Effects of ethanol, octanoic and decanoic acids on fermentation and the passive influx of protons through the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarita Stevens ◽  
Jan-HendrikServaas Hofmeyr
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Passive Influx

scholarly journals Effects of Ethanol and Other Alkanols on Transport of Acetic Acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 665-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Casal ◽  
Helena Cardoso ◽  
Cecília Leão
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Intracellular Concentration ◽  
Simple Diffusion ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Straight Lines ◽  
Passive Influx ◽  
Undissociated Acid

ABSTRACT In glucose-grown cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae IGC 4072, acetic acid enters only by simple diffusion of the undissociated acid. In these cells, ethanol and other alkanols enhanced the passive influx of labelled acetic acid. The influx of the acid followed first-order kinetics with a rate constant that increased exponentially with the alcohol concentration, and an exponential enhancement constant for each alkanol was estimated. The intracellular concentration of labelled acetic acid was also enhanced by alkanols, and the effect increased exponentially with alcohol concentration. Acetic acid is transported across the plasma membrane of acetic acid-, lactic acid-, and ethanol-grown cells by acetate-proton symports. We found that in these cells ethanol and butanol inhibited the transport of labelled acetic acid in a noncompetitive way; the maximum transport velocity decreased with alcohol concentration, while the affinity of the system for acetate was not significantly affected by the alcohol. Semilog plots of V max versus alcohol concentration yielded straight lines with negative slopes from which estimates of the inhibition constant for each alkanol could be obtained. The intracellular concentration of labelled acid was significantly reduced in the presence of ethanol or butanol, and the effect increased with the alcohol concentration. We postulate that the absence of an operational carrier for acetate in glucose-grown cells of S. cerevisiae, combined with the relatively high permeability of the plasma membrane for the undissociated acid and the inability of the organism to metabolize acetic acid, could be one of the reasons why this species exhibits low tolerance to acidic environments containing ethanol.

scholarly journals Functional expression, quantification and cellular localization of the Hxt2 hexose transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tagged with the green fluorescent protein

1999 ◽  
Vol 339 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur L. KRUCKEBERG ◽  
Ling YE ◽  
Jan A. BERDEN ◽  
Karel van DAM
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Cellular Localization ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Hexose Transporter ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Green Fluorescent

The Hxt2 glucose transport protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was genetically fused at its C-terminus with the green fluorescent protein (GFP). The Hxt2-GFP fusion protein is a functional hexose transporter: it restored growth on glucose to a strain bearing null mutations in the hexose transporter genes GAL2 and HXT1 to HXT7. Furthermore, its glucose transport activity in this null strain was not markedly different from that of the wild-type Hxt2 protein. We calculated from the fluorescence level and transport kinetics that induced cells had 1.4×105 Hxt2-GFP molecules per cell, and that the catalytic-centre activity of the Hxt2-GFP molecule in vivo is 53 s-1 at 30 °C. Expression of Hxt2-GFP was induced by growth at low concentrations of glucose. Under inducing conditions the Hxt2-GFP fluorescence was localized to the plasma membrane. In a strain impaired in the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane, the fluorescence accumulated in the cytoplasm. When induced cells were treated with high concentrations of glucose, the fluorescence was redistributed to the vacuole within 4 h. When endocytosis was genetically blocked, the fluorescence remained in the plasma membrane after treatment with high concentrations of glucose.

scholarly journals High yield expression of the Neurospora crassa plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1994 ◽  
Vol 269 (26) ◽  
pp. 17705-17712
Author(s):  
S.K. Mahanty ◽  
U.S. Rao ◽  
R.A. Nicholas ◽  
G.A. Scarborough
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
High Yield

scholarly journals Transport to the plasma membrane is regulated differently early and late in the cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2011 ◽  
Vol 124 (7) ◽  
pp. 1055-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Zanolari ◽  
U. Rockenbauch ◽  
M. Trautwein ◽  
L. Clay ◽  
Y. Barral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Plasma Membrane

scholarly journals The a-factor transporter (STE6 gene product) and cell polarity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1993 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 1203-1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Kuchler ◽  
H G Dohlman ◽  
J Thorner
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Gene Product ◽  
Cell Polarity ◽  
Polyclonal Antibodies ◽  
Apparent Molecular Weight ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Mating Pheromone ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Factor Secretion

STE6 gene product is required for secretion of the lipopeptide mating pheromone a-factor by Saccharomyces cerevisiae MATa cells. Radiolabeling and immunoprecipitation, either with specific polyclonal antibodies raised against a TrpE-Ste6 fusion protein or with mAbs that recognize c-myc epitopes in fully functional epitope-tagged Ste6 derivatives, demonstrated that Ste6 is a 145-kD phosphoprotein. Subcellular fractionation, various extraction procedures, and immunoblotting showed that Ste6 is an intrinsic plasma membrane-associated protein. The apparent molecular weight of Ste6 was unaffected by tunicamycin treatment, and the radiolabeled protein did not bind to concanavalin A, indicating that Ste6 is not glycosylated and that glycosylation is not required either for its membrane delivery or its function. The amino acid sequence of Ste6 predicts two ATP-binding folds; correspondingly, Ste6 was photoaffinity-labeled specifically with 8-azido-[alpha-32P]ATP. Indirect immunofluorescence revealed that in exponentially growing MATa cells, the majority of Ste6 showed a patchy distribution within the plasma membrane, but a significant fraction was found concentrated in a number of vesicle-like bodies subtending the plasma membrane. In contrast, in MATa cells exposed to the mating pheromone alpha-factor, which markedly induced Ste6 production, the majority of Ste6 was incorporated into the plasma membrane within the growing tip of the elongating cells. The highly localized insertion of this transporter may establish pronounced anisotropy in a-factor secretion from the MATa cell, and thereby may contribute to the establishment of the cell polarity which restricts partner selection and cell fusion during mating to one MAT alpha cell.

scholarly journals Secretory Pathway-Dependent Localization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rho GTPase-Activating Protein Rgd1p at Growth Sites

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 590-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Lefèbvre ◽  
Valérie Prouzet-Mauléon ◽  
Michel Hugues ◽  
Marc Crouzet ◽  
Aurélie Vieillemard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Rho Gtpase ◽  
Secretory Vesicles ◽  
Gtpase Activating Protein ◽  
Content Type

ABSTRACT Establishment and maintenance of cell polarity in eukaryotes depends upon the regulation of Rho GTPases. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae , the Rho GTPase activating protein (RhoGAP) Rgd1p stimulates the GTPase activities of Rho3p and Rho4p, which are involved in bud growth and cytokinesis, respectively. Consistent with the distribution of Rho3p and Rho4p, Rgd1p is found mostly in areas of polarized growth during cell cycle progression. Rgd1p was mislocalized in mutants specifically altered for Golgi apparatus-based phosphatidylinositol 4-P [PtdIns(4)P] synthesis and for PtdIns(4,5)P 2 production at the plasma membrane. Analysis of Rgd1p distribution in different membrane-trafficking mutants suggested that Rgd1p was delivered to growth sites via the secretory pathway. Rgd1p may associate with post-Golgi vesicles by binding to PtdIns(4)P and then be transported by secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane. In agreement, we show that Rgd1p coimmunoprecipitated and localized with markers specific to secretory vesicles and cofractionated with a plasma membrane marker. Moreover, in vivo imaging revealed that Rgd1p was transported in an anterograde manner from the mother cell to the daughter cell in a vectoral manner. Our data indicate that secretory vesicles are involved in the delivery of RhoGAP Rgd1p to the bud tip and bud neck.

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