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Exploration of Essential Gene Functions via Titratable Promoter Alleles

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Nearly 20% of yeast genes are required for viability, hindering genetic analysis with knockouts. We created promoter-shutoff strains for over two-thirds of all essential yeast genes and subjected them to morphological analysis, size profiling, drug sensitivity screening, and microarray expression profiling. We then used this compendium of data to ask which phenotypic features characterized different functional classes and used these to infer potential functions for uncharacterized genes. We identified genes involved in ribosome biogenesis (HAS1, URB1, and URB2), protein secretion (SEC39), mitochondrial import (MIM1), and tRNA charging (GSN1). In addition, apparent negative feedback transcriptional regulation of both ribosome biogenesis and the proteasome was observed. We furthermore show that these strains are compatible with automated genetic analysis. This study underscores the importance of analyzing mutant phenotypes and provides a resource to complement the yeast knockout collection.

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Authors
Mnaimneh, S., Davierwala, A. P., Haynes, J., Moffat, J., Peng, W.-T., Zhang, W., Yang, X., Pootoolal, J., Chua, G., Lopez, A., Trochesset, M., Morse, D., Krogan, N. J., Hiley, S. L., Li, Z., Morris, Q., Grigull, J., Mitsakakis, N., Roberts, C. J., Greenblatt, J. F., Boone, C., Kaiser, C. A., Andrews, B. J., & Hughes, T. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Hughes, Timothy R
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-07
Volume
118
Issue
1
Pages
31-44
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1974220691
Cited by
604
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 32
FWCI
14.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Keywords
essential genes, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, gene function prediction, ribosome biogenesis, protein secretion, mitochondrial protein import, aminoacylation, proteasome, mutant phenotypes
MeSH terms
Alleles, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Genes, Fungal, Mitochondria, Models, Genetic, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Ribosomal Proteins, RNA, Transfer, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Transcription, Genetic, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Gene Deletion, Genes, Essential, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Feedback, Physiological, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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