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The 2.1-kb inverted repeat DNA sequences flank the mat2,3 silent region in two species of Schizosaccharomyces and are involved in epigenetic silencing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

  1. Author:
    Singh, G.
    War, A. J. S.

  2. Author Address

    NCI, Gene Regulat & Chromosome Biol Lab, POB B, Frederick, MD 21702 USA NCI, Gene Regulat & Chromosome Biol Lab, Frederick, MD 21702 USA War AJS NCI, Gene Regulat & Chromosome Biol Lab, POB B, Frederick, MD 21702 USA
    1. Year: 2002
  2. Journal: Genetics
    1. 162
    2. 2
    3. Pages: 591-602
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    The mat2,3 region of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe exhibits a phenomenon of transcriptional silencing. This region is flanked by two identical DNA sequence elements, 2.1 kb in length, present in inverted orientation: IRL on the left and IRR on the right of the silent region. The repeats do not encode any ORE The inverted repeat DNA region is also present in a newly identified related species, which we named S. kambucha. Interestingly, the left and right repeats share perfect identity within a species, but show similar to2% bases interspecies variation. Deletion of IRL results in variegated expression of markers inserted in the silent region, while deletion of the IRR causes their derepression. When deletions of these repeats were genetically combined with mutations in different trans-acting genes previously shown to cause a partial defect in silencing, only mutations in clr1 and clr3 showed additive defects in silencing with the deletion of IRL. The rate of mat1 switching is also affected by deletion of repeats. The IRL or IRR deletion did not cause significant derepression of the matt or mat3 loci. These results implicate repeats for maintaining full repression of the mat2,3 region, for efficient mat1 switching, and further support the notion that multiple pathways cooperate to silence the mat2,3 domain.

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