Extragenic suppressors Genetic pathway analysis Reading lecture notes Informational suppressors allele specific gene nonspecific Bypass suppressors parallel pathways allele nonspecific gene specific Bypass suppressors same pathway allele nonspecific gene specific Interaction suppressors allele specific gene specific Bypass suppressor in parallel pathway Bypass suppressors allele nonspecific gene specific A Suppressors can be mutations in a 1 Parallel pathway A A 2 Same pathway Gain of function mutations in CYC1 are bypass suppressors of loss of function CYC7 mutants CYC7 cytochrome c CYC1 cytochrome c Insertion of the transposable element Ty1 in the CYC1 gene causes increased expression X CYC7 CYC1 cytochrome c CYC1 X CYC7 CYC1 cyc7 mutant Ty1 cytochrome c cyc1 mutant 1 Bypass suppressors can be in distinct process Maltose permease maltose lactose maltose lactose Maltose maltose permease lactose X Lactose permease Lactose permease Two types of regulation lactose Maltose maltose permease X Bypass suppressors that are in the same pathway are referred to as epistatic suppressors maltose Lactose permease mutant Positive Negative maltose Bypass suppression in negative regulatory step We can use epistatic suppressors to order genes e g ced apoptosis genes in C elegans CED 9 CED 3 CED 4 ced 9 lf animals die because of widespread apoptosis ced 3 lf or ced 4 lf all cells than normally die survive ced 9 ced 3 or ced 9 ced 4 double mutants live and all cells that normally die survive Bypass suppression in positive regulatory step Cells that normally survive CED 9 ON CED 3 CED 4 OFF Cells that normally die CED 9 OFF CED 3 CED 4 ON The suppressor must be a gain of function mutation 2 Gain of function mutations can be used to order genes in positive regulatory pathway Since loss of function mutations in ced 3 and ced 4 result in a loss of apoptosis can t order genes with these mutations But can artificially create gain of function ced 3 or ced 4 by overexpressing proteins in specific cells Can now ask whether CED 3 activates CED 4 or CED 4 activates CED 3 CED 3 mec 7 promoter mec 7 coding mec 7 promoter ced 3 coding mec 7 promoter ced 4 coding High levels of either CED 3 or CED 4 causes the ALM neurons to die The ALMs die when ced 3 is overexpressed from the mec 4 promoter in a ced 4 background ced 4 mutant X ced 3 survival ced 4 ced 3 apoptosis ced 4 CED 4 mec 7 ced 3 OR CED 4 MEC 7 is a tubulin expressed in subset of mechanosensory neurons e g ALM neurons Use mec 7 promoter to express ced cDNAs CED 3 mec 7 ced 3 ced 4 mutant X ced 4 The ALMs survive when ced 4 is overexpressed from the mec 4 promoter in a ced 3 background ced 3 mutant ced 4 ced 3 X survival ced 3 apoptosis ced 3 apoptosis Model from epistasis Cells that normally survive CED 9 ON CED 4 OFF CED 3 OFF mec 7 ced 4 ced 4 Cells that normally die mec 7 ced 4 ced 3 mutant ced 4 X ced 3 survival CED 9 OFF CED 4 ON CED 3 ON 3 CED 9 protein tethers CED 4 to the mitochondrial membrane When the apoptotic pathway is activated CED 4 protein moves to the nuclear membrane Note that all of the bypass suppressors whether in parallel or the same pathway are predicted to be allele nonspecific Check out other examples in lecture notes Genetic analysis can be used to order genes Genetic pathway e g ced 3 will suppress any loss of function allele of ced 9 Note also that all of the bypass suppressors whether in parallel or the same pathway are predicted to be gene specific X A xol 1 sdcs her 1 tra 2 fems tra 1 egl 1 sex determination pathway ced 9 ced 4 ced 3 cell death pathway In hermaphrodites XX xol 1 sdcs her 1 tra 2 fems tra 1 egl 1 ced 9 ced 4 ced 3 HSN lives her 1 tra 2 fems tra 1 egl 1 ced 9 ced 4 ced 3 HSN dies In males e g ced 3 will suppress ced 9 alleles but not mutant alleles of other genes for example those involved in muscle function Interaction suppressors Allele specific gene specific XO xol 1 sdcs The suppression of a mutant allele and its suppressor is reciprocal The Model Protein A Protein B Protein A Protein B act1ts act1ts wild type phenotype mutant phenotype Grow at nonpermissive temperature Isolated sac mutants Protein A Protein B Protein A Protein B act1ts act1ts sac6 grow wild type phenotype suppressed mutant phenotype mutagen 4 The suppression of the act1 and sac 6 alleles is reciprocal a real example Act1p Sac6p Act1 p Extragenic suppressors Sac6p Informational suppressors allele specific gene nonspecific wild type phenotype Act1 p Sac6 p wild type phenotype suppressed mutant phenotype Act1p Sac6 p Bypass suppressors parallel pathways allele nonspecific gene specific Bypass suppressors same pathway allele nonspecific gene specific Interaction suppressors allele specific gene specific mutant phenotype 5
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