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  • Title: Expression of A mating type genes of Coprinus cinereus in a heterologous basidiomycete host.
    Author: Challen MP, Elliott TJ, Kües U, Casselton LA.
    Journal: Mol Gen Genet; 1993 Nov; 241(3-4):474-8. PubMed ID: 8246902.
    Abstract:
    The A mating factor of Coprinus cinereus determines compatibility in mating by regulating part of a developmental sequence that leads to dikaryon formation. The A genes that trigger development encode two different classes of homeodomain proteins, and for a successful mating, a protein of one class, HD1, must interact with a protein of the other class, HD2. In this report we show that C. cinereus A genes that encode HD2 proteins, a2-1 and b2-1, can elicit A-regulated development in the heterologous host C. bilanatus. Transformation rates were very low, suggesting that the genes were poorly transcribed. The fact that the HD2 genes are functionally expressed implies successful heteromultimeric association of putative DNA-binding proteins coded by the two Coprinus species. This interaction was sufficient to satisfy the need for different A factors in the formation of a fertile C. bilanatus dikaryon, but fertile dikaryons were more readily produced in matings with the a2-1 gene transformants. The C. cinereus A genes, b1-1 and d1-1, which encode HD1 proteins, were either not expressed or their proteins were non-functional in C. bilanatus. These experiments raise some interesting questions regarding HD1-HD2 protein interactions.
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