scholarly journals Vid24p, a Novel Protein Localized to the Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase–containing Vesicles, Regulates Targeting of Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from the Vesicles to the Vacuole for Degradation

1998 ◽  
Vol 140 (6) ◽  
pp. 1347-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-Chieh Chiang ◽  
Hui-Ling Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Degradation Pathway ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphatase ◽  
Peripheral Membrane Protein ◽  
Gluconeogenic Enzyme ◽  
Novel Protein

Glucose regulates the degradation of the key gluconeogenic enzyme, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FBPase is targeted from the cytosol to a novel type of vesicle, and then to the vacuole for degradation when yeast cells are transferred from medium containing poor carbon sources to fresh glucose. To identify proteins involved in the FBPase degradation pathway, we cloned our first VID (vacuolar import and degradation) gene. The VID24 gene was identified by complementation of the FBPase degradation defect of the vid24-1 mutant. Vid24p is a novel protein of 41 kD and is synthesized in response to glucose. Vid24p is localized to the FBPase-containing vesicles as a peripheral membrane protein. In the absence of functional Vid24p, FBPase accumulates in the vesicles and fails to move to the vacuole, suggesting that Vid24p regulates FBPase targeting from the vesicles to the vacuole. FBPase sequestration into the vesicles is not affected in the vid24-1 mutant, indicating that Vid24p acts after FBPase sequestration into the vesicles has occurred. Vid24p is the first protein identified that marks the FBPase-containing vesicles and plays a critical role in delivering FBPase from the vesicles to the vacuole for degradation.

The Cloning and Mapping of ADR6, a Gene Required for Sporulation and for Expression of the Alcohol Dehydrogenase II Isozyme From Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-540
Author(s):  
Aileen K W Taguchi ◽  
Elton T Young
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Single Gene ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Transcription Unit ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Recessive Mutation ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Upstream Activating Sequence ◽  
A Site

ABSTRACT The alcohol dehydrogenase II (ADH2) gene of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is not transcribed during growth on fermentable carbon sources such as glucose. Growth of yeast cells in a medium containing only nonfermentable carbon sources leads to a marked increase or derepression of ADH2 expression. The recessive mutation, adr6-1, leads to an inability to fully derepress ADH2 expression and to an inability to sporulate. The ADR6 gene product appears to act directly or indirectly on ADH2 sequences 3' to or including the presumptive TATAA box. The upstream activating sequence (UAS) located 5' to the TATAA box is not required for the Adr6- phenotype. Here, we describe the isolation of a recombinant plasmid containing the wild-type ADR6 gene. ADR6 codes for a 4.4-kb RNA which is present during growth both on glucose and on nonfermentable carbon sources. Disruption of the ADR6 transcription unit led to viable cells with decreased ADHII activity and an inability to sporulate. This indicates that both phenotypes result from mutations within a single gene and that the adr6-1 allele was representative of mutations at this locus. The ADR6 gene mapped to the left arm of chromosome XVI at a site 18 centimorgans from the centromere.

scholarly journals Linkage between Carbon Metabolism, Redox Status and Cellular Physiology in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Devoid of SOD1 or SOD2 Gene

Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Maslanka ◽  
Renata Zadrag-Tecza ◽  
Magdalena Kwolek-Mirek
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Carbon Metabolism ◽  
Redox Homeostasis ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Pyridine Nucleotide ◽  
Redox Status ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Cellular Physiology ◽  
Respiratory Conditions

Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells may generate energy both by fermentation and aerobic respiration, which are dependent on the type and availability of carbon sources. Cells adapt to changes in nutrient availability, which entails the specific costs and benefits of different types of metabolism but also may cause alteration in redox homeostasis, both by changes in reactive oxygen species (ROS) and in cellular reductant molecules contents. In this study, yeast cells devoid of the SOD1 or SOD2 gene and fermentative or respiratory conditions were used to unravel the connection between the type of metabolism and redox status of cells and also how this affects selected parameters of cellular physiology. The performed analysis provides an argument that the source of ROS depends on the type of metabolism and non-mitochondrial sources are an important pool of ROS in yeast cells, especially under fermentative metabolism. There is a strict interconnection between carbon metabolism and redox status, which in turn has an influence on the physiological efficiency of the cells. Furthermore, pyridine nucleotide cofactors play an important role in these relationships.

scholarly journals The Gluconeogenic Enzyme Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Is Dispensable for Growth of the Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica in Gluconeogenic Substrates

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1742-1749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Jardón ◽  
Carlos Gancedo ◽  
Carmen-Lisset Flores
Keyword(s):  
Yarrowia Lipolytica ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Isocitrate Lyase ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphatase ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Key Enzyme ◽  
Gluconeogenic Enzyme ◽  
Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphate

ABSTRACT The genes encoding gluconeogenic enzymes in the nonconventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica were found to be differentially regulated. The expression of Y. lipolytica FBP1 (YlFBP1) encoding the key enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase was not repressed by glucose in contrast with the situation in other yeasts; however, this sugar markedly repressed the expression of YlPCK1, encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, and YlICL1, encoding isocitrate lyase. We constructed Y. lipolytica strains with two different disrupted versions of YlFBP1 and found that they grew much slower than the wild type in gluconeogenic carbon sources but that growth was not abolished as happens in most microorganisms. We attribute this growth to the existence of an alternative phosphatase with a high Km (2.3 mM) for fructose-1,6-bisphosphate. The gene YlFBP1 restored fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity and growth in gluconeogenic carbon sources to a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fbp1 mutant, but the introduction of the FBP1 gene from S. cerevisiae in the Ylfbp1 mutant did not produce fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity or growth complementation. Subcellular fractionation revealed the presence of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase both in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus.

Regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and pyruvate kinase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in the presence of glycolytic and gluconeogenic carbon sources and the role of mitochondrial function on gluconeogenesis

1986 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 969-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert J. Wilson ◽  
J. K. Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Pyruvate Kinase ◽  
Growth Medium ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Absolute Requirement ◽  
Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphatase ◽  
Futile Cycling ◽  
Respiratory Deficient

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCKase) and pyruvate kinase (PKase) were measured in Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in the presence of glycolytic and gluconeogenic carbon sources. The PEPCKase activity was highest in ethanol-grown cells. However, high PEPCKase activity was also observed in cells grown in 1% glucose, especially as compared with the activity of sucrose-, maltose-, or galactose-grown cells. Activity was first detected after 12 h when glucose was exhausted from the growth medium. The PKase activity was very high in glucose-grown cells; considerable activity was also present in ethanol- and pyruvate-grown cells. The absolute requirement of respiration for gluconeogenesis was demonstrated by the absence or significantly low levels of PEPCKase and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase activities observed in respiratory deficient mutants, as well as in wild-type S. cerevisiae cells grown in the presence of glucose and antimycin A or chloramphenicol. Obligate glycolytic and gluconeogenic enzymes were present sumultaneously only in stationary phase cells, but not in exponential phase cells; hence futile cycling could not occur in log phase cells regardless of the presence of carbon source in the growth medium.

scholarly journals The Unstable F-box Protein p58-Ctf13 Forms the Structural Core of the CBF3 Kinetochore Complex

1999 ◽  
Vol 145 (5) ◽  
pp. 933-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain D. Russell ◽  
Adam S. Grancell ◽  
Peter K. Sorger
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Functional Properties ◽  
Chromosome Segregation ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Degradation Pathway ◽  
The Other ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Centromeric Dna ◽  
Structural And Functional Properties ◽  
F Box Protein

Kinetochores are smaller and more accessible experimentally in budding yeast than in any other eukaryote. Believing that simple and complex kinetochores have important structural and functional properties in common, we characterized the structure of CBF3, the essential centromere-binding complex that initiates kinetochore formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We find that the four subunits of CBF3 are multimeric in solution: p23Skp1 and p58Ctf13 form a heterodimer, and p64Cep3 and p110Ndc10 form homodimers. Subcomplexes involving p58 and each of the other CBF3 subunits can assemble in the absence of centromeric DNA. In these subcomplexes, p58 appears to function as a structural core mediating stable interactions among other CBF3 proteins. p58 has a short half-life in yeast, being subject to ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis, but we find that it is much more stable following association with p64. We propose that p23Skp1-p58-p64 complexes constitute the primary pool of active p58 in yeast cells. These complexes can either dissociate, reexposing p58 to the degradation pathway, or can bind to p110 and centromeric DNA, forming a functional CBF3 complex in which p58 is fully protected from degradation. This pathway may constitute an editing mechanism preventing the formation of ectopic kinetochores and ensuring the fidelity of chromosome segregation.

scholarly journals A common bacterial metabolite elicits prion-based bypass of glucose repression

eLife ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M Garcia ◽  
David Dietrich ◽  
Jon Clardy ◽  
Daniel F Jarosz
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Glucose Metabolism ◽  
Carbon Source ◽  
Glucose Repression ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Genetic Element ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
The Common

Robust preference for fermentative glucose metabolism has motivated domestication of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This program can be circumvented by a protein-based genetic element, the [GAR+] prion, permitting simultaneous metabolism of glucose and other carbon sources. Diverse bacteria can elicit yeast cells to acquire [GAR+], although the molecular details of this interaction remain unknown. Here we identify the common bacterial metabolite lactic acid as a strong [GAR+] inducer. Transient exposure to lactic acid caused yeast cells to heritably circumvent glucose repression. This trait had the defining genetic properties of [GAR+], and did not require utilization of lactic acid as a carbon source. Lactic acid also induced [GAR+]-like epigenetic states in fungi that diverged from S. cerevisiae ~200 million years ago, and in which glucose repression evolved independently. To our knowledge, this is the first study to uncover a bacterial metabolite with the capacity to potently induce a prion.

Transcriptional derepression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae HSP26 gene during heat shock

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 6362-6373
Author(s):  
R E Susek ◽  
S Lindquist
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Heat Shock ◽  
Transcriptional Control ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Constitutive Expression ◽  
Small Heat Shock Protein ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Heat Shock Gene ◽  
General Mechanism ◽  
Regulatory Sequences

hsp26, the small heat shock protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, accumulates in response to heat and other types of stress. It also accumulates during the normal course of development, as cells enter stationary phase growth or begin to sporulate (S. Kurtz, J. Rossi, L. Petko, and S. Lindquist, Science 231:1154-1157, 1986). Analysis of deletion and insertion mutations demonstrated that transcriptional control plays a critical role in regulating HSP26 expression. The HSP26 promoter was found to be complex and appears to contain repressing elements as well as activating elements. Several upstream deletion mutations resulted in strong constitutive expression of HSP26. Furthermore, upstream sequences from the HSP26 gene repressed the constitutive expression of a heterologous heat shock gene. We propose that basal repression and heat-induced depression of transcription play major roles in regulating the expression of HSP26. None of the recombinant constructs that we analyzed separated cis-regulatory sequences responsible for heat shock regulation from those responsible for developmental regulation of HSP26. Depression of HSP26 transcription may be the general mechanism of HSP26 induction in yeast cells. This regulatory scheme is very different from that described for the regulation of most other heat shock genes.

scholarly journals GAL11 protein, an auxiliary transcription activator for genes encoding galactose-metabolizing enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 4991-4999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Suzuki ◽  
Y Nogi ◽  
A Abe ◽  
T Fukasawa
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Alpha Helix ◽  
Normal Function ◽  
Hybridization Experiment ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Predicted Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Transcription Activator ◽  
Galactose Utilization

Normal function of the GAL11 gene is required for maximum production of the enzymes encoded by GAL1, GAL7, and GAL10 (collectively termed GAL1,7,10) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Strains bearing a gal11 mutation synthesize these enzymes at 10 to 30% of the wild-type level in the induced state. In a DNA-RNA hybridization experiment, the gal11 effect was shown to be exerted at the transcription level. Yeast cells bearing the gal11 mutation were shown to grow on glycerol plus lactate more slowly than the wild type. We isolated recombinant plasmids carrying the GAL11 gene by complementation of the gal11 mutation. When the GAL11 locus was disrupted by insertion of the URA3 gene, the resulting yeast cells (gal11::URA3) exhibited phenotypes almost identical to those of the gal11 strains, with respect to both galactose utilization and growth on nonfermentable carbon sources. Deficiency of Gal4, the major transcription activator for GAL1,7,10, was epistatic over the gal11 defect. The Gal11 deficiency lowered the expression of GAL2 but not that of MEL1 or GAL80; expression of these genes is also known to be dependent on GAL4 function. We determined the nucleotide sequence of GAL11, which is predicted to encode a 107-kilodalton protein with stretches of polyglutamine and poly(glutamine-alanine). An alpha-helix-beta-turn-alpha-helix structure was found in a distal part of the predicted amino acid sequence. A possible role of the GAL11 product in the regulation of galactose-inducible genes is discussed.

scholarly journals The SPA2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is important for pheromone-induced morphogenesis and efficient mating.

1990 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 1451-1464 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Gehrung ◽  
M Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Coiled Coil ◽  
Large Deletion ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Mating Pheromone ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Distinct Cell ◽  
Polarized Cell Growth ◽  
Mutant Cells

Upon exposure to mating pheromone, Saccharomyces cerevisiae undergoes cellular differentiation to form a morphologically distinct cell called a "shmoo". Double staining experiments revealed that both the SPA2 protein and actin localize to the shmoo tip which is the site of polarized cell growth. Actin concentrates as spots throughout the shmoo projection, while SPA2 localizes as a sharp patch at the shmoo tip. DNA sequence analysis of the SPA2 gene revealed an open reading frame 1,466 codons in length; the predicted protein sequence contains many internal repeats including a nine amino acid sequence that is imperfectly repeated 25 times. Portions of the SPA2 sequence exhibit a low-level similarity to proteins containing coiled-coil structures. Yeast cells containing a large deletion of the SPA2 gene are similar in growth rate to wild-type cells. However, spa2 mutant cells are impaired in their ability to form shmoos upon exposure to mating pheromone, and they do not mate efficiently with other spa2 mutant cells. Thus, we suggest that the SPA2 protein plays a critical role in cellular morphogenesis during mating, perhaps as a cytoskeletal protein.

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