scholarly journals Exploratory polarization facilitates mating partner selection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1048-1063
Author(s):  
Manuella R. Clark-Cotton ◽  
Nicholas T. Henderson ◽  
Michael Pablo ◽  
Debraj Ghose ◽  
Timothy C. Elston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Budding Yeast ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Mating Partner ◽  
Single Mating ◽  
Crowded Environments

Budding yeast use pheromones to select a single mating partner in crowded environments. This article shows that cells assemble mobile polarity sites that both sense and secrete pheromone, enabling a search strategy whereby encounters between the polarity sites of partner cells trigger commitment.

scholarly journals Exploratory polarization facilitates mating partner selection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuella R. Clark-Cotton ◽  
Nicholas T. Henderson ◽  
Michael Pablo ◽  
Debraj Ghose ◽  
Timothy C. Elston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
G Proteins ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Exploratory Search ◽  
Mating Partner ◽  
Crowded Environments

AbstractYeast decode pheromone gradients to locate mating partners, providing a model for chemotropism. How yeast polarize toward a single partner in crowded environments is unclear. Initially, cells often polarize in unproductive directions, but then they relocate the polarity site until two partners’ polarity sites align, whereupon the cells “commit” to each other by stabilizing polarity to promote fusion. Here we address the role of the early mobile polarity sites. We found that commitment by either partner failed if just one partner was defective in generating, orienting, or stabilizing its mobile polarity sites. Mobile polarity sites were enriched for pheromone receptors and G proteins, and we suggest that such sites engage in an exploratory search of the local pheromone landscape, stabilizing only when they detect elevated pheromone levels. Mobile polarity sites were also enriched for pheromone secretion factors, and simulations suggest that only focal secretion at polarity sites would produce high pheromone concentrations at the partner’s polarity site, triggering commitment.

scholarly journals Filamentous growth of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae induced by overexpression of the WHI2 gene

Microbiology ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 143 (6) ◽  
pp. 1867-1876 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Radcliffe ◽  
K. M. Binley ◽  
J. Trevethick ◽  
M. Hall ◽  
P. E. Sudbery
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Budding Yeast ◽  
Filamentous Growth ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Biotransformation of organic selenium compounds in budding yeast,Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Metallomics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1257-1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasumitsu Ogra ◽  
Maya Shimizu ◽  
Kazuaki Takahashi ◽  
Yasumi Anan
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Budding Yeast ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Selenium Compounds ◽  
Organic Selenium ◽  
Selenoamino Acids

Organic selenium metabolites of plants and animals such as selenoamino acids and selenosugars are metabolized to selenomethionine in yeast.

DNA Sequence Analysis of Spontaneous Mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. 1491-1505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard A Kunz ◽  
Karthikeyan Ramachandran ◽  
Edward J Vonarx
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Sequence Analysis ◽  
Dna Sequencing ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Budding Yeast ◽  
Spontaneous Mutation ◽  
Dna Sequence Analysis ◽  
Mutation Rates ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Spontaneous Mutagenesis

AbstractTo help elucidate the mechanisms involved in spontaneous mutagenesis, DNA sequencing has been applied to characterize the types of mutation whose rates are increased or decreased in mutator or antimutator strains, respectively. Increased spontaneous mutation rates point to malfunctions in genes that normally act to reduce spontaneous mutation, whereas decreased rates are associated with defects in genes whose products are necessary for spontaneous mutagenesis. In this article, we survey and discuss the mutational specificities conferred by mutator and antimutator genes in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The implications of selected aspects of the data are considered with respect to the mechanisms of spontaneous mutagenesis.

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