Isolation of the Pichia pastoris PYC1 gene encoding pyruvate carboxylase and identification of a suppressor of the pyc phenotype

We have cloned and characterized a gene encoding pyruvate carboxylase from the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Disruption of this gene produced inability to grow in minimal medium with glucose as carbon source and ammonium as nitrogen source. Growth was possible with aspartate or glutamate as nitrogen source. The gene PpPYC1 expressd from its own promoter was able to rescue the phenotype of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants devoid of pyruvate carboxylase.

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