Regulation of phospholipid synthesis in phosphatidylserine synthase-deficient (chol) mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants, chol, are deficient in the synthesis of the phospholipid phosphatidylserine owing to lowered activity of the membrane-associated enzyme phosphatidylserine synthase. These mutants are auxotrophic for ethanolamine or choline and, in the absence of these supplements, cannot synthesize phosphatidylethanolamine or phosphatidylcholine (PC). The authors exploited these characteristics of the chol mutants to examine the regulation of phospholipid metabolism in S. cerevisiae. Macromolecular synthesis and phospholipid metabolism were examined in chol cells starved for ethanolamine. Coupled to the decline in PC biosynthesis was a simultaneous decrease in the overall rate of phospholipid synthesis. In particular, the rate of synthesis of phosphatidylinositol decreased in parallel with the decline in PC biosynthesis. However, under conditions of ethanolamine deprivation in chol cells, the cytoplasmic enzyme inositol-1-phosphate synthase could not be repressed by exogenous inositol, and the endogenous synthesis of the phospholipid precursor inositol appeared to be elevated. The implications of these findings with respect to the coordinated regulation of phospholipid synthesis are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
- OSTI ID:
- 6085791
- Journal Information:
- J. Bacteriol.; (United States), Vol. 2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GENOTYPE
PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES
ALCOHOLS
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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DRUGS
ENZYMES
ESTERS
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ODD-ODD NUCLEI
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PLANTS
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SYNTHESIS
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550201* - Biochemistry- Tracer Techniques