Distribution of the sulfite resistance gene SSU1-R and the variation in its promoter region in wine yeasts

Noriyuki Yuasa; Youji Nakagawa; Masayuki Hayakawa; Yuzuru Iimura

doi:10.1016/S1389-1723(04)00303-2

Distribution of the sulfite resistance gene SSU1-R and the variation in its promoter region in wine yeasts

J Biosci Bioeng. 2004;98(5):394-7. doi: 10.1016/S1389-1723(04)00303-2.

Authors

Noriyuki Yuasa¹, Youji Nakagawa, Masayuki Hayakawa, Yuzuru Iimura

Affiliation

¹ Division of Biotechnology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan.

PMID: 16233727
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(04)00303-2

Abstract

The SSU1-R gene provides high sulfite resistance to the wine yeast Y9-16B. In this study, we examined the distribution of this gene in 61 wine yeasts and 4 laboratory yeasts. We also analyzed the number of repeats of a 76-bp promoter sequence and its relationship to sulfite resistance. We found that the SSU1-R gene was present in 31 of the 61 wine yeasts. Furthermore, we found that the number of repeats in the promoter region of SSU1-R varied from two to six. Using RsaI, which cuts only once in the repeat, we suggested that the repeats all consisted of the 76-bp sequence. Finally, we found that there was a complex relationship between the number of repeats and sulfite resistance.