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Berg HY, Arju G, Becerra-Rodríguez C, Galeote V, Nisamedtinov I. Unlocking the secrets of peptide transport in wine yeast: insights into oligopeptide transporter functions and nitrogen source preferences. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0114123. [PMID: 37843270 PMCID: PMC10686055 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01141-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Limited nitrogen supply can prevent the completion of alcoholic fermentation. Supplementation through peptides as an alternative, natural source of nitrogen for yeast offers an interesting solution for this issue. In this work, the S. cerevisiae peptide transporters of the Opt and Fot families were studied. We demonstrated that Fot and Opt2 have a broader peptide length preference than previously reported, enabling yeasts to acquire sufficient nitrogen from peptides without requiring additional ammonia or amino acids to complete fermentation. On the contrary, Opt1 was unable to consume any peptide in the given conditions, whereas it has been described elsewhere as the main peptide transporter for peptides longer than three amino acid residues in experiments in laboratory conditions. This controversy signifies the need in applied sciences for approaching experimental conditions to those prevalent in the industry for its more accurate characterization. Altogether, this work provides further evidence of the importance of peptides as a nitrogen source for yeast and their consequent positive impact on fermentation kinetics.
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- Hidde Yaël Berg
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
- Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- SPO, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
- Lallemand, Inc., Montreal, Canada
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Van Oss SB, Parikh SB, Castilho Coelho N, Wacholder A, Belashov I, Zdancewicz S, Michaca M, Xu J, Kang YP, Ward NP, Yoon SJ, McCourt KM, McKee J, Ideker T, VanDemark AP, DeNicola GM, Carvunis AR. On the illusion of auxotrophy: met15Δ yeast cells can grow on inorganic sulfur, thanks to the previously uncharacterized homocysteine synthase Yll058w. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102697. [PMID: 36379252 PMCID: PMC9763685 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Organisms must either synthesize or assimilate essential organic compounds to survive. The homocysteine synthase Met15 has been considered essential for inorganic sulfur assimilation in yeast since its discovery in the 1970s. As a result, MET15 has served as a genetic marker for hundreds of experiments that play a foundational role in eukaryote genetics and systems biology. Nevertheless, we demonstrate here through structural and evolutionary modeling, in vitro kinetic assays, and genetic complementation, that an alternative homocysteine synthase encoded by the previously uncharacterized gene YLL058W enables cells lacking Met15 to assimilate enough inorganic sulfur for survival and proliferation. These cells however fail to grow in patches or liquid cultures unless provided with exogenous methionine or other organosulfurs. We show that this growth failure, which has historically justified the status of MET15 as a classic auxotrophic marker, is largely explained by toxic accumulation of the gas hydrogen sulfide because of a metabolic bottleneck. When patched or cultured with a hydrogen sulfide chelator, and when propagated as colony grids, cells without Met15 assimilate inorganic sulfur and grow, and cells with Met15 achieve even higher yields. Thus, Met15 is not essential for inorganic sulfur assimilation in yeast. Instead, MET15 is the first example of a yeast gene whose loss conditionally prevents growth in a manner that depends on local gas exchange. Our results have broad implications for investigations of sulfur metabolism, including studies of stress response, methionine restriction, and aging. More generally, our findings illustrate how unappreciated experimental variables can obfuscate biological discovery.
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- S. Branden Van Oss
- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Bioengineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA,For correspondence: Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis
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Kowalewski GP, Wildeman AS, Bogliolo S, Besold AN, Bassilana M, Culotta VC. Cdc42 regulates reactive oxygen species production in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:100917. [PMID: 34181946 PMCID: PMC8329510 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Across eukaryotes, Rho GTPases such as Rac and Cdc42 play important roles in establishing cell polarity, which is a key feature of cell growth. In mammals and filamentous fungi, Rac targets large protein complexes containing NADPH oxidases (NOX) that produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). In comparison, Rho GTPases of unicellular eukaryotes were believed to signal cell polarity without ROS, and it was unclear whether Rho GTPases were required for ROS production in these organisms. We document here the first example of Rho GTPase-mediated post-transcriptional control of ROS in a unicellular microbe. Specifically, Cdc42 is required for ROS production by the NOX Fre8 of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans. During morphogenesis to a hyphal form, a filamentous growth state, C. albicans FRE8 mRNA is induced, which leads to a burst in ROS. Fre8-ROS is also induced during morphogenesis when FRE8 is driven by an ectopic promoter; hence, Fre8 ROS production is in addition controlled at the post-transcriptional level. Using fluorescently tagged Fre8, we observe that the majority of the protein is associated with the vacuolar system. Interestingly, much of Fre8 in the vacuolar system appears inactive, and Fre8-induced ROS is only produced at sites near the hyphal tip, where Cdc42 is also localized during morphogenesis. We observe that Cdc42 is necessary to activate Fre8-mediated ROS production during morphogenesis. Cdc42 regulation of Fre8 occurs without the large NOX protein complexes typical of higher eukaryotes and therefore represents a novel form of ROS control by Rho GTPases.
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- Griffin P Kowalewski
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), Parc Valrose, Nice, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Rodrigues CIS, Wahl A, Gombert AK. Aerobic growth physiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on sucrose is strain-dependent. FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 21:6214418. [PMID: 33826723 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foab021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Present knowledge on the quantitative aerobic physiology of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae during growth on sucrose as sole carbon and energy source is limited to either adapted cells or to the model laboratory strain CEN.PK113-7D. To broaden our understanding of this matter and open novel opportunities for sucrose-based biotechnological processes, we characterized three strains, with distinct backgrounds, during aerobic batch bioreactor cultivations. Our results reveal that sucrose metabolism in S. cerevisiae is a strain-specific trait. Each strain displayed distinct extracellular hexose concentrations and invertase activity profiles. Especially, the inferior maximum specific growth rate (0.21 h-1) of the CEN.PK113-7D strain, with respect to that of strains UFMG-CM-Y259 (0.37 h-1) and JP1 (0.32 h-1), could be associated to its low invertase activity (0.04-0.09 U/mgDM). Moreover, comparative experiments with glucose or fructose alone, or in combination, suggest mixed mechanisms of sucrose utilization by the industrial strain JP1, and points out the remarkable ability of the wild isolate UFMG-CM-259 to grow faster on sucrose than on glucose in a well-controlled cultivation system. This work hints to a series of metabolic traits that can be exploited to increase sucrose catabolic rates and bioprocess efficiency.
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- Carla Inês Soares Rodrigues
- School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato 80, 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil.,Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato 80, 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Brault A, Labbé S. Iron deficiency leads to repression of a non-canonical methionine salvage pathway in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Microbiol 2020; 114:46-65. [PMID: 32090388 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The methionine salvage pathway (MSP) regenerates methionine from 5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA). Aerobic MSP consists of six enzymatic steps. The mug14+ and adi1+ genes that are involved in the third and fifth steps of the pathway are repressed when Schizosaccharomyces pombe undergoes a transition from high- to low-iron conditions. Results consistently show that methionine auxotrophic cells (met6Δ) require iron for growth in the presence of MTA as the sole source of methionine. Inactivation of the iron-using protein Adi1 leads to defects in the utilization of MTA. In the case of the third step of the pathway, co-expression of two distinct proteins, Mta3 and Mde1, is required. These proteins are interdependent to rescue MTA-dependent growth deficit of met6Δ cells. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments showed that Mta3 is a binding partner of Mde1. Meiotic met6Δ cells co-expressing mta3+ and mde1+ or mta3+ and mug14+ produce comparable levels of spores in the presence of MTA, revealing that Mde1 and Mug14 share a common function when co-expressed with Mta3 in sporulating cells. In sum, our findings unveil several novel features of MSP, especially with respect to its regulation by iron and the discovery of a non-canonical third enzymatic step in the fission yeast.
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- Ariane Brault
- Département de Biochimie et de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie et de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Liu Y, El Masoudi A, Pronk JT, van Gulik WM. Quantitative Physiology of Non-Energy-Limited Retentostat Cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at Near-Zero Specific Growth Rates. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:e01161-19. [PMID: 31375494 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01161-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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So far, the physiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at near-zero growth rates has been studied in retentostat cultures with a growth-limiting supply of the carbon and energy source. Despite its relevance in nature and industry, the near-zero growth physiology of S. cerevisiae under conditions where growth is limited by the supply of non-energy substrates remains largely unexplored. This study analyzes the physiology of S. cerevisiae in aerobic chemostat and retentostat cultures grown under either ammonium or phosphate limitation. To compensate for loss of extracellular nitrogen- or phosphorus-containing compounds, establishing near-zero growth rates (μ < 0.002 h-1) in these retentostats required addition of low concentrations of ammonium or phosphate to reservoir media. In chemostats as well as in retentostats, strongly reduced cellular contents of the growth-limiting element (nitrogen or phosphorus) and high accumulation levels of storage carbohydrates were observed. Even at near-zero growth rates, culture viability in non-energy-limited retentostats remained above 80% and ATP synthesis was still sufficient to maintain an adequate energy status and keep cells in a metabolically active state. Compared to similar glucose-limited retentostat cultures, the nitrogen- and phosphate-limited cultures showed aerobic fermentation and a partial uncoupling of catabolism and anabolism. The possibility to achieve stable, near-zero growth cultures of S. cerevisiae under nitrogen or phosphorus limitation offers interesting prospects for high-yield production of bio-based chemicals.IMPORTANCE The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a commonly used microbial host for production of various biochemical compounds. From a physiological perspective, biosynthesis of these compounds competes with biomass formation in terms of carbon and/or energy equivalents. Fermentation processes functioning at extremely low or near-zero growth rates would prevent loss of feedstock to biomass production. Establishing S. cerevisiae cultures in which growth is restricted by the limited supply of a non-energy substrate therefore could have a wide range of industrial applications but remains largely unexplored. In this work we accomplished near-zero growth of S. cerevisiae through limited supply of a non-energy nutrient, namely, the nitrogen or phosphorus source, and carried out a quantitative physiological study of the cells under these conditions. The possibility to achieve near-zero-growth S. cerevisiae cultures through limited supply of a non-energy nutrient may offer interesting prospects to develop novel fermentation processes for high-yield production of bio-based chemicals.
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Li J, Jia Y, Lin A, Hanna M, Chelico L, Xiao W, Moore SA. Structure of Ddi2, a highly inducible detoxifying metalloenzyme from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:10674-10685. [PMID: 31152065 PMCID: PMC6615675 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.006394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Cyanamide (H2N-CN) is used to break bud dormancy in woody plants and to deter alcohol use in humans. The biological effects of cyanamide in both these cases require the enzyme catalase. We previously demonstrated that Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to cyanamide resulted in strong induction of DDI2 gene expression. Ddi2 enzymatically hydrates cyanamide to urea and belongs to the family of HD-domain metalloenzymes (named after conserved active-site metal-binding His and Asp residues). Here, we report the X-ray structure of yeast Ddi2 to 2.6 Å resolution, revealing that Ddi2 is a dimeric zinc metalloenzyme. We also confirm that Ddi2 shares structural similarity with other known HD-domain proteins. HD residues His-55, His-88, and Asp-89 coordinate the active-site zinc, and the fourth zinc ligand is a water/hydroxide molecule. Other HD domain enzymes have a second aspartate metal ligand, but in Ddi2 this residue (Thr-157) does not interact with the zinc ion. Several Ddi2 active-site point mutations exhibited reduced catalytic activity. We kinetically and structurally characterized H137N and T157V mutants of Ddi2. A cyanamide soak of the Ddi2-T157V enzyme revealed cyanamide bound directly to the Zn2+ ion, having displaced the zinc-bound water molecule. The mode of cyanamide binding to Ddi2 resembles cyanamide binding to the active-site zinc of carbonic anhydrase, a known cyanamide hydratase. Finally, we observed that the sensitivity of ddi2Δ ddi3Δ to cyanamide was not rescued by plasmids harboring ddi2-H137N or ddi2-TI57V variants, demonstrating that yeast cells require a functioning cyanamide hydratase to overcome cyanamide-induced growth defects.
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- Jia Li
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada and
- the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Responses, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada and
- the Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Responses, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada and
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Plante S, Labbé S. Spore Germination Requires Ferrichrome Biosynthesis and the Siderophore Transporter Str1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Genetics 2019; 211:893-911. [PMID: 30647069 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.118.301843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Spore germination is a process whereby spores exit dormancy to become competent for mitotic cell division. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, one critical step of germination is the formation of a germ tube that hatches out the spore wall in a stage called outgrowth. Here, we show that iron deficiency blocks the outgrowth of germinating spores. The siderophore synthetase Sib1 and the ornithine N5-oxygenase Sib2 participate in ferrichrome biosynthesis, whereas Str1 functions as a ferrichrome transporter. Expression profiles of sib1+ , sib2+ , and str1+ transcripts reveal that they are induced shortly after induction of germination and their expression remains upregulated throughout the germination program under low-iron conditions. sib1Δ sib2Δ mutant spores are unable to form a germ tube under iron-poor conditions. Supplementation with exogenous ferrichrome suppresses this phenotype when str1+ is present. Str1 localizes at the contour of swollen spores 4 hr after induction of germination. At the onset of outgrowth, localization of Str1 changes and it moves away from the mother spore to primarily localize at the periphery of the new daughter cell. Two conserved Tyr residues (Tyr553 and Tyr567) are predicted to be located in the last extracellular loop region of Str1. Results show that these amino acid residues are critical to ensure timely completion of the outgrowth phase of spores in response to exogenous ferrichrome. Taken together, the results reveal the essential requirement of ferrichrome biosynthesis to promote outgrowth, as well as the necessity to take up ferrichrome from an external source via Str1 when ferrichrome biosynthesis is blocked.
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Hohlweg W, Wagner GE, Hofbauer HF, Sarkleti F, Setz M, Gubensäk N, Lichtenegger S, Falsone SF, Wolinski H, Kosol S, Oostenbrink C, Kohlwein SD, Zangger K. A cation-π interaction in a transmembrane helix of vacuolar ATPase retains the proton-transporting arginine in a hydrophobic environment. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:18977-18988. [PMID: 30209131 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vacuolar ATPases are multisubunit protein complexes that are indispensable for acidification and pH homeostasis in a variety of physiological processes in all eukaryotic cells. An arginine residue (Arg735) in transmembrane helix 7 (TM7) of subunit a of the yeast ATPase is known to be essential for proton translocation. However, the specific mechanism of its involvement in proton transport remains to be determined. Arginine residues are usually assumed to "snorkel" toward the protein surface when exposed to a hydrophobic environment. Here, using solution NMR spectroscopy, molecular dynamics simulations, and in vivo yeast assays, we obtained evidence for the formation of a transient, membrane-embedded cation-π interaction in TM7 between Arg735 and two highly conserved nearby aromatic residues, Tyr733 and Trp737 We propose a mechanism by which the transient, membrane-embedded cation-π complex provides the necessary energy to keep the charged side chain of Arg735 within the hydrophobic membrane. Such cation-π interactions may define a general mechanism to retain charged amino acids in a hydrophobic membrane environment.
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- the Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology, and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, BioTechMed-Graz, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, BioTechMed-Graz, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- the Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- the Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology, and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, BioTechMed-Graz, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- the Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, BioTechMed-Graz, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Marques WL, van der Woude LN, Luttik MAH, van den Broek M, Nijenhuis JM, Pronk JT, van Maris AJA, Mans R, Gombert AK. Laboratory evolution and physiological analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains dependent on sucrose uptake via the Phaseolus vulgaris Suf1 transporter. Yeast 2018; 35:639-652. [PMID: 30221387 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Knowledge on the genetic factors important for the efficient expression of plant transporters in yeast is still very limited. Phaseolus vulgaris sucrose facilitator 1 (PvSuf1), a presumable uniporter, was an essential component in a previously published strategy aimed at increasing ATP yield in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, attempts to construct yeast strains in which sucrose metabolism was dependent on PvSUF1 led to slow sucrose uptake. Here, PvSUF1-dependent S. cerevisiae strains were evolved for faster growth. Of five independently evolved strains, two showed an approximately twofold higher anaerobic growth rate on sucrose than the parental strain (μ = 0.19 h-1 and μ = 0.08 h-1 , respectively). All five mutants displayed sucrose-induced proton uptake (13-50 μmol H+ (g biomass)-1 min-1 ). Their ATP yield from sucrose dissimilation, as estimated from biomass yields in anaerobic chemostat cultures, was the same as that of a congenic strain expressing the native sucrose symporter Mal11p. Four out of six observed amino acid substitutions encoded by evolved PvSUF1 alleles removed or introduced a cysteine residue and may be involved in transporter folding and/or oligomerization. Expression of one of the evolved PvSUF1 alleles (PvSUF1I209F C265F G326C ) in an unevolved strain enabled it to grow on sucrose at the same rate (0.19 h-1 ) as the corresponding evolved strain. This study shows how laboratory evolution may improve sucrose uptake in yeast via heterologous plant transporters, highlights the importance of cysteine residues for their efficient expression, and warrants reinvestigation of PvSuf1's transport mechanism.
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- Wesley Leoricy Marques
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.,School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Normant V, Mourer T, Labbé S. The major facilitator transporter Str3 is required for low-affinity heme acquisition in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:6349-6362. [PMID: 29549126 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, acquisition of exogenous heme is largely mediated by the cell membrane-associated Shu1. Here, we report that Str3, a member of the major facilitator superfamily of transporters, promotes cellular heme import. Using a strain that cannot synthesize heme de novo (hem1Δ) and lacks Shu1, we found that the heme-dependent growth deficit of this strain is rescued by hemin supplementation in the presence of Str3. Microscopic analyses of a hem1Δ shu1Δ str3Δ mutant strain in the presence of the heme analog zinc mesoporphyrin IX (ZnMP) revealed that ZnMP fails to accumulate within the mutant cells. In contrast, Str3-expressing hem1Δ shu1Δ cells could take up ZnMP at a 10-μm concentration. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot efficiently transport exogenously supplied hemin. However, heterologous expression of Str3 from S. pombe in S. cerevisiae resulted in ZnMP accumulation within S. cerevisiae cells. Moreover, hemin-agarose pulldown assays revealed that Str3 binds hemin. In contrast, an Str3 mutant in which Tyr and Ser residues of two putative heme-binding motifs (530YX3Y534 and 552SX4Y557) had been replaced with alanines exhibited a loss of affinity for hemin. Furthermore, this Str3 mutant failed to rescue the heme-dependent growth deficit of a hem1Δ shu1Δ str3Δ strain. Further analysis by absorbance spectroscopy disclosed that a predicted extracellular loop region in Str3 containing the two putative heme-binding motifs interacts with hemin, with a KD of 6.6 μm Taken together, these results indicate that Str3 is a second cell-surface membrane protein for acquisition of exogenous heme in S. pombe.
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- Vincent Normant
- From the Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- From the Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- From the Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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The pH of the endolysosomal system is tightly regulated by a balance of proton pump and leak mechanisms that are critical for storage, recycling, turnover, and signaling functions in the cell. Dysregulation of endolysosomal pH has been linked to aging, amyloidogenesis, synaptic dysfunction, and various neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms that regulate luminal pH may be key to identifying new targets for managing these disorders. Meta-analysis of yeast microarray databases revealed that nutrient-limiting conditions inhibited the histone deacetylase (HDAC) Rpd3 and thereby up-regulated transcription of the endosomal Na+/H+ exchanger Nhx1, resulting in vacuolar alkalinization. Consistent with these findings, Rpd3 inhibition by the HDAC inhibitor and antifungal drug trichostatin A induced Nhx1 expression and vacuolar alkalinization. Bioinformatics analysis of Drosophila and mouse databases revealed that caloric control of the Nhx1 orthologs DmNHE3 and NHE6, respectively, is also mediated by HDACs. We show that NHE6 is a target of the transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB), a known regulator of cellular responses to low-nutrient conditions, providing a molecular mechanism for nutrient- and HDAC-dependent regulation of endosomal pH. Of note, pharmacological targeting of the CREB pathway to increase NHE6 expression helped regulate endosomal pH and correct defective clearance of amyloid Aβ in an apoE4 astrocyte model of Alzheimer's disease. These observations from yeast, fly, mouse, and cell culture models point to an evolutionarily conserved mechanism for HDAC-mediated regulation of endosomal NHE expression. Our insights offer new therapeutic strategies for modulation of endolysosomal pH in fungal infection and human disease.
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- Hari Prasad
- From the Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- From the Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Sabir F, Loureiro-Dias MC, Soveral G, Prista C. Functional relevance of water and glycerol channels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2017; 364:3739791. [PMID: 28430948 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Our understanding of the functional relevance of orthodox aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essentially based on phenotypic variations obtained by expression/overexpression/deletion of these major intrinsic proteins in selected strains. These water/glycerol channels are considered crucial during various life-cycle phases, such as sporulation and mating and in some life processes such as rapid freeze-thaw tolerance, osmoregulation and phenomena associated with cell surface. Despite their putative functional roles not only as channels but also as sensors, their underlying mechanisms and their regulation are still poorly understood. In the present review, we summarize and discuss the physiological relevance of S. cerevisiae aquaporins (Aqy1 and Aqy2) and aquaglyceroporins (Fps1 and Yfl054c). In particular, the fact that most S. cerevisiae laboratory strains harbor genes coding for non-functional aquaporins, while wild and industrial strains possess at least one functional aquaporin, suggests that aquaporin activity is required for cell survival under more harsh conditions.
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- Farzana Sabir
- LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.,Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa,1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa,1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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Plante S, Normant V, Ramos-Torres KM, Labbé S. Cell-surface copper transporters and superoxide dismutase 1 are essential for outgrowth during fungal spore germination. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:11896-11914. [PMID: 28572514 PMCID: PMC5512082 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.794677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During fungal spore germination, a resting spore returns to a conventional mode of cell division and resumes vegetative growth, but the requirements for spore germination are incompletely understood. Here, we show that copper is essential for spore germination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Germinating spores develop a single germ tube that emerges from the outer spore wall in a process called outgrowth. Under low-copper conditions, the copper transporters Ctr4 and Ctr5 are maximally expressed at the onset of outgrowth. In the case of Ctr6, its expression is broader, taking place before and during outgrowth. Spores lacking Ctr4, Ctr5, and the copper sensor Cuf1 exhibit complete germination arrest at outgrowth. In contrast, ctr6 deletion only partially interferes with formation of outgrowing spores. At outgrowth, Ctr4-GFP and Ctr5-Cherry first co-localize at the spore contour, followed by re-location to a middle peripheral spore region. Subsequently, they move away from the spore body to occupy the periphery of the nascent cell. After breaking of spore dormancy, Ctr6 localizes to the vacuole membranes that are enriched in the spore body relative to the germ tube. Using a copper-binding tracker, results showed that labile copper is preferentially localized to the spore body. Further analysis showed that Ctr4 and Ctr6 are required for copper-dependent activation of the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) during spore germination. This activation is critical because the loss of SOD1 activity blocked spore germination at outgrowth. Taken together, these results indicate that cell-surface copper transporters and SOD1 are required for completion of the spore germination program.
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MESH Headings
- Cation Transport Proteins/genetics
- Cation Transport Proteins/metabolism
- Copper/metabolism
- Enzyme Activation
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Luminescent Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Microscopy, Interference
- Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- Protein Transport
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- SLC31 Proteins
- Schizosaccharomyces/cytology
- Schizosaccharomyces/growth & development
- Schizosaccharomyces/metabolism
- Schizosaccharomyces/physiology
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/genetics
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/metabolism
- Spores, Fungal/cytology
- Spores, Fungal/growth & development
- Spores, Fungal/metabolism
- Spores, Fungal/physiology
- Superoxide Dismutase-1/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Red Fluorescent Protein
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- Samuel Plante
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada.
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Goncerzewicz A, Kamińska-Wojteczek K, Młynarczyk I, Misiewicz A. Expression of GPD1 and SIP18 genes during rehydration in active dry industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae cider-making yeast strains (ADY). Acta Biochim Pol 2017; 64:287-294. [PMID: 28600909 DOI: 10.18388/abp.2016_1404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In this study we determined the influence of different sugar concentration in media, time of rehydration and type of strain on relative expression level of GPD1 and SIP18 genes of active dry cider-making yeast strains, followed by the assessment of the impact of rehydration on the fermentation process. High expression of SIP18 at the beginning of rehydration was shown to be due to high transcription of the gene during the drying process. High sugar concentrations of media initiated transcription of the GPD1 gene and triggered the cellular glycerol biosynthesis pathway in examined strains. Rehydration time and type of strain showed to have no statistically significant impact on the course of the fermentation; RT qPCR results depended mainly on the time of rehydration and sugar concentration of the medium. This is the first attempt to confront rehydration time and molecular mechanisms acting upon rehydration with the course of the fermentation process.
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- Anna Goncerzewicz
- Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Culture Collection of Industrial Microorganisms, Warsaw, Poland
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- Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Culture Collection of Industrial Microorganisms, Warsaw, Poland
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- Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Culture Collection of Industrial Microorganisms, Warsaw, Poland
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- Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Culture Collection of Industrial Microorganisms, Warsaw, Poland
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Mourer T, Normant V, Labbé S. Heme Assimilation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Requires Cell-surface-anchored Protein Shu1 and Vacuolar Transporter Abc3. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:4898-4912. [PMID: 28193844 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.776807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The Schizosaccharomyces pombe shu1+ gene encodes a cell-surface protein required for assimilation of exogenous heme. In this study, shaving experiments showed that Shu1 is released from membrane preparations when spheroplast lysates are incubated with phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC). Shu1 cleavability by PI-PLC and its predicted hydropathy profile strongly suggested that Shu1 is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein. When heme biosynthesis is selectively blocked in hem1Δ mutant cells, the heme analog zinc mesoporphyrin IX (ZnMP) first accumulates into vacuoles and then subsequently, within the cytoplasm in a rapid and Shu1-dependent manner. An HA4-tagged shu1+ allele that retained wild-type function localizes to the cell surface in response to low hemin concentrations, but under high hemin concentrations, Shu1-HA4 re-localizes to the vacuolar membrane. Inactivation of abc3+, encoding a vacuolar membrane transporter, results in hem1Δ abc3Δ mutant cells being unable to grow in the presence of hemin as the sole iron source. In hem1Δ abc3Δ cells, ZnMP accumulates primarily in vacuoles and does not sequentially accumulate in the cytosol. Consistent with a role for Abc3 as vacuolar hemin exporter, results with hemin-agarose pulldown assays showed that Abc3 binds to hemin. In contrast, an Abc3 mutant in which an inverted Cys-Pro motif had been replaced with Ala residues fails to bind hemin with high affinity. Taken together, these results show that Shu1 undergoes rapid hemin-induced internalization from the cell surface to the vacuolar membrane and that the transporter Abc3 participates in the mobilization of stored heme from the vacuole to the cytosol.
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- Thierry Mourer
- From the Département de Biochimie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- From the Département de Biochimie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- From the Département de Biochimie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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Beato FB, Bergdahl B, Rosa CA, Forster J, Gombert AK. Physiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from Brazilian biomes: new insights into biodiversity and industrial applications. FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 16:fow076. [PMID: 27609600 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fow076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Fourteen indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from the barks of three tree species located in the Atlantic Rain Forest and Cerrado biomes in Brazil were genetically and physiologically compared to laboratory strains and to strains from the Brazilian fuel ethanol industry. Although no clear correlation could be found either between phenotype and isolation spot or between phenotype and genomic lineage, a set of indigenous strains with superior industrially relevant traits over commonly known industrial and laboratory strains was identified: strain UFMG-CM-Y257 has a very high specific growth rate on sucrose (0.57 ± 0.02 h-1), high ethanol yield (1.65 ± 0.02 mol ethanol mol hexose equivalent-1), high ethanol productivity (0.19 ± 0.00 mol L-1 h-1), high tolerance to acetic acid (10 g L-1) and to high temperature (40°C). Strain UFMG-CM-Y260 displayed high ethanol yield (1.67 ± 0.13 mol ethanol mol hexose equivalent-1), high tolerance to ethanol and to low pH, a trait which is important for non-aseptic industrial processes. Strain UFMG-CM-Y267 showed high tolerance to acetic acid and to high temperature (40°C), which is of particular interest to second generation industrial processes.
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- Felipe B Beato
- School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 80, Campinas, São Paulo 13083862, Brazil The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Hørsholm 2970, Denmark Department of Chemical Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05434070, Brazil
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Hørsholm 2970, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Hørsholm 2970, Denmark
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- School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 80, Campinas, São Paulo 13083862, Brazil Department of Chemical Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05434070, Brazil
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Marques WL, Raghavendran V, Stambuk BU, Gombert AK. Sucrose and Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a relationship most sweet. FEMS Yeast Res 2015; 16:fov107. [PMID: 26658003 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fov107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Sucrose is an abundant, readily available and inexpensive substrate for industrial biotechnology processes and its use is demonstrated with much success in the production of fuel ethanol in Brazil. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which naturally evolved to efficiently consume sugars such as sucrose, is one of the most important cell factories due to its robustness, stress tolerance, genetic accessibility, simple nutrient requirements and long history as an industrial workhorse. This minireview is focused on sucrose metabolism in S. cerevisiae, a rather unexplored subject in the scientific literature. An analysis of sucrose availability in nature and yeast sugar metabolism was performed, in order to understand the molecular background that makes S. cerevisiae consume this sugar efficiently. A historical overview on the use of sucrose and S. cerevisiae by humans is also presented considering sugarcane and sugarbeet as the main sources of this carbohydrate. Physiological aspects of sucrose consumption are compared with those concerning other economically relevant sugars. Also, metabolic engineering efforts to alter sucrose catabolism are presented in a chronological manner. In spite of its extensive use in yeast-based industries, a lot of basic and applied research on sucrose metabolism is imperative, mainly in fields such as genetics, physiology and metabolic engineering.
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- Wesley Leoricy Marques
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, 05424-970, Brazil School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas-SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis-SC, 88040-900, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo-SP, 05424-970, Brazil School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas-SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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Deranieh RM, Shi Y, Tarsio M, Chen Y, McCaffery JM, Kane PM, Greenberg ML. Perturbation of the Vacuolar ATPase: A NOVEL CONSEQUENCE OF INOSITOL DEPLETION. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:27460-72. [PMID: 26324718 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.683706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Depletion of inositol has profound effects on cell function and has been implicated in the therapeutic effects of drugs used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder. We have previously shown that the anticonvulsant drug valproate (VPA) depletes inositol by inhibiting myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase, the enzyme that catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step of inositol biosynthesis. To elucidate the cellular consequences of inositol depletion, we screened the yeast deletion collection for VPA-sensitive mutants and identified mutants in vacuolar sorting and the vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase). Inositol depletion caused by starvation of ino1Δ cells perturbed the vacuolar structure and decreased V-ATPase activity and proton pumping in isolated vacuolar vesicles. VPA compromised the dynamics of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate (PI3,5P2) and greatly reduced V-ATPase proton transport in inositol-deprived wild-type cells. Osmotic stress, known to increase PI3,5P2 levels, did not restore PI3,5P2 homeostasis nor did it induce vacuolar fragmentation in VPA-treated cells, suggesting that perturbation of the V-ATPase is a consequence of altered PI3,5P2 homeostasis under inositol-limiting conditions. This study is the first to demonstrate that inositol depletion caused by starvation of an inositol synthesis mutant or by the inositol-depleting drug VPA leads to perturbation of the V-ATPase.
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- Rania M Deranieh
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, and
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- the Integrated Imaging Center, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, and
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202,
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Borah S, Shivarathri R, Kaur R. The Rho1 GTPase-activating protein CgBem2 is required for survival of azole stress in Candida glabrata. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:34311-24. [PMID: 21832071 PMCID: PMC3190821 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.264671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Invasive fungal infections are common clinical complications of neonates, critically ill, and immunocompromised patients worldwide. Candida species are the leading cause of disseminated fungal infections, with Candida albicans being the most prevalent species. Candida glabrata, the second/third most common cause of candidemia, shows reduced susceptibility to a widely used antifungal drug fluconazole. Here, we present findings from a screen of 9134 C. glabrata Tn7 insertion mutants for altered survival profiles in the presence of fluconazole. We have identified two components of RNA polymerase II mediator complex, three players of Rho GTPase-mediated signaling cascade, and two proteins implicated in actin cytoskeleton biogenesis and ergosterol biosynthesis that are required to sustain viability during fluconazole stress. We show that exposure to fluconazole leads to activation of the protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated cell wall integrity pathway in C. glabrata. Our data demonstrate that disruption of a RhoGAP (GTPase activating protein) domain-containing protein, CgBem2, results in bud-emergence defects, azole susceptibility, and constitutive activation of CgRho1-regulated CgPkc1 signaling cascade and cell wall-related phenotypes. The viability loss of Cgbem2Δ mutant upon fluconazole treatment could be partially rescued by the PKC inhibitor staurosporine. Additionally, we present evidence that CgBEM2 is required for the transcriptional activation of genes encoding multidrug efflux pumps in response to fluconazole exposure. Last, we report that Hsp90 inhibitor geldanamycin renders fluconazole a fungicidal drug in C. glabrata.
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- Sapan Borah
- From the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Building 7, Gruhakalpa, 5-4-399/B, Nampally, Hyderabad 500001, India
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- From the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Building 7, Gruhakalpa, 5-4-399/B, Nampally, Hyderabad 500001, India
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- From the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Building 7, Gruhakalpa, 5-4-399/B, Nampally, Hyderabad 500001, India
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