Project description:To understand the organisation of the glucose regulatory system, we analysed 91 deletion mutants of established glucose signalling and metabolic pathway members in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by DNA microarrays. These deletion mutants do not induce pathway-specific transcriptional responses reflecting the tight interconnection between pathways of the glucose regulatory system. Instead, one main transcriptional response is discerned, which varies in direction to mimic either a high or a low glucose response. The study reveals both known and unknown relationships within and between individual pathways and their members. Metabolic components of the glucose regulatory system are most frequently affected at the transcriptional level. A new network approach is applied that exposes the hierarchical organisation of the glucose regulatory system. Tps2 and Tsl1, two enzymes involved in trehalose biosynthesis, are predicted to be the most downstream transcriptional components. This prediction is further validated by epistasis analysis of Tps2 double mutants. Taken together, this suggests that changes in perceived glucose levels ultimately lead to a shift in trehalose biosynthesis.
Project description:Integrative analysis and simulations of DNA double-strand break formation reveal cells’ heterogeneity in response to replication stress
Project description:The homologous Ace2 and Swi5 transcription factors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have identical DNA-binding domains, and both are cell cycle regulated. There are common target genes, as well as genes activated only by Ace2 and other genes activated only by Swi5. Keywords: genetic modification RNA was isolated from four strains: wild type, ace2 gene deletion, swi5 gene deletion, and the ace2 swi5 double gene deletion. RNAs from the three mutant strains were compared to wild type RNA in a microarray hybridization experiment.
