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Rodríguez-Saavedra C, Morgado-Martínez LE, Burgos-Palacios A, King-Díaz B, López-Coria M, Sánchez-Nieto S. Moonlighting Proteins: The Case of the Hexokinases. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:701975. [PMID: 34235183 PMCID: PMC8256278 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.701975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Moonlighting proteins are defined as proteins with two or more functions that are unrelated and independent to each other, so that inactivation of one of them should not affect the second one and vice versa. Intriguingly, all the glycolytic enzymes are described as moonlighting proteins in some organisms. Hexokinase (HXK) is a critical enzyme in the glycolytic pathway and displays a wide range of functions in different organisms such as fungi, parasites, mammals, and plants. This review discusses HXKs moonlighting functions in depth since they have a profound impact on the responses to nutritional, environmental, and disease challenges. HXKs’ activities can be as diverse as performing metabolic activities, as a gene repressor complexing with other proteins, as protein kinase, as immune receptor and regulating processes like autophagy, programmed cell death or immune system responses. However, most of those functions are particular for some organisms while the most common moonlighting HXK function in several kingdoms is being a glucose sensor. In this review, we also analyze how different regulation mechanisms cause HXK to change its subcellular localization, oligomeric or conformational state, the response to substrate and product concentration, and its interactions with membrane, proteins, or RNA, all of which might impact the HXK moonlighting functions.
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- Carolina Rodríguez-Saavedra
- Laboratorio de Transporte y Percepción de Azúcares en Plantas, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Transporte y Percepción de Azúcares en Plantas, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Transporte y Percepción de Azúcares en Plantas, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Transporte y Percepción de Azúcares en Plantas, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Transporte y Percepción de Azúcares en Plantas, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Transporte y Percepción de Azúcares en Plantas, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Gündüz Ergün B, Hüccetoğulları D, Öztürk S, Çelik E, Çalık P. Established and Upcoming Yeast Expression Systems. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1923:1-74. [PMID: 30737734 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9024-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Yeast was the first microorganism used by mankind for biotransformation of feedstock that laid the foundations of industrial biotechnology. Long historical use, vast amount of data, and experience paved the way for Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a first yeast cell factory, and still it is an important expression platform as being the production host for several large volume products. Continuing special needs of each targeted product and different requirements of bioprocess operations have led to identification of different yeast expression systems. Modern bioprocess engineering and advances in omics technology, i.e., genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, secretomics, and interactomics, allow the design of novel genetic tools with fine-tuned characteristics to be used for research and industrial applications. This chapter focuses on established and upcoming yeast expression platforms that have exceptional characteristics, such as the ability to utilize a broad range of carbon sources or remarkable resistance to various stress conditions. Besides the conventional yeast S. cerevisiae, established yeast expression systems including the methylotrophic yeasts Pichia pastoris and Hansenula polymorpha, the dimorphic yeasts Arxula adeninivorans and Yarrowia lipolytica, the lactose-utilizing yeast Kluyveromyces lactis, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and upcoming yeast platforms, namely, Kluyveromyces marxianus, Candida utilis, and Zygosaccharomyces bailii, are compiled with special emphasis on their genetic toolbox for recombinant protein production.
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- Burcu Gündüz Ergün
- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Bioengineering Division, Institute of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biochemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
- Industrial Biotechnology and Metabolic Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Functional analysis of Mig1 and Rag5 as expressional regulators in thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:395-410. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9462-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rippert D, Backhaus K, Rodicio R, Heinisch JJ. Cell wall synthesis and central carbohydrate metabolism are interconnected by the SNF1/Mig1 pathway in Kluyveromyces lactis. Eur J Cell Biol 2017; 96:70-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2016.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The present article addresses the possibilities offered by yeasts to study the problem of the evolution of moonlighting proteins. It focuses on data available on hexokinase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that moonlights in catabolite repression and on galactokinase from Kluyveromyces lactis that moonlights controlling the induction of the GAL genes. Possible experimental approaches to studying the evolution of moonlighting hexose kinases are suggested.
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Flores CL, Gancedo C. The gene YALI0E20207g from Yarrowia lipolytica encodes an N-acetylglucosamine kinase implicated in the regulated expression of the genes from the N-acetylglucosamine assimilatory pathway. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122135. [PMID: 25816199 PMCID: PMC4376941 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica possesses an ORF, YALI0E20207g, which encodes a protein with an amino acid sequence similar to hexokinases from different organisms. We have cloned that gene and determined several enzymatic properties of its encoded protein showing that it is an N-acetylglucosamine (NAGA) kinase. This conclusion was supported by the lack of growth in NAGA of a strain carrying a YALI0E20207g deletion. We named this gene YlNAG5. Expression of YlNAG5 as well as that of the genes encoding the enzymes of the NAGA catabolic pathway-identified by a BLAST search-was induced by this sugar. Deletion of YlNAG5 rendered that expression independent of the presence of NAGA in the medium and reintroduction of the gene restored the inducibility, indicating that YlNag5 participates in the transcriptional regulation of the NAGA assimilatory pathway genes. Expression of YlNAG5 was increased during sporulation and homozygous Ylnag5/Ylnag5 diploid strains sporulated very poorly as compared with a wild type isogenic control strain pointing to a participation of the protein in the process. Overexpression of YlNAG5 allowed growth in glucose of an Ylhxk1glk1 double mutant and produced, in a wild type background, aberrant morphologies in different media. Expression of the gene in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae hxk1 hxk2 glk1 triple mutant restored ability to grow in glucose.
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- Carmen-Lisset Flores
- Department of Metabolism and Cell Signalling, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Metabolism and Cell Signalling, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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Lertwattanasakul N, Kosaka T, Hosoyama A, Suzuki Y, Rodrussamee N, Matsutani M, Murata M, Fujimoto N, Tsuchikane K, Limtong S, Fujita N, Yamada M. Genetic basis of the highly efficient yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus: complete genome sequence and transcriptome analyses. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2015; 8:47. [PMID: 25834639 PMCID: PMC4381506 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0227-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND High-temperature fermentation technology with thermotolerant microbes has been expected to reduce the cost of bioconversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels or chemicals. Thermotolerant Kluyveromyces marxianus possesses intrinsic abilities to ferment and assimilate a wide variety of substrates including xylose and to efficiently produce proteins. These capabilities have been found to exceed those of the traditional ethanol producer Saccharomyces cerevisiae or lignocellulose-bioconvertible ethanologenic Scheffersomyces stipitis. RESULTS The complete genome sequence of K. marxianus DMKU 3-1042 as one of the most thermotolerant strains in the same species has been determined. A comparison of its genomic information with those of other yeasts and transcriptome analysis revealed that the yeast bears beneficial properties of temperature resistance, wide-range bioconversion ability, and production of recombinant proteins. The transcriptome analysis clarified distinctive metabolic pathways under three different growth conditions, static culture, high temperature, and xylose medium, in comparison to the control condition of glucose medium under a shaking condition at 30°C. Interestingly, the yeast appears to overcome the issue of reactive oxygen species, which tend to accumulate under all three conditions. CONCLUSIONS This study reveals many gene resources for the ability to assimilate various sugars in addition to species-specific genes in K. marxianus, and the molecular basis of its attractive traits for industrial applications including high-temperature fermentation. Especially, the thermotolerance trait may be achieved by an integrated mechanism consisting of various strategies. Gene resources and transcriptome data of the yeast are particularly useful for fundamental and applied researches for innovative applications.
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- Noppon Lertwattanasakul
- />Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, 755-8505 Japan
- />Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900 Thailand
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- />Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515 Japan
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- />National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066 Japan
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- />Department of Medical Genome Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8562 Japan
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- />Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, 755-8505 Japan
- />Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
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- />Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515 Japan
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- />Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, 755-8505 Japan
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- />Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, 755-8505 Japan
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- />National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066 Japan
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- />Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900 Thailand
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- />National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066 Japan
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- />Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, 755-8505 Japan
- />Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515 Japan
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Rodicio R, Heinisch JJ. Yeast on the milky way: genetics, physiology and biotechnology of Kluyveromyces lactis. Yeast 2013; 30:165-77. [PMID: 23576126 DOI: 10.1002/yea.2954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2013] [Revised: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The milk yeast Kluyveromyces lactis has a life cycle similar to that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and can be employed as a model eukaryote using classical genetics, such as the combination of desired traits, by crossing and tetrad analysis. Likewise, a growing set of vectors, marker cassettes and tags for fluorescence microscopy are available for manipulation by genetic engineering and investigating its basic cell biology. We here summarize these applications, as well as the current knowledge regarding its central metabolism, glucose and extracellular stress signalling pathways. A short overview on the biotechnological potential of K. lactis concludes this review.
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- Rosaura Rodicio
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
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Kettner K, Kuettner EB, Otto A, Lilie H, Golbik RP, Sträter N, Kriegel TM. In vivo phosphorylation and in vitro autophosphorylation-inactivation of Kluyveromyces lactis hexokinase KlHxk1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 435:313-8. [PMID: 23583397 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.03.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The bifunctional hexokinase KlHxk1 is a key component of glucose-dependent signal transduction in Kluyveromyces lactis. KlHxk1 is phosphorylated in vivo and undergoes ATP-dependent autophosphorylation-inactivation in vitro. This study identifies serine-15 as the site of in vivo phosphorylation and serine-157 as the autophosphorylation-inactivation site. X-ray crystallography of the in vivo phosphorylated enzyme indicates the existence of a ring-shaped symmetrical homodimer carrying two phosphoserine-15 residues. In contrast, small-angle X-ray scattering and equilibrium sedimentation analyses reveal the existence of monomeric phosphoserine-15 KlHxk1 in solution. While phosphorylation at serine-15 and concomitant homodimer dissociation are likely to be involved in glucose signalling, mechanism and putative physiological significance of KlHxk1 inactivation by autophosphorylation at serine-157 remain to be established.
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- Karina Kettner
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Carl Gustav Carus Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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Regulations of sugar transporters: insights from yeast. Curr Genet 2013; 59:1-31. [PMID: 23455612 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-013-0388-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Transport across the plasma membrane is the first step at which nutrient supply is tightly regulated in response to intracellular needs and often also rapidly changing external environment. In this review, I describe primarily our current understanding of multiple interconnected glucose-sensing systems and signal-transduction pathways that ensure fast and optimum expression of genes encoding hexose transporters in three yeast species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kluyveromyces lactis and Candida albicans. In addition, an overview of GAL- and MAL-specific regulatory networks, controlling galactose and maltose utilization, is provided. Finally, pathways generating signals inducing posttranslational degradation of sugar transporters will be highlighted.
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Wésolowski-Louvel M. An efficient method to optimize Kluyveromyces lactis gene targeting. FEMS Yeast Res 2011; 11:509-13. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2011.00741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Cialfi S, Uccelletti D, Carducci A, Wésolowski-Louvel M, Mancini P, Heipieper HJ, Saliola M. KlHsl1 is a component of glycerol response pathways in the milk yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2011; 157:1509-1518. [PMID: 21310785 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.044040-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, HSL1 (NIK1) encodes a serine-threonine protein kinase involved in cell cycle control and morphogenesis. Deletion of its putative orthologue in Kluyveromyces lactis, KlHSL1, gives rise to sensitivity to the respiratory inhibitor antimycin A (AA). Resistance to AA on glucose (Rag+ phenotype) is associated with genes (RAG) required for glucose metabolism/glycolysis. To understand the relationship between RAG and KlHSL1, rag and Klhsl1Δ mutant strains were investigated. The analysis showed that all the mutants contained a phosphorylated form of Hog1 and displayed an inability to synthesize/accumulate glycerol as a compatible solute. In addition, rag mutants also showed alterations in both cell wall and membrane fatty acids. The pleiotropic defects of these strains indicate that a common pathway regulates glucose utilization and stress response mechanisms, suggesting impaired adaptation of the plasma membrane/cell wall during the respiratory-fermentative transition. KlHsl1 could be the link between these adaptive pathways and the morphogenetic checkpoint.
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- Samantha Cialfi
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'C. Darwin', University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'C. Darwin', University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'C. Darwin', University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- UMR, Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie, Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69003, France; Université Lyon 1, Lyon, F-69003, France; CNRS, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France; and INSA de Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69621, France
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'C. Darwin', University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Saavedra E, Ramos-Casillas LE, MarÃn-Hernández A, Moreno-Sánchez R, Guerra-Sánchez G. Glycolysis inUstilago maydis. FEMS Yeast Res 2008; 8:1313-23. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00437.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pinchuk GV, Lee SR, Nanduri B, Honsinger KL, Stokes JV, Pinchuk LM. Bovine viral diarrhea viruses differentially alter the expression of the protein kinases and related proteins affecting the development of infection and anti-viral mechanisms in bovine monocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1784:1234-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 05/05/2008] [Accepted: 05/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In the presence of glucose, yeast undergoes an important remodelling of its metabolism. There are changes in the concentration of intracellular metabolites and in the stability of proteins and mRNAs; modifications occur in the activity of enzymes as well as in the rate of transcription of a large number of genes, some of the genes being induced while others are repressed. Diverse combinations of input signals are required for glucose regulation of gene expression and of other cellular processes. This review focuses on the early elements in glucose signalling and discusses their relevance for the regulation of specific processes. Glucose sensing involves the plasma membrane proteins Snf3, Rgt2 and Gpr1 and the glucose-phosphorylating enzyme Hxk2, as well as other regulatory elements whose functions are still incompletely understood. The similarities and differences in the way in which yeasts and mammalian cells respond to glucose are also examined. It is shown that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, sensing systems for other nutrients share some of the characteristics of the glucose-sensing pathways.
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- Juana M Gancedo
- Department of Metabolism and Cell Signalling, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain.
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Kettner K, Müller EC, Otto A, Rödel G, Breunig KD, Kriegel TM. Identification and characterization of a novel glucose-phosphorylating enzyme inKluyveromyces lactis. FEMS Yeast Res 2007; 7:683-92. [PMID: 17573926 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00259.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Recent data suggest that hexokinase KlHxk1 (Rag5) represents the only glucose-phosphorylating enzyme of Kluyveromyces lactis, which also is required for glucose signalling. Long-term growth studies of a K. lactis rag5 mutant, however, reveal slow growth on glucose, but no growth on fructose. Isolation of the permissive glucose-phosphorylating enzyme, mass spectrometric tryptic peptide analysis and determination of basic kinetic data identify a novel glucokinase (KlGlk1) encoded by ORF KLLA0C01,155g. In accordance with the growth characteristics of the rag5 mutant, KlGlk1 phosphorylates glucose, but fails to act on fructose as a sugar substrate. Multiple sequence alignment indicates the presence of at least one glucokinase gene in all sequenced yeast genomes.
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- Karina Kettner
- Technische Universität Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Dresden, Germany
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Queirós O, Pereira L, Paiva S, Moradas-Ferreira P, Casal M. Functional analysis of Kluyveromyces lactis carboxylic acids permeases: heterologous expression of KlJEN1 and KlJEN2 genes. Curr Genet 2007; 51:161-9. [PMID: 17186243 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0107-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present work describes a detailed physiological and molecular characterization of the mechanisms of transport of carboxylic acids in Kluyveromyces lactis. This yeast species presents two homologue genes to JEN1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: KlJEN1 encodes a monocarboxylate permease and KlJEN2 encodes a dicarboxylic acid permease. In the strain K. lactis GG1888, expression of these genes does not require an inducer and activity for both transport systems was observed in glucose-grown cells. To confirm their key role for carboxylic acids transport in K. lactis, null mutants were analyzed. Heterologous expression in S. cerevisiae has been performed and chimeric fusions with GFP showed their proper localization in the plasma membrane. S. cerevisiae jen1delta cells transformed with KlJEN1 recovered the capacity to use lactic acid, as well as to transport labeled lactic acid by a mediated mechanism. When KlJEN2 was heterologously expressed, S. cerevisiae transformants gained the ability to transport labeled succinic and malic acids by a mediated mechanism, exhibiting, however, a poor growth in malic acid containing media. The results confirmed the role of KlJen1p and KlJen2p as mono and dicarboxylic acids permeases, respectively, not subjected to glucose repression, being fully functional in S. cerevisiae.
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- Odília Queirós
- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde-Norte (ISCSN), Rua Central da Gandra 1317 4585-116 Gandra, Paredes, Portugal
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Goffrini P. A respiratory-deficient mutation associated with high salt sensitivity in Kluyveromyces lactis. FEMS Yeast Res 2007; 7:180-7. [PMID: 17328740 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00148.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A salt-sensitive mutant of Kluyveromyces lactis was isolated that was unable to grow in high-salt media. This mutant was also respiratory-deficient and temperature-sensitive for growth. The mutation mapped in a single nuclear gene that is the ortholog of BCS1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The BCS1 product is a mitochondrial protein required for the assembly of respiratory complex III. The bcs1 mutation of S. cerevisiae leads to a loss of respiration, but, unlike in K. lactis, it is not accompanied by salt sensitivity. All the respiratory-deficient K. lactis mutants tested were found to be salt-sensitive compared to their isogenic wild-type strains. In the presence of the respiratory inhibitor antimycin A, the wild-type strain also became salt-sensitive. By contrast, none of the S. cerevisiae respiratory-deficient mutants tested showed increased salt sensitivity. The salt sensitivity of the Klbcs1 mutant, but not its respiratory deficiency, was suppressed by the multicopy KlVMA13 gene, a homolog of the S. cerevisiae VMA13 gene encoding a subunit of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase. These results suggest that cellular salt homeostasis in K. lactis is strongly dependent on mitochondrial respiratory activity, and/or that the ion homeostasis of mitochondria themselves could be a primary target of salt stress.
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- Paola Goffrini
- Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology, Evolution, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, Parma, Italy.
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Neil H, Hnatova M, Wésolowski-Louvel M, Rycovska A, Lemaire M. Sck1 activator coordinates glucose transport and glycolysis and is controlled by Rag8 casein kinase I in Kluyveromyces lactis. Mol Microbiol 2007; 63:1537-48. [PMID: 17302826 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Casein kinases I (CKI) are ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells and are crucial factors for nutrient-signalling pathways in yeasts. In Kluyveromyces lactis, the KlRgt1 repressor represses the expression of the glucose transporter RAG1 gene in absence of glucose, but in response to glucose availability, Rag8 CKI cooperates with the Rag4 glucose sensor to inactivate KlRgt1. The SCK1 gene, a rag8 mutation suppressor, encodes a bHLH activator required for maximal expression of the RAG1 and glycolytic genes in the presence of glucose. We investigated further the function of Sck1 and its relationship to Rag8. We demonstrated that Sck1 regulates the RAG1 and glycolytic genes by directly binding to their promoter. We also found that SCK1 gene expression was induced by glucose and repressed by KlRgt1. In addition, we showed that (i) Sck1 was phosphorylated in vivo, (ii) Sck1 was phosphorylated in vitro by Rag8, and (iii) Sck1 was rapidly degraded in a rag8 mutant. We therefore suggest that Sck1 coordinates glucose import and glycolysis in K. lactis and that Rag8 controls this transcription factor by transcriptional and post-translational regulations.
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Núñez L, González-Siso I, Rodríguez-Belmonte E, Soengas P, Lamas-Maceiras M, Cerdán ME. A functional analysis ofKlSRB10: implications inKluyveromyces lactis transcriptional regulation. Yeast 2007; 24:1061-73. [PMID: 17868188 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The function of KlSRB10 has been studied by diverse approaches. Primer extension analysis reveals several transcription start sites, position - 17 from ATG being predominant. Deletion of KlSRB10 diminishes growth in ethanol and decreases KlCYC1 transcript levels. A second phenotype associated with this deletion affects growth in galactose. These phenotypes are independent of the specific sequence connecting the ATP binding cassette and the kinase domain of Srb10p in yeasts. KlSrb10p is not necessary for LAC4 repression mediated by KlGal80p, as deduced by construction of a Klgal80Deltasrb10Delta double mutant. In the two-hybrid system, KlSrbp10p interacts with the protein encoded by KLLA0E08151g (KlSrbp11p).
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- Laura Núñez
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of A Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, s/n 15071-A Coruña, Spain
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- J E Wilson
- Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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Fontanesi F, Viola AM, Ferrero I. Heterologous complementation of theKlaacnull mutation ofKluyveromyces lactisby theSaccharomyces cerevisiae AAC3gene encoding the ADP/ATP carrier. FEMS Yeast Res 2006; 6:414-20. [PMID: 16630281 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2005.00011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The KlAAC gene, encoding the ADP/ATP carrier, has been assumed to be a single gene in Kluyveromyces lactis, an aerobic, petite-negative yeast species. The Klaac null mutation, which causes a respiratory-deficient phenotype, was fully complemented by AAC2, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae major gene for the ADP/ATP carrier and also by AAC1, a gene that is poorly expressed in S. cerevisiae. In this study, we demonstrate that the Klaac null mutation is partially complemented by the ScAAC3 gene, encoding the hypoxic ADP/ATP carrier isoform, whose expression in S. cerevisiae is prevented by oxygen. Once introduced into K. lactis, the AAC3 gene was expressed both under aerobic and under partial anaerobic conditions but did not support the growth of K. lactis under strict anaerobic conditions.
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- Flavia Fontanesi
- Department of Genetics, Anthropology & Evolution, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, Parma, Italy
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Uccelletti D, Staneva D, Rufini S, Venkov P, Palleschi C. Enhanced secretion of heterologous proteins in Kluyveromyces lactis by overexpression of the GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase, KlPsa1p. FEMS Yeast Res 2005; 5:735-46. [PMID: 15851102 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2005.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2004] [Revised: 11/26/2004] [Accepted: 01/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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GDP-mannose is the mannosyl donor for the glycosylation reactions and is synthesized by GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase from GTP and d-mannose-1-phosphate; in Saccharomyces cerevisiae this enzyme is encoded by the PSA1/VIG9/SRB1 gene. We isolated the Kluyveromyces lactis KlPSA1 gene by complementing the osmotic growth defects of S. cerevisiae srb1/psa1 mutants. KlPsa1p displayed a high degree of similarity with other GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylases and was demonstrated to be the functional homologue of S. cerevisiae Psa1p. Phenotypic analysis of a K. lactis strain overexpressing the KlPSA1 gene revealed changes in the cell wall assembly. Increasing the KlPSA1 copy number restored the defects in O-glycosylation, but not those in N-glycosylation, that occur in K. lactis cells depleted for the hexokinase Rag5p. Overexpression of GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase also enhanced heterologous protein secretion in K. lactis as assayed by using the recombinant human serum albumin and the glucoamylase from Arxula adeninivorans.
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- Daniela Uccelletti
- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Lodi T, Donnini C. Lactose-induced cell death of beta-galactosidase mutants in Kluyveromyces lactis. FEMS Yeast Res 2005; 5:727-34. [PMID: 15851101 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2005.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2004] [Revised: 01/12/2005] [Accepted: 01/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Kluyveromyces lactis lac4 mutants, lacking the beta-galactosidase gene, cannot assimilate lactose, but grow normally on many other carbon sources. However, when these carbon sources and lactose were simultaneously present in the growth media, the mutants were unable to grow. The effect of lactose was cytotoxic since the addition of lactose to an exponentially-growing culture resulted in 90% loss of viability of the lac4 cells. An osmotic stabilizing agent prevented cells killing, supporting the hypothesis that the lactose toxicity could be mainly due to intracellular osmotic pressure. Deletion of the lactose permease gene, LAC12, abolished the inhibitory effect of lactose and allowed the cell to assimilate other carbon substrates. The lac4 strains gave rise, with unusually high frequency, to spontaneous mutants tolerant to lactose (lar1 mutation: lactose resistant). These mutants were unable to take up lactose. Indeed, lar1 mutation turned out to be allelic to LAC12. The high mutability of the LAC12 locus may be an advantage for survival of K. lactis whose main habitat is lactose-containing niches.
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- Tiziana Lodi
- Dipartimento di Genetica Antropologia Evoluzione, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy.
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Blanco M, Becerra M, González-Siso MI, Cerdán ME. Functional characterization of KlHEM13, a hypoxic gene of Kluyveromyces lactis. Can J Microbiol 2005; 51:241-9. [PMID: 15920622 DOI: 10.1139/w04-133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The KlHEM13 gene of Kluyveromyces lactis encoding the coproporphyrinogen oxidase (EC 1.3.3.3), an oxygen-requiring enzyme that catalyzes the sixth step of heme biosynthesis, was cloned and functionally characterized. The coding and upstream regions of KlHEM13 were analyzed and the putative cis regulatory elements were discussed in relation to the mechanisms of regulation of this hypoxic gene in K. lactis.
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- Moisés Blanco
- Departmento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad de A Coruña, F. Ciencias, Spain
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Lodi T, Fontanesi F, Ferrero I, Donnini C. Carboxylic acids permeases in yeast: two genes in Kluyveromyces lactis. Gene 2004; 339:111-9. [PMID: 15363851 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2004] [Revised: 05/26/2004] [Accepted: 06/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Two new genes KlJEN1 and KlJEN2 were identified in Kluyveromyces lactis. The deduced structure of their products is typical of membrane-bound carriers and displays high similarity to Jen1p, the monocarboxylate permease of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Both KlJEN1 and KlJEN2 are under the control of glucose repression mediated by FOG1 and FOG2, corresponding to S. cerevisiae GAL83 and SNF1 respectively, and KlCAT8, proteins involved in glucose signalling cascade in K. lactis. KlJEN1, but not KlJEN2, is induced by lactate. KlJEN2 in contrast is expressed at high level in ethanol and succinate. The physiological characterization of null mutants showed that KlJEN1 is the functional homologue of ScJEN1, whereas KlJEN2 encodes a dicarboxylic acids transporter. In fact, KlJen1p [transporter classification (TC) number: 2.A.1.12.2.] is required for lactate uptake and therefore for growth on lactate. KlJen2p is required for succinate transport, as demonstrated by succinate uptake experiments and by inability of Kljen2 mutant to grow on succinate. This carrier appears to transport also malate and fumarate because the Kljen2 mutant cannot grow on these substrates and the succinate uptake is competed by these carboxylic acids. We conclude that KlJEN2 is the first yeast gene shown to encode a dicarboxylic acids permease.
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- Tiziana Lodi
- Dipartimento di Genetica Antropologia Evoluzione, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 11/A, 43100 Parma, Italy.
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Bar D, Golbik R, Hübner G, Lilie H, Müller EC, Naumann M, Otto A, Reuter R, Breunig KD, Kriegel TM. The unique hexokinase of Kluyveromyces lactis. Molecular and functional characterization and evaluation of a role in glucose signaling. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:39280-6. [PMID: 12882981 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305706200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Crabtree-negative yeast Kluyveromyces lactis is capable of adjusting its glycolytic flux to the requirements of respiration by tightly regulating glucose uptake. RAG5 encoding the only glucose and fructose phosphorylating enzyme present in K. lactis is required for the up-regulation of glucose transport and also for glucose repression. To understand the significance of the molecular identity and specific function(s) of the corresponding kinase to glucose signaling, RAG5 was overexpressed and its gene product KlHxk1 (Rag5p) isolated and characterized. Stopped-flow kinetics and sedimentation analysis indicated a monomer-homodimer equilibrium of KlHxk1 in a condition of catalysis, i.e. in the presence of substrates and products. The kinetic constants of ATP-dependent glucose phosphorylation identified a 53-kDa monomer as the high affinity/high activity form of the novel enzyme for both glycolytic substrates suggesting a control of glucose phosphorylation at the level of dimer formation and dissociation. In contrast to the highly homologous hexokinase isoenzyme 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScHxk2), KlHxk1 was not inhibited by free ATP in a physiological range of nucleotide concentration. Mass spectrometric sequencing of tryptic peptides of KlHxk1 identified unmodified serine at amino acid position 156. The corresponding amino acid in ScHxk2 is serine 157, which represents the autophosphorylation-inactivation site. KlHxk1 did not display, however, the typical pattern of inactivation under the respective in vitro conditions and maintained a high residual glucose phosphorylating activity. The biophysical and functional data are discussed with respect to a possible regulatory role of KlHxk1 in glucose metabolism and signaling in K. lactis.
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- Dorit Bar
- Technische Universität Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Fetscherstr. 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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Lorberg A, Schmitz HP, Gengenbacher U, Heinisch JJ. KlROM2 encodes an essential GEF homologue in Kluyveromyces lactis. Yeast 2003; 20:611-24. [PMID: 12734799 DOI: 10.1002/yea.989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Cellular integrity in yeasts is ensured by a rigid cell wall whose synthesis is controlled by a MAP kinase signal transduction cascade. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae upstream regulatory components of this MAP kinase pathway involve a single protein kinase C, which is regulated in part by interaction with the small GTPase Rho1p. This small G protein is in turn rendered inactive (GDP-bound) or is activated (GTP-bound) by the influence of GTPase activating proteins (GAPs) and the GDP/GTP exchange factors (GEFs), respectively. We report here on the isolation of a gene from Kluyveromyces lactis, KlROM2, which encodes a member of the latter protein family. The nucleotide sequence contains an open reading frame of 1227 amino acids, with an overall identity of 57% to the Rom2 protein of S. cerevisiae. Four conserved sequence motifs could be identified: a RhoGEF domain, a DEP sequence, a CNH domain and a less conserved pleckstrin homology (PH) sequence. Klrom2 null mutants show a lethal phenotype, which indicates that the gene may encode the only functional GEF regulating the cellular integrity pathway in K. lactis. Conditional genomic expression of KlROM2 resulted in sensitivity towards caffeine and Calcofluor white as typical phenotypes of mutants defective in this pathway. Overexpression of KIROM2 from multicopy plasmids under the control of the ScGAL1 promoter severely impaired growth in both S. cerevisiae and in K. lactis. The fact that the lethal phenotype was not prevented in mpk1 deletion mutants indicates that growth inhibition is not simply caused by hyperactivation of the Pkc1p signal transduction pathway.
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- Anja Lorberg
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, Geb. 26.12, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Moreno F, Herrero P. The hexokinase 2-dependent glucose signal transduction pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2002; 26:83-90. [PMID: 12007644 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2002.tb00600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Sugars, predominantly glucose, evoke a variety of responses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These responses are elicited through a complex network of regulatory mechanisms that transduce the signal of presence of external glucose to their final intracellular targets. The HXK2 gene, encoding hexokinase 2 (Hxk2), the enzyme that initiates glucose metabolism, is highly expressed during growth in glucose and plays a pivotal role in the control of the expression of numerous genes, including itself. The mechanism of this autocontrol of expression is not completely understood. Hxk2 is found both in the nucleus and in the cytoplasm of S. cerevisiae; the nuclear localization is dependent on the presence of a stretch of amino acids located from lysine-6 to methionine-15. Although serine-14, within this stretch, can be phosphorylated in the absence of glucose, it is still unsettled whether this phosphorylation plays a role in the cellular localization of Hxk2. The elucidation of the mechanism of transport of Hxk2 to and from the nucleus, the influence of the oligomeric state of the protein on the nuclear transport and the fine mechanism of regulation of transcription of HXK2 are among the important unanswered questions in relation with the regulatory role of Hxk2.
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- Fernando Moreno
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Oviedo, Edificio Santiago Gascón, Campus del Cristo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.
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Kramarenko T, Karp H, Järviste A, Alamäe T. Sugar repression in the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha studied by using hexokinase-negative, glucokinase-negative and double kinase-negative mutants. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2001; 45:521-9. [PMID: 11501418 DOI: 10.1007/bf02818721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Two glucose-phosphorylating enzymes, a hexokinase phosphorylating both glucose and fructose, and a glucose-specific glucokinase were electrophoretically separated in the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha. Hexokinase-negative, glucokinase-negative and double kinase-negative mutants were isolated in H. polymorpha by using mutagenesis, selection and genetic crosses. Regulation of synthesis of the sugar-repressed alcohol oxidase, catalase and maltase was studied in different hexose kinase mutants. In the wild type and in mutants possessing either hexokinase or glucokinase, glucose repressed the synthesis of maltase, alcohol oxidase and catalase. Glucose repression of alcohol oxidase and catalase was abolished in mutants lacking both glucose-phosphorylating enzymes (i.e. in double kinase-negative mutants). Thus, glucose repression in H. polymorpha cells requires a glucose-phosphorylating enzyme, either hexokinase or glucokinase. The presence of fructose-phosphorylating hexokinase in the cell was specifically needed for fructose repression of alcohol oxidase, catalase and maltase. Hence, glucose or fructose has to be phosphorylated in order to cause repression of the synthesis of these enzymes in H. polymorpha suggesting that sugar repression in this yeast therefore relies on the catalytic activity of hexose kinases.
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- T Kramarenko
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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Bolotin-Fukuhara M, Toffano-Nioche C, Artiguenave F, Duchateau-Nguyen G, Lemaire M, Marmeisse R, Montrocher R, Robert C, Termier M, Wincker P, Wésolowski-Louvel M. Genomic exploration of the hemiascomycetous yeasts: 11. Kluyveromyces lactis. FEBS Lett 2000; 487:66-70. [PMID: 11152886 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02282-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Random sequencing of the Kluyveromyces lactis genome allowed the identification of 2235-2601 open reading frames (ORFs) homologous to S. cerevisiae ORFs, 51 ORFs which were homologous to genes from other species, 64 tRNAs, the complete rDNA repeat, and a few Ty1- and Ty2-like sequences. In addition, the complete sequence of plasmid pKD1 and a large coverage of the mitochondrial genome were obtained. The global distribution into general functional categories found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and as defined by MIPS is well conserved in K. lactis. However, detailed examination of certain subcategories revealed a small excess of genes involved in amino acid metabolism in K. lactis. The sequences are deposited at EMBL under the accession numbers AL424881-AL430960.
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- M Bolotin-Fukuhara
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Microbiologie, IGM, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France.
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Katz ME, Masoumi A, Burrows SR, Shirtliff CG, Cheetham BF. The Aspergillus nidulans xprF gene encodes a hexokinase-like protein involved in the regulation of extracellular proteases. Genetics 2000; 156:1559-71. [PMID: 11102357 PMCID: PMC1461378 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/156.4.1559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The extracellular proteases of Aspergillus nidulans are produced in response to limitation of carbon, nitrogen, or sulfur, even in the absence of exogenous protein. Mutations in the A. nidulans xprF and xprG genes have been shown to result in elevated levels of extracellular protease in response to carbon limitation. The xprF gene was isolated and sequence analysis indicates that it encodes a 615-amino-acid protein, which represents a new type of fungal hexokinase or hexokinase-like protein. In addition to their catalytic role, hexokinases are thought to be involved in triggering carbon catabolite repression. Sequence analysis of the xprF1 and xprF2 alleles showed that both alleles contain nonsense mutations. No loss of glucose or fructose phosphorylating activity was detected in xprF1 or xprF2 mutants. There are two possible explanations for this observation: (1) the xprF gene may encode a minor hexokinase or (2) the xprF gene may encode a protein with no hexose phosphorylating activity. Genetic evidence suggests that the xprF and xprG genes are involved in the same regulatory pathway. Support for this hypothesis was provided by the identification of a new class of xprG(-) mutation that suppresses the xprF1 mutation and results in a protease-deficient phenotype.
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- M E Katz
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Division, School of Biological Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia.
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Flores CL, Rodríguez C, Petit T, Gancedo C. Carbohydrate and energy-yielding metabolism in non-conventional yeasts. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2000; 24:507-29. [PMID: 10978549 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2000.tb00553.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Sugars are excellent carbon sources for all yeasts. Since a vast amount of information is available on the components of the pathways of sugar utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae it has been tacitly assumed that other yeasts use sugars in the same way. However, although the pathways of sugar utilization follow the same theme in all yeasts, important biochemical and genetic variations on it exist. Basically, in most non-conventional yeasts, in contrast to S. cerevisiae, respiration in the presence of oxygen is prominent for the use of sugars. This review provides comparative information on the different steps of the fundamental pathways of sugar utilization in non-conventional yeasts: glycolysis, fermentation, tricarboxylic acid cycle, pentose phosphate pathway and respiration. We consider also gluconeogenesis and, briefly, catabolite repression. We have centered our attention in the genera Kluyveromyces, Candida, Pichia, Yarrowia and Schizosaccharomyces, although occasional reference to other genera is made. The review shows that basic knowledge is missing on many components of these pathways and also that studies on regulation of critical steps are scarce. Information on these points would be important to generate genetically engineered yeast strains for certain industrial uses.
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- C L Flores
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols C.S.I.C.-UAM, Unidad de Bioquímica y Genética de Levaduras, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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In the recent past, through advances in development of genetic tools, the budding yeast Kluyveromyces lactis has become a model system for studies on molecular physiology of so-called "Nonconventional Yeasts." The regulation of primary carbon metabolism in K. lactis differs markedly from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and reflects the dominance of respiration over fermentation typical for the majority of yeasts. The absence of aerobic ethanol formation in this class of yeasts represents a major advantage for the "cell factory" concept and large-scale production of heterologous proteins in K. lactis cells is being applied successfully. First insight into the molecular basis for the different regulatory strategies is beginning to emerge from comparative studies on S. cerevisiae and K. lactis. The absence of glucose repression of respiration, a high capacity of respiratory enzymes and a tight regulation of glucose uptake in K. lactis are key factors determining physiological differences to S. cerevisiae. A striking discrepancy exists between the conservation of regulatory factors and the lack of evidence for their functional significance in K. lactis. On the other hand, structurally conserved factors were identified in K. lactis in a new regulatory context. It seems that different physiological responses result from modified interactions of similar molecular modules.
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González-Siso MI, Freire-Picos MA, Ramil E, González-Domínguez M, Cerdán ME. Respirofermentative metabolism in Kluyveromyces lactis: Insights and perspectives. Enzyme Microb Technol 2000; 26:699-705. [PMID: 10862875 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(00)00161-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Yeasts do not form a homogeneous group as far as energy-yielding metabolism is concerned and the fate of pyruvate, a glycolytic intermediate, determines the type of energy metabolism. Kluyveromyces lactis has become an alternative to the traditional yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae owing to its industrial applications as well as to studies on mitochondrial respiration. In this review we summarize the current knowdeledge about the K. lactis respirofermentative metabolism, taking into account the respiratory capacity of this yeast and the molecular mechanisms controlling its regulation, giving an up-to-date picture.
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- MI González-Siso
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain
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The ubiquitin encoding genes of Kluyveromyces lactis were cloned. Three genes, KlUBI1, KlUBI3 and KlUBI4, were found in this yeast, while in Saccharomyces cerevisiae there are four genes, UBI1, -2, -3 and -4. The UBI1/UBI2 duplication is thus absent from the K. lactis genome. General structural features of ubiquitin genes were very similar in these two species (presence of an intron in KlUBI1, fusion to ribosomal protein genes in KlUBI1 and KlUBI3, spacer-less polyubiquitin repeats in KlUBI4). Disruption or deletion of K. lactis ubiquitin genes showed that: (a) disruption of KlUBI1 was lethal (in S. cerevisiae, ubi1/ubi2 double deletion is lethal); (b) KlUBI3 is also an essential gene for cell growth; (c) deletion of KlUBI4 led to an increased sensitivity to high temperature, similar to the ubi4 mutation in S. cerevisiae, but, in contrast to the latter, the klubi4 mutant was not sensitive to carbon or nitrogen source starvation. The syntenic relationship of ubiquitin loci between K. lactis and S. cerevisiae genomes is also described.
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- W G Bao
- Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, Bâtiment 110, Centre Universitaire Paris XI, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Diener A, Hirschi H. Heterologous expression for dominant-like gene activity. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2000; 5:10-11. [PMID: 10637655 DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(99)01512-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have cloned the gene HXK1 from the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica that encodes the unique hexokinase of this yeast. The gene has an intron located 39 base pairs after the A of the first ATG. The putative protein contains a sequence of 40 amino acids which is absent from other known hexokinase sequences. Y. lipolytica strains devoid of hexokinase grew in glucose slower than wild-type. This growth was due to the existence of a glucokinase. The hexokinase from Y. lipolytica substituted effectively for hexokinase II from S. cerevisiae in catabolite repression of invertase. The hexokinases from Schizosaccharomyces pombe or Kluyveromyces lactis were much less effective in this role. The K(m) for glucose and fructose of hexokinase was 0.38 mM and 3.56 mM, respectively. The K(m) of glucokinase for glucose was 0.17 mM. While the hexokinase was strongly inhibited by trehalose-6-phosphate (K(i)=3.6 microM), glucokinase was not affected by this compound.
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- T Petit
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, C.S.I.C.-UAM, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Jeffries TW, Shi NQ. Genetic engineering for improved xylose fermentation by yeasts. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 1999; 65:117-61. [PMID: 10533434 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-49194-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Xylose utilization is essential for the efficient conversion of lignocellulosic materials to fuels and chemicals. A few yeasts are known to ferment xylose directly to ethanol. However, the rates and yields need to be improved for commercialization. Xylose utilization is repressed by glucose which is usually present in lignocellulosic hydrolysates, so glucose regulation should be altered in order to maximize xylose conversion. Xylose utilization also requires low amounts of oxygen for optimal production. Respiration can reduce ethanol yields, so the role of oxygen must be better understood and respiration must be reduced in order to improve ethanol production. This paper reviews the central pathways for glucose and xylose metabolism, the principal respiratory pathways, the factors determining partitioning of pyruvate between respiration and fermentation, the known genetic mechanisms for glucose and oxygen regulation, and progress to date in improving xylose fermentations by yeasts.
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- T W Jeffries
- USDA, Forest Service, Institute for Microbial and Biochemical Technology, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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Zonneveld BJ, Tizzani L, Wésolowski-Louvel M. Characterization of the histidine mutants of Kluyveromyces lactis. Yeast 1999; 15:377-84. [PMID: 10219996 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19990330)15:5<377::aid-yea381>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Thirty-eight different histidine mutations of Kluyveromyces lactis were isolated and genetically characterized. All of the mutations were nuclear recessive alleles. They turned out to belong to seven different complementation groups, designated hisA1 to hisA7. Five of these genes have been cloned by in vivo complementation of the Klhis mutations. Their homology to some of the histidine genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was confirmed by heterologous complementation. However, one of these KlHIS genes did not complement any mutation in the seven known histidine biosynthetic enzymes encoding genes (his1-his7) of S. cerevisiae.
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Destruelle M, Menghini R, Frontali L, Bianchi MM. Regulation of the expression of the Kluyveromyces lactis PDC1 gene: carbon source-responsive elements and autoregulation. Yeast 1999; 15:361-70. [PMID: 10219994 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19990330)15:5<361::aid-yea378>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The yeast Kluyveromyces lactis has a single structural gene coding for pyruvate decarboxylase (KIPDC1). In order to study the regulation of the expression of KIPDC1, we have sequenced (EMBL Accession No. Y15435) its promoter and have fused the promoter to the reporter gene lacZ from E. coli. Transcription analysis in a Klpdc1 delta strain showed that KIPDC1 expression is subject to autoregulation. The PDC1 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was able to complement the Rag- phenotype of the Klpdc1 delta mutant strain and it could also repress transcription of the KIPDC1-lacZ fusion on glucose. A deletion analysis of the promoter region was performed to study carbon source-dependent regulation and revealed that at least two cis-acting regions are necessary for full induction of gene expression on glucose. Other cis-elements mediate repression on ethanol.
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- M Destruelle
- Pasteur Institute, Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Bourgarel D, Nguyen CC, Bolotin-Fukuhara M. HAP4, the glucose-repressed regulated subunit of the HAP transcriptional complex involved in the fermentation-respiration shift, has a functional homologue in the respiratory yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Mol Microbiol 1999; 31:1205-15. [PMID: 10096087 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01263.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the heteromeric HAP transcription factor is necessary for optimal growth on respiratory carbon sources. One of its components, the Hap4p protein, is necessary for transcriptional activation. The same protein is also the regulatory part of the complex in response to carbon sources, as HAP4 is strongly induced during the shift from fermentative to respiratory metabolism in S. cerevisiae. We report here the characterization of a new gene from the respiratory yeast Kluyveromyces lactis, obtained by heterologous complementation of a delta hap4 S. cerevisiae mutant strain. The deduced sequence of the protein (643 amino acids) exhibits two small domains (11 and 16 amino acids respectively) highly homologous to corresponding domains of ScHap4p, while the overall similarity is rather weak. Additional experiments were performed to confirm the functional homology of this new gene with ScHAP4, which we named KIHAP4. The importance of the small highly conserved N-terminal sequence was confirmed by in vitro mutagenesis. All the mutations that interfere with the Hap4p-Hap2/3/5 interaction were localized in it. The discovery of the same regulatory protein in two metabolically distinct yeast species raises the question of its functional significance during evolution.
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- D Bourgarel
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (URA 2225 du CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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Petit T, Herrero P, Gancedo C. A mutation Ser213/Asn in the hexokinase 1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe increases its affinity for glucose. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 251:714-9. [PMID: 9790975 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Alignment of amino acids of the region implicated in glucose binding from a series of hexokinases showed that Schizosaccharomyces pombe hexokinase 1 had a Ser residue in a place where all other kinases had an Asn. We changed an AGT codon to AAT to place an Asn in the Ser213 position. This mutation decreased Km for glucose from 9.4 mM to 1.6 mM and the ratio Vmax (Fructose)/Vmax (Glucose) from 5 to 2.5. Also the Km for 2-deoxyglucose decreased from 2.7 mM to 0.8 mM. A mutation in the similar position of S. pombe hexokinase 2 (Asn196/Ser) increased the Km for glucose from 0.16 mM to 0.56 mM. Fermentation of glucose is not detectable in a S. pombe mutant with only hexokinase 1 activity but expression of the hxk1(S213/N) gene conferred ability to ferment the sugar. While the mutated hexokinase 1 partially mimicked S. cerevisiae hexokinase II in catabolite repression of invertase, the wild type one could not substitute for it.
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- T Petit
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, C.S.I.C., Unidad de Bioquímica y Genética de Levaduras, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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Glucose transport was studied in a methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha. Two kinetically different glucose transport systems were revealed in cells grown under different growth conditions. Glucose-repressed cells exhibited a low-affinity transport system (Km for glucose 1.75 mM) while glucose-derepressed and ethanol-grown cells had a high-affinity transport system (Km for glucose 0.05-0.06 mM). The high- and low-affinity transport systems differed in substrate specificity, sensitivity to pH, dinitrophenol and protonophore carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenyl-hydrazone. The kinetic rearrangement of the glucose transport system in response to altered growth conditions was dependent on de novo protein synthesis.
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- H Karp
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Weirich J, Goffrini P, Kuger P, Ferrero I, Breunig KD. Influence of mutations in hexose-transporter genes on glucose repression in Kluyveromyces lactis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 249:248-57. [PMID: 9363776 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00248.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The variability of Kluyveromyces lactis strains in sensitivity to glucose is correlated with genetic differences in Kluyveromyces hexose transporter (KHT) genes. The glucose sensitive strain JA6 was shown to contain an additional gene, KHT2, not found in strains that are less sensitive. KHT2 is tandemly arranged with KHT1 which is identical to the low-affinity transporter gene RAG1, except for the C-terminus. Sequence analysis indicated that most of KHT2 had been lost by a recombination event between KHT1 and KHT2 generating the chimeric gene RAG1. Recombination between KHT1 and KHT2 was also found in mutants of JA6 selected as 2-deoxyglucose resistant colonies. These mutants, like kht1 kht2 double mutants were unable to grow on glucose when respiration was blocked (Rag- phenotype) and glucose repression was strongly reduced. kht1 or kht2 single mutants of JA6 were Rag+ but still an influence of the kht mutations on glucose repression was detectable. Repression was not affected in a Rag- mutant deleted for the phosphoglucose isomerase gene suggesting that the influence of transporter genes on repression is not caused by a reduction of the glycolytic flux. The data rather suggest that sensitivity to glucose repression is dependent on the rate of glucose uptake.
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- J Weirich
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Transport across the plasma membrane is the first, obligatory step of hexose utilization. In yeast cells the uptake of hexoses is mediated by a large family of related transporter proteins. In baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae the genes of 20 different hexose transporter-related proteins have been identified. Six of these transmembrane proteins mediate the metabolically relevant uptake of glucose, fructose and mannose for growth, two others catalyze the transport of only small amounts of these sugars, one protein is a galactose transporter but also able to transport glucose, two transporters act as glucose sensors, two others are involved in the pleiotropic drug resistance process, and the functions of the remaining hexose transporter-related proteins are not yet known. The catabolic hexose transporters exhibit different affinities for their substrates, and expression of their corresponding genes is controlled by the glucose sensors according to the availability of carbon sources. In contrast, milk yeast Kluyveromyces lactis contains only a few different hexose transporters. Genes of other monosaccharide transporter-related proteins have been found in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and in the xylose-fermenting yeast Pichia stipitis. However, the molecular genetics of hexose transport in many other yeasts remains to be established. The further characterization of this multigene family of hexose transporters should help to elucidate the role of transport in yeast sugar metabolism.
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- E Boles
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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We constructed two mouse alpha-amylase secretion vectors for Kluyveromyces lactis using the well-characterized signal sequence of the pGKL 128 kDa killer precursor protein. Both PHO5 and PGK expression cassettes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae directed the expression of mouse alpha-amylase in YPD medium at a similar level of efficiency. K. lactis transformants secreted glycosylated and non-glycosylated alpha-amylase into the culture medium and both species were enzymatically active. The K. lactis/S. cerevisiae shuttle secretion vector pMI6 was constructed, and K. lactis MD2/1(pMI6) secreted about four-fold more alpha-amylase than S. cerevisiae YNN27 harboring the same plasmid, indicating that K. lactis is an efficient host cell for the secretion and production of recombinant proteins.
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- M Tokunaga
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Yang VW, Jeffries TW. Regulation of phosphotransferases in glucose- and xylose-fermenting yeasts. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 1997; 63-65:97-108. [PMID: 9170243 DOI: 10.1007/bf02920416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This research examined the titers of hexokinase (HK), phosphofructokinase (PFK), and xylulokinase (XUK) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and two xylose fermenting yeasts, Pachysolen tannophilus and Candida shehatae, following shifts in carbon source and aeration. Xylose-grown C. shehatae, glucose-grown P. tannophilus, and glucose-grown S. cerevisiae, had the highest specific activities of XUK, HK, and PFK, respectively. XUK was induced by xylose to moderate levels in both P. tannophilus and C. shehatae, but was present only in trace levels in S. cerevisiae. HK activities in P. tannophilus were two to three fold higher when cells were grown on glucose than when grown on xylose, but HK levels were less inducible in C. shehatae. The PFK activities in S. cerevisiae were 1.5 to 2 times higher than in the two xylose-fermenting yeasts. Transfer from glucose to xylose rapidly inactivated HK in P. tannophilus, and transfer from xylose to glucose inactivated XUK in C. shehatae. The patterns of induction and inactivation indicate that the basic regulatory mechanisms differ in the two xylose fermenting yeasts.
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- V W Yang
- Institute for Microbial and Biochemical Technology, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI 53705-2398, USA
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- J Horák
- Department of Membrane Transport, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jang JC, León P, Zhou L, Sheen J. Hexokinase as a sugar sensor in higher plants. THE PLANT CELL 1997; 9:5-19. [PMID: 9014361 PMCID: PMC156897 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 465] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The mechanisms by which higher plants recognize and respond to sugars are largely unknown. Here, we present evidence that the first enzyme in the hexose assimilation pathway, hexokinase (HXK), acts as a sensor for plant sugar responses. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing antisense hexokinase (AtHXK) genes are sugar hyposensitive, whereas plants overexpressing AtHXK are sugar hypersensitive. The transgenic plants exhibited a wide spectrum of altered sugar responses in seedling development and in gene activation and repression. Furthermore, overexpressing the yeast sugar sensor YHXK2 caused a dominant negative effect by elevating HXK catalytic activity but reducing sugar sensitivity in transgenic plants. The result suggests that HXK is a dual-function enzyme with a distinct regulatory function not interchangeable between plants and yeast.
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- J C Jang
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
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