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Cyclic AMP-dependent, constitutive thermotolerance in the adenylate cyclase-deficient cr-1 (crisp) mutant of Neurospora crassa. 1988

A K Cruz, and H F Terenzi, and J A Jorge, and H F Terenzi
Departmento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.

We investigated the heat shock response of the adenylate cyclase deficient mutant cr-1 (crisp) of Neurospora crassa. This strain was observed to be much more resistant to a lethal temperature of 50 degrees C than the wild type. This constitutive thermotolerance was absent in cr-1 conidiospores raised on cyclic AMP (cAMP, 2.5 mM) supplemented solid medium, but was partially restored when the conidiospores were germinated at 30 degrees C, a temperature which fails to induce thermotolerance in the wild-type strain. Two other crisp-like Neurospora mutants, cr-2 and cr-3 which, in contrast to cr-1, contain normal levels of cAMP, did not exhibit the thermotolerance phenomenon observed for cr-1. A cr-1, pe, fl (crisp-microconidial) strain also lacked the ability to tolerate a lethal heat treatment. Our results demonstrate that the adenylate cyclase deficient cr-1 mutant of Neurospora crassa expresses a constitutive thermotolerant phenotype as a consequence of its primary genetic defect: low levels of cAMP.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D009491 Neurospora A genus of ascomycetous fungi, family Sordariaceae, order SORDARIALES, comprising bread molds. They are capable of converting tryptophan to nicotinic acid and are used extensively in genetic and enzyme research. (Dorland, 27th ed) Neurosporas
D009492 Neurospora crassa A species of ascomycetous fungi of the family Sordariaceae, order SORDARIALES, much used in biochemical, genetic, and physiologic studies. Chrysonilia crassa
D002872 Chromosome Deletion Actual loss of portion of a chromosome. Monosomy, Partial,Partial Monosomy,Deletion, Chromosome,Deletions, Chromosome,Monosomies, Partial,Partial Monosomies
D005796 Genes A category of nucleic acid sequences that function as units of heredity and which code for the basic instructions for the development, reproduction, and maintenance of organisms. Cistron,Gene,Genetic Materials,Cistrons,Genetic Material,Material, Genetic,Materials, Genetic
D005800 Genes, Fungal The functional hereditary units of FUNGI. Fungal Genes,Fungal Gene,Gene, Fungal
D000242 Cyclic AMP An adenine nucleotide containing one phosphate group which is esterified to both the 3'- and 5'-positions of the sugar moiety. It is a second messenger and a key intracellular regulator, functioning as a mediator of activity for a number of hormones, including epinephrine, glucagon, and ACTH. Adenosine Cyclic 3',5'-Monophosphate,Adenosine Cyclic 3,5 Monophosphate,Adenosine Cyclic Monophosphate,Adenosine Cyclic-3',5'-Monophosphate,Cyclic AMP, (R)-Isomer,Cyclic AMP, Disodium Salt,Cyclic AMP, Monoammonium Salt,Cyclic AMP, Monopotassium Salt,Cyclic AMP, Monosodium Salt,Cyclic AMP, Sodium Salt,3',5'-Monophosphate, Adenosine Cyclic,AMP, Cyclic,Adenosine Cyclic 3',5' Monophosphate,Cyclic 3',5'-Monophosphate, Adenosine,Cyclic Monophosphate, Adenosine,Cyclic-3',5'-Monophosphate, Adenosine,Monophosphate, Adenosine Cyclic
D000262 Adenylyl Cyclases Enzymes of the lyase class that catalyze the formation of CYCLIC AMP and pyrophosphate from ATP. Adenyl Cyclase,Adenylate Cyclase,3',5'-cyclic AMP Synthetase,Adenylyl Cyclase,3',5' cyclic AMP Synthetase,AMP Synthetase, 3',5'-cyclic,Cyclase, Adenyl,Cyclase, Adenylate,Cyclase, Adenylyl,Cyclases, Adenylyl,Synthetase, 3',5'-cyclic AMP
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures

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