scholarly journals The Gap1 general amino acid permease acts as an amino acid sensor for activation of protein kinase A targets in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 911-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica C. V. Donaton ◽  
Inge Holsbeeks ◽  
Ole Lagatie ◽  
Griet Van Zeebroeck ◽  
Marion Crauwels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Amino Acid Permease ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
General Amino Acid Permease ◽  
Amino Acid Sensor ◽  
Kinase A

Nutrient sensing systems for rapid activation of the protein kinase A pathway in yeast

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Thevelein ◽  
R. Geladé ◽  
I. Holsbeeks ◽  
O. Lagatie ◽  
Y. Popova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Nutrient Sensing ◽  
Amino Acid Permease ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Receptor System ◽  
Pka Pathway ◽  
Rapid Activation ◽  
Kinase A

The cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) pathway in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae controls a variety of properties that depend on the nutrient composition of the medium. High activity of the pathway occurs in the presence of rapidly fermented sugars like glucose or sucrose, but only as long as growth is maintained. Growth arrest of fermenting cells or growth on a respirative carbon source, like glycerol or ethanol, is associated with low activity of the PKA pathway. We have studied how different nutrients trigger rapid activation of the pathway. Glucose and sucrose activate cAMP synthesis through a G-protein-coupled receptor system, consisting of the GPCR Gpr1, the Gα protein Gpa2 and its RGS protein Rgs2. Glucose is also sensed intracellularly through its phosphorylation. Specific mutations in Gpr1 abolish glucose but not sucrose signalling. Activation of the PKA pathway by addition of a nitrogen source or phosphate to nitrogen- or phosphate-starved cells, respectively, is not mediated by an increase in cAMP. Activation by amino acids is triggered by the general amino acid permease Gap1, which functions as a transporter/receptor. Short truncation of the C-terminus results in constitutively activating alleles. Activation by ammonium uses the ammonium permeases Mep1 and Mep2 as receptor. Specific point mutations in Mep2 uncouple signalling from transport. Activation by phosphate is triggered a.o. by the Pho84 phosphate permease. Several mutations in Pho84 separating transport and signalling or triggering constitutive activation have been obtained.

scholarly journals Membrane proteins associated with amino acid transport by yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

1980 ◽  
Vol 192 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Woodward ◽  
H L Kornberg
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Wild Type Strain ◽  
Osmotic Shock ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Amino Acid Permease ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
General Amino Acid Permease ◽  
Wild Type Yeast

Cells of the wild-type yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strain Y185, grown under conditions that de-repress the formation of a general amino acid permease (‘Gap’) system, bind delta-N-chloroacetyl[1-(14)C]ornithine; L- and D-amino acid substrates of the general amino acid permease system protect against this binding. The protein responsible is released from the cells by homogenization or by preparation of protoplasts; it is not released by osmotic shock. This protein is virtually absent from the wild-type strain when it is grown under conditions that repress the general amino acid permease system, and is also absent from a Gap- mutant Y185-His3, selected by its resistance to D-amino acids. This mutant and repressed wild-type cells also fail to form a number of membrane proteins elaborated by de-repressed wild-type cells. It is possible that all these proteins are components of the general amino acid permease system.

scholarly journals Changes in membrane proteins associated with inhibition of the general amino acid permease of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

1981 ◽  
Vol 196 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Woodward ◽  
H L Kornberg
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Amino Acid Permease ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
General Amino Acid Permease ◽  
Wild Type Yeast

The general amino acid permease (‘Gap’) system of the wild-type yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strain Y185 is inhibited by the uptake and accumulation of its substrate amino acids. Surprisingly, this inhibition persists even after ‘pools’ of amino acids, accumulated initially, have returned to normal sizes. Recovery from this inhibition depends on a supply of energy and involves the synthesis of a membrane protein component of the Gap system.

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