression levels of the ALDC gene were compared using three strong yeast promoters of glycolytic genes, alcohol dehydrogenase I (ADC1), phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and GPD, the GPD promoter was the strongest. The ALDC gene was integrated in a ribosomal RNA gene of a brewer's yeast by co-transformation with an expression plasmid of G418-resistance gene. The laboratory-scale growth test confirmed that the total diacetyl concentration was reduced in wort.
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PMID:Construction of a brewer's yeast having alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase gene from Acetobacter aceti ssp. xylinum integrated in the genome. 776 64

An integration plasmid pA15-PET for expression and secretion of beta-Endoglucanase I (EG I ) in yeast was constructed by insertion of EG I cDNA between yeast alcohol dehydrogenase promoter and terminator region. The plasmid contained part of yeast rDNA sequence, which was used as a homologous fragment for integration. The EG I cDNA was introduced into an engineered brewing yeast BE9711 containing alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase (alpha-ALDC) encoding gene and integrated onto its rDNA sequence of chromosomal DNA by co-transformation of pA15-PET and a YEP type plasmid pA15TXR carrying G418 resistance. The stable engineered brewing yeast expressing intracellulase alpha-ALDC and extracellular EG I simultaneously were obtained.
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PMID:[Integration and expression of beta-endoglucanase I from Trichoderma reesei in brewing yeast]. 1628 55