Metabolism of sulfur amino acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1997 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-532
Author(s):  
D Thomas ◽  
Y Surdin-Kerjan
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Functional Organization ◽  
Transcription Activation ◽  
Organic Sulfur ◽  
Nutritional Requirement ◽  
Sulfur Amino Acid ◽  
Inhibitory Region

Sulfur amino acid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae involves a large number of enzymes required for the de novo biosynthesis of methionine and cysteine and the recycling of organic sulfur metabolites. This review summarizes the details of these processes and analyzes the molecular data which have been acquired in this metabolic area. Sulfur biochemistry appears not to be unique through terrestrial life, and S. cerevisiae is one of the species of sulfate-assimilatory organisms possessing a larger set of enzymes for sulfur metabolism. The review also deals with several enzyme deficiencies that lead to a nutritional requirement for organic sulfur, although they do not correspond to defects within the biosynthetic pathway. In S. cerevisiae, the sulfur amino acid biosynthetic pathway is tightly controlled: in response to an increase in the amount of intracellular S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), transcription of the coregulated genes is turned off. The second part of the review is devoted to the molecular mechanisms underlying this regulation. The coordinated response to AdoMet requires two cis-acting promoter elements. One centers on the sequence TCACGTG, which also constitutes a component of all S. cerevisiae centromeres. Situated upstream of the sulfur genes, this element is the binding site of a transcription activation complex consisting of a basic helix-loop-helix factor, Cbf1p, and two basic leucine zipper factors, Met4p and Met28p. Molecular studies have unraveled the specific functions for each subunit of the Cbf1p-Met4p-Met28p complex as well as the modalities of its assembly on the DNA. The Cbf1p-Met4p-Met28p complex contains only one transcription activation module, the Met4p subunit. Detailed mutational analysis of Met4p has elucidated its functional organization. In addition to its activation and bZIP domains, Met4p contains two regulatory domains, called the inhibitory region and the auxiliary domain. When the level of intracellular AdoMet increases, the transcription activation function of Met4 is prevented by Met30p, which binds to the Met4 inhibitory region. In addition to the Cbf1p-Met4p-Met28p complex, transcriptional regulation involves two zinc finger-containing proteins, Met31p and Met32p. The AdoMet-mediated control of the sulfur amino acid pathway illustrates the molecular strategies used by eucaryotic cells to couple gene expression to metabolic changes.

scholarly journals A Peroxisomal Glutathione Transferase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Functionally Related to Sulfur Amino Acid Metabolism

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1748-1759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Barreto ◽  
Ana Garcerá ◽  
Kristina Jansson ◽  
Per Sunnerhagen ◽  
Enrique Herrero
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Metabolism ◽  
Redox Regulation ◽  
Acid Metabolism ◽  
Glutathione Transferase ◽  
Reduced Glutathione ◽  
Glutathione Transferases ◽  
Sulfur Amino Acid ◽  
Altered Expression

ABSTRACT Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells contain three omega-class glutathione transferases with glutaredoxin activity (Gto1, Gto2, and Gto3), in addition to two glutathione transferases (Gtt1 and Gtt2) not classifiable into standard classes. Gto1 is located at the peroxisomes, where it is targeted through a PTS1-type sequence, whereas Gto2 and Gto3 are in the cytosol. Among the GTO genes, GTO2 shows the strongest induction of expression by agents such as diamide, 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, tert-butyl hydroperoxide or cadmium, in a manner that is dependent on transcriptional factors Yap1 and/or Msn2/4. Diamide and 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (causing depletion of reduced glutathione) also induce expression of GTO1 over basal levels. Phenotypic analyses with single and multiple mutants in the S. cerevisiae glutathione transferase genes show that, in the absence of Gto1 and the two Gtt proteins, cells display increased sensitivity to cadmium. A gto1-null mutant also shows growth defects on oleic acid-based medium, which is indicative of abnormal peroxisomal functions, and altered expression of genes related to sulfur amino acid metabolism. As a consequence, growth of the gto1 mutant is delayed in growth medium without lysine, serine, or threonine, and the mutant cells have low levels of reduced glutathione. The role of Gto1 at the S. cerevisiae peroxisomes could be related to the redox regulation of the Str3 cystathionine β-lyase protein. This protein is also located at the peroxisomes in S. cerevisiae, where it is involved in transulfuration of cysteine into homocysteine, and requires a conserved cysteine residue for its biological activity.

scholarly journals Combining Genome-Wide Gene Expression Analysis (RNA-seq) and a Gene Editing Platform (CRISPR-Cas9) to Uncover the Selectively Pro-oxidant Activity of Aurone Compounds Against Candida albicans

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatmah M. Alqahtani ◽  
Scott T. Handy ◽  
Caleb L. Sutton ◽  
Mary B. Farone
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Ion Homeostasis ◽  
Bloodstream Infections ◽  
Antifungal Drugs ◽  
Transcriptional Analysis ◽  
Sulfur Amino Acid ◽  
Genome Wide

Candida albicans is the major fungal cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections worldwide with a 40% mortality rate. The scarcity of antifungal treatments due to the eukaryotic origin of fungal cells has challenged the development of selectively antifungal drugs. In an attempt to identify novel antifungal agents, aurones SH1009 and SH9051, as synthetically bioactive compounds, have been recently documented as anti-Candida agents. Since the molecular mechanisms behind the inhibitory activities of these aurones in C. albicans are unclear, this study aimed to determine the comprehensive cellular processes affected by these aurones and their molecular targets. Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of SH1009- and SH9051-treated C. albicans revealed uniquely repressed expression in different metabolic pathways, particularly trehalose and sulfur amino acid metabolic processes for SH1009 and SH9051, respectively. In contrast, the most commonly enriched process for both aurones was the up-regulation of RNA processing and ribosomal cleavages as an indicator of high oxidative stress, suggesting that a common aspect in the chemical structure of both aurones led to pro-oxidative properties. Additionally, uniquely induced responses (iron ion homeostasis for SH1009 and arginine biosynthesis for SH9051) garnered attention on key roles for the aurone functional groups. Deletion of the transcription factor for the trehalose biosynthesis pathway, Tye7p, resulted in an SH1009-resistant mutant, which also exhibited low trehalose content, validating the primary molecular target of SH1009. Aurone SH9051 uniquely simulated an exogenous supply of methionine or cysteine, leading to sulfur amino acid catabolism as evidenced by quantifying an overproduction of sulfite. Phenyl aurone, the common structure of aurones, contributed proportionally in the pro-oxidative activity through ferric ion reduction effects leading to high ROS levels. Our results determined selective and novel molecular mechanisms for aurone SH1009 and also elucidated the diverse cellular effects of different aurones based on functional groups.

scholarly journals Production of benzylglucosinolate by engineering and optimizing the biosynthetic pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuiwei Wang ◽  
Christoph Crocoll ◽  
Christina Spuur Nødvig ◽  
Uffe Hasbro Mortensen ◽  
Sidsel Ettrup Clemmensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Defense Compounds ◽  
Aps Kinase ◽  
Genome Integration ◽  
Enhanced Expression ◽  
Health Promoting

AbstractGlucosinolates are amino acid-derived defense compounds characteristic of the Brassicales order. Benzylglucosinolate (BGLS) derived from phenylalanine is associated with health-promoting effects, which has primed a desire to produce BGLS in microorganisms for a stable and rich source. In this study, we engineered the BGLS production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by either stably integrating the biosynthetic genes into the genome or introducing them from plasmids. A comparison of the two approaches exhibited a significantly higher level of BGLS production (9.3-fold) by expression of the genes from genome than from plasmids. Towards optimization of BGLS production from genes stably integrated into the genome, we enhanced expression of the entry point enzymes CYP79A2 and CYP83B1 resulting in a 2-fold increase in BGLS production, but also a 4.8-fold increase in the biosynthesis of the last intermediate desulfo-benzylglucosinolate (dsBGLS). To alleviate the metabolic bottleneck in the last step converting dsBGLS to BGLS by 3’-phosphoadenosine-5’-phosphosulfate (PAPS)-dependent sulfotransferase, SOT16, we first obtained an increased BGLS production by 1.7-fold when overexpressing SOT16. Next, we introduced APS kinase APK1 of Arabidopsis thaliana for efficient PAPS regeneration, which improved the level of BGLS production by 1.7-fold. Our work shows an optimized production of BGLS in S. cerevisiae and the effect of different approaches for engineering the biosynthetic pathway (plasmid expression and genome integration) on the production level of BGLS.

Biological Processing of Pea Grain and Secondary Starch Raw Materials to Produce Food and Feed Protein Concentrates

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
V.V. Kolpakova ◽  
R.V. Ulanova ◽  
L.V. Chumikina ◽  
V.V. Bessonov
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Geotrichum Candidum ◽  
Protein Concentrate ◽  
Protein Concentrates ◽  
Pea Flour ◽  
Nitrogenous Substances

The goal of the study was to develop a biotechnological process for the production of protein concentrates via bioconversion of pea flour and whey, a secondary product of starch manufacture. Standard and special methods were used to analyze the chemical and biochemical composition of protein concentrates (amino acid, carbohydrate, and fractional) of flour, whey and protein concentrates. It was established that pea flour contains 52.28-57.05% water-soluble nitrogenous substances, 23.04-25.50% salt-soluble, 2.94-4.69% alcohol-soluble compounds, 0-0.61% of soluble glutenine, 6.67-10.40% alkali-soluble glutenine and 5.96-10.86% insoluble sclerotic substances. A mathematical model and optimal parameters of the enzymatic extraction of pea protein with a yield of 65-70% were developed. Ultrasonic exposure increased the yield of nitrogenous substances by 23.16 ± 0.69%, compared with the control without ultrasound. The protein concentrate had a mass fraction of nitrogenous substances of 72.48 ± 0.41% (Nx6.25) and a complete amino acid composition. The microbial conversion by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae 121 and Geotrichum candidum 977 cultures of starch whey which remained after protein precipitation allowed us to obtain feed concentrates from biomass and culture liquid with a protein mass fraction of 61.68-70.48% (Nx6.25). Protein concentrates positively affected the vital signs of rats and their excretory products. A technological scheme was developed to test the complex pea grain and starch whey processing under pilot conditions. pea, protein concentrate, extracts, whey, bioconversion, Geotrichum candidum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, chemical composition, amino acid composition

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