Table 2.

Analysis of the Potential Sites for α2–Mcm1-Mediated Repression

ORF Gene bp Sequence mRNA[i] Repression[ii] Activation[iii]
mis = 0
YDR461W MFA1 204TGTAA TTACCCAAAAAGGAAATTTACA a 100×15×
YFL026W STE2 201TGTAAATTTCCTAATTGGGTAAGTACA a  33×28×
YGL032C AGA2 271TGTAATTTCCGAATACGGTAATTACA a 167×51×
YIL015W BAR1 237TGTAATTACCGTAAAAGGAAATTACA a  81×25×
YKL209C STE6 184TGTAATTACCTAATAGGGAAATTTACA a  69×17×
YNL145W MFA2 223TGTATTTACCTATTCGGGAAATTTACA a  43×47×
mis = 1
DPS1 TGTAATTACTGTATTGGGAAATTTACA a 404×7.8×
YJL170C ASG7 205TGTAAATTTCCCGATGCGGTAATTACG a  13×14×
YJL169W ORF 166 a, α, a
YKL188C PXA2 259TGTAATTAACGCCGAAGGAATATACA a, α, a1.3×1.5×
YMR219W ESC1 29TGTAAATTCACCAAGGGGTTAAGTACA a, α, a1.1×1.2×
YMR218CORF191 a, α, a
mis = 2
DPS2 TGTAATTACTTAAATAGGAAGTTTACA a 283×12×
YLR432WORF405TGTTCATTTCTAACTCTGGTTAATTACA a, α, a2.4×0.9×
YGL187C COX4 324TGTATTTTTCAATAAGAGGATTATAACA a, α, a2.8×1.0×
YNL053W MSG5 249TGTACTTTCCAAAAAAGGAAAATGTA a, α, a0.5×22×
YGL075CORF344TGTCATATACCCGTGAAGGCATTTACA a, α, a1.3×0.9×
YJL062WORF162TATAGATATGCTTATACGGATATATACA a, α, a2.3×1.0×
YJR138WORF645TGTACAATACCATCAATGGCTTCTAAA a, α, a2.6×1.4×

[i] mRNA was examined by Northern blot or RT–PCR in the previous studies and this work. (a) The transcript is only present in a cells. a, α, a/α) The RNA was present at the same level in haploid a, α, and diploida/α cells, respectively. The α2–Mcm1 sites that are involved in mating-type switching, DPS1 and DPS2,regulate cell-specific expression of several small transcripts (Szeto et al. 1997).

[ii] The fold repression is measured assaying the level of expression of a CYC1–lacZ reporter plasmid containing the designated α2/Mcm1-binding site and comparing it to the parent vector without the site (212 units) in a MATα strain.

[iii] The fold activation is measured assaying the level of expression of a CYC1–lacZ reporter plasmid with the designated α2/Mcm1-binding site lacking the CYC1 UAS sites and comparing it to the parent vector without the Mcm1 site (0.4 units) in a MAT a strain.