PMID: 9530519Apr 8, 1998Paper

Univalent cation fluxes in yeast

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International
G Lapathitis, A Kotyk

Abstract

Transport of H+, K+, Rb+ and Tl+ ions was studied in a wild-type strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in its mutants defective in the high-affinity K+ transport system TRK1 and in the double mutant with an additional deletion in the TRK2 gene. In the absence of glucose K+, Rb+ and Tl+ elicited a more or less stoichiometric exchange outflow of H+, in the mutants K+ moved out of cells even in the presence of 10 mM KCl or KNO3. In the presence of glucose in the wild type, K+, Rb+ and Tl+ brought about a massive outflow of H+ while being transported inward against high concentration gradients. In the trk1 delta mutant the exchange fluxes were reduced by 65-85%, in the double mutant those of K+, Rb+ and Tl+ practically cease but outflow of H+ caused by Tl+ remained at the level of the trk1 delta mutant. It appears that, in addition to the H+ export by the PMA1-coded plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase, at least three different univalent-cation involving activities are present: the high-affinity transport system for K+ (TRK1), another system (possibly TRK2) with different responses to K+ and Rb+, vs. Tl+, and an active system for K+ export. The first two are apparently active exchange systems for K+, Rb+, and Tl+ against H+. The source of ...Continue Reading

Citations

Mar 9, 1999·Folia Microbiologica·A Kotyk, G Lapathitis
Feb 9, 2000·Folia Microbiologica·A KotykS Krenková
Aug 15, 2001·Folia Microbiologica·U Khansuwan, A Kotyk
Sep 18, 2003·FEMS Microbiology Letters·Arnost KotykJaroslav Horák
May 22, 2001·Molecular Microbiology·O KinclováH Sychrová
Mar 4, 2010·Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews : MMBR·Joaquín AriñoHana Sychrová
Aug 2, 2006·FEMS Yeast Research·Olga Kinclova-ZimmermannovaHana Sychrova

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