Genetic inactivation of essential HSF1 reveals an isolated transcriptional stress response selectively induced by protein misfolding

Heat Shock Factor 1 (Hsf1) in yeast drives the basal transcription of key proteostasis factors and its activity is induced as part of the core heat shock response. In this study we stringently test the role of Hsf1 under basal and stress conditions using a newly constructed hsf1∆ strain. To assess how cells mount transcriptional stress responses when Hsf1 is inactivated, we performed mRNA-sequencing (mRNA-seq) upon hear shock (HS) or treatment with azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AzC).