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The Role of yArsA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during growth in the presence of hydrogen peroxide

The E. coli ArsA is involved in arsenic detoxification but the role of yArsA (ArsA homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, encoded by YDL100C ORF) in yeast is still undefined. Disruption of YDL100C ORF is not lethal. To study the role of yArsA in oxidative tolerance, wild type and knock out strain were grown in presence or absence of 1 mM H2O2 and assayed the expression of anti-oxidation machanisms . The results show that molecular oxidation is higher and catalase activity is lower in KO compared with WT. It suggests that increased ROS and decreased catalase activity are the cause of cell death. Further analysis of the expression of ROS defense mechanisms by RT-PCR show that there is no significant difference in TRR1, GSH1, and SOD1 expression in WT and KO grown in presence of 1 mM H2O2 but the CTT1, TPS1, NTH1 expression in KO are less than WT grown under oxidative stress. GSH contents is consistent with the result of RT-PCR, and trehalose contents is higher in KO strain under oxidative stress. Loss of catalase activity and decreased efficiency of degrading trehalose suggest that the deficiency in activation of general stress response in KO when grown in the presence of H2O2. Therefore, yArsA would be involved in expressing the general stress response in oxidative tolerance.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0816106-190738
Date16 August 2006
CreatorsWu, Cyuan-jhe
ContributorsMing-hong Tai, Ching-mei Hsu, Jong-kang Liu
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0816106-190738
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