Table 1 Yeast strains used in this study.

From: Caloric restriction enhances inheritance of wild-type mitochondrial DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Abbreviation

Strain

Nuclear genotype

Mitochondrial genotype

Source

WT

w303a-187

MATa ade2 leu2 his3 ura3 trp1 can1 MHR1

ρ+ ω ens2 Chl321R

8

mhr1-1

FL672C-55R5

MATa leu2 trp1 can1 mhr1-1

ρ+ ω+ ens2 Oli2R

52

WT pVT-mtTomato

w303a-187 pVT100U-mtTomato

MATa ade2 leu2 his3 ura3 trp1 can1 MHR1 pVT100U (mtTomato, URA3)

ρ+ ω ens2 Chl321R

Stock culture

WT ρ+ pVT-mtTomato

YKN1423 pVT100U-mtGFP

MATα leu2 ura3 met3 MHR1

ρ+ ω+ ens2 Oli2R

This study

mhr1-1 pVT-mtTomato

AFS98-4a pVT100U-mtTomato

MATa ade3 leu2 his3 ura3 trp1 can1 ::GPD-HSVTK mhr1-1 pVT100U (mtTomato, URA3)

ρ+

This study

WT ρ0 pVT-mtTomato

w303a-187 ρ0 pVT100U-mtTomato

MATa ade2 leu2 his3 ura3 trp1 can1 pVT100U (mtTomato, URA)

ρ0

Derived from w303a-187 by treatment with ethidium bromide

WT pVT-MHR1

w303a-187 pVT100U-MHR1

MATa ade2 leu2 his3 ura3 trp1 can1 MHR1 pVT100U (MHR1, URA3)

ρ+ ω ens2 Chl321R

This study

WT HS ρ

HSC1

MATα leu2 ura3 met3 MHR1

HS [ori5] ρ mtDNA

12

Δmhr1 HS ρ

HSC 1 Δmhr1

MATα ura3 met3 mhr1

HS [ori5] ρ mtDNA

Stock culture

WT HS ρ pVT-mtGFP

HSC1 pVT100U-mtGFP

MATα leu2 ura3 met3 MHR1 pVT100U (mtGFP, URA3)

HS [ori5] ρ mtDNA

Stock culture

Δmhr1 HS ρ pVT-mtGFP

HSC1 Δmhr1 pVT100U-mtGFP

MATα ura3 met3 mhr1 pVT100U (mtGFP, URA3)

HS [ori5] ρ mtDNA

This study

WT ρ0 pVT-mtGFP

HSC1 ρ0 pVT100U-mtGFP

MATα leu2 ura3 met3 pVT100U (mtGFP, URA3)

0]

Derived from HSC1 by treatment with ethidium bromide

WT HS ρ pVT-MHR1

HSC1 pVT100U-MHR1

MATα leu2 ura3 met3 MHR1 pVT100U (MHR1, URA3)

HS [ori5] ρ mtDNA

This study

WT HS ρ pVT-MHR1 pVT-mtGFP

HSC1 pVT100U-MHR1 pVT100L-mtGFP

MATα leu2 ura3 met3 MHR1 pVT100U (MHR1, URA3) pVT100L (mtGFP, LEU2)

HS [ori5] ρ mtDNA

This study