FGSC #7342

Mutant Type

Genus: N

reporting_genes: T(IR;IIR)4637 al-1;pan-1;het-I

species: Neurospora crassa

allele: 4637;5531;no#

stock: 495

glasgow:

mutagen:

Depositor: DDP

Link Group:

MT: A

Species No: 10

gene_back:

oppmt: 0

trans:

ref1: Pittenger and Brawner 1961. Genetics 46:1645-1663, https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/46.12.1645

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site:

country:

ksudc_link: https://digital.lib.k-state.edu/item/neurospora-crassa/fgsc-7342

ksudc_link_html: https://digital.lib.k-state.edu/item/neurospora-crassa/fgsc-7342 ↗

Genes

Locus	Cultural Requirements	Link Group	Type
al-1	IR. Right of hom (<1%), arg-6 (<1 to 4%), T(T54M94), and al-2. Left of lys-3 (9%). (797, 808; D.D. Perkins, unpublished data). (482) Carotenoids abnormal. Strains carrying the various alleles differ widely in phenotype, ranging from white (e.g., 4637) and "aurescent" (pigment in peripheral conidia and conidiophores, 34508) to yellow mycelia and conidia (e.g., ALS4 and RES-25). See, for example, reference 1042. Strains carrying alleles ALS-14, RES-6, 34508, and RES-25 contain large amounts of phytoene (99 to 100% of the total neutral carotenoids), suggesting a lesion that affects phytoene dehydrogenase (398, 1039) (see Fig. 9). Strains carrying allele RWT-ylo accumulate zeta carotene and smaller amounts of neurosporene, suggesting a leaky block of the step between these intermediates (1071). It is not known whether phytoene dehydrogenase catalyzes the whole series of dehydrogenations or whether leakiness of this enzyme accounts for the different mutant phenotypes. For complementation tests, see references 500, 1039, and 1041. Fine-structure mapping (500, 1042). Translocation T(4637), inseparable from al-1, was the first albino mutation and one of the first chromosome rearrangements in Neurospora to be identified and studied (656). Allele 34508 called aur: aurescent.	IR	B
T(IR;IIR)4637	Translocation		B
pan-1	IVR. Between ad-6 (1 to 2%) and cot-1 (2 to 3%) (633, 692, PB). (482). cel, col-1, int, pho-3, and thi-5 all appear to be closely linked in this crowded region. Requires intact pantothenic acid for growth under standard conditions. Able to synthesize both precursors, beta-alanine and pantoyl lactone (1058). Ability to synthesize pantothenic acid from beta-alanine plus pantoyl lactone is demonstrable in vitro but not in vivo unless cultures are aerated (1111, 1113, 1114). Unlike pan-2, pan-1 has no effect on ascospore ripening in heterozygous crosses. Called group A. For alleles see reference 138.	IVR	B
het-I	I or II. Linked to T(IR;IIR)4637 al-1(831).Recognized by cessation of growth of forced heterokaryons under certain conditions. het-Inuclei eliminate het-i if initial frequency exceeds 30% het-I. When more than 80% are het-i, growth of a forced heterokaryon can continue without a change of ratio. Called I and i. (831)	I or II	B