Histone H3Lys4 trimethylation in budding yeast S. cerevisiae for wild type and cnc1Djhd2D yeast mutants
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ABSTRACT: In this study, we measured histone H3Lys4 trimethylation in budding yeast S. cerevisiae for wild type and cnc1Djhd2D yeast mutants. These experiments were performed for yeast cultured to mid-logarithmic phase in non-fermentable carbon.
Project description:To determine the complement of Ume6-dependent genes expressed during mitosis and/or meiosis in budding yeast we compared wild-type and<br>ume6 deletion strains using Yeast 2.0 high density oligonucleotide microarrays (GeneChips). Samples were analysed from cells growing in rich medium with fermentable (glucose) and non-fermentable (acetate) carbon sources and from cells undergoing meiosis and spore formation in sporulation medium. Expression data were combined with data from a genome-wide Ume6 DNA binding assay and Ume6-target site prediction to identify the most likely direct target genes of Ume6.
Project description:RNAi, a gene-silencing pathway triggered by double-stranded RNA, is conserved in diverse eukaryotic species but has been lost in the model budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We report that RNAi is present in other budding-yeast species, including Saccharomyces castellii and Candida albicans. These species use noncanonical Dicer proteins to generate siRNAs, which mostly correspond to transposable elements and Y´ subtelomeric repeats. In S. castellii, RNAi mutants are viable but have excess Y´ mRNA levels. In S. cerevisiae, introducing Dicer and Argonaute of S. castellii restores RNAi, and the reconstituted pathway silences endogenous retrotransposons. These results identify a novel class of Dicer proteins, bring the tool of RNAi to the study of budding yeasts, and bring the tools of budding yeast to the study of RNAi.
Project description:We report the application of ChIP-sequencing technology for high-throughput profiling of histone modifications in budding yeast. By obtaining over four billion bases of sequence from chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA, we generated genome-wide maps of Set1 and H3K4me3 in yeast cells. We find that Set1 and H3 lysine 4 trimethylation locate primarily in open reading frame of genes. In addition, we focus on the distribution of Set1 and H3K4me3 in histone gene clusters and found strong similar binding of Set1 and H3K4me3 on all histone genes.
Project description:Transcript profiling from a population of cell-cycle-arrested B-type cyclin mutant budding yeast. We compared transcript to protein expression levels in mutant cells.