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Very low amounts of glucose cause repression of the stress-responsive gene in Free

Abstract

Changing the growth mode of by adding fermentable amounts of glucose to cells growing on a non-fermentable carbon source leads to rapid repression of general stress-responsive genes like . Remarkably, glucose repression of appeared to occur even at very low glucose concentrations, down to 0005%. Although these low levels of glucose do not induce fermentative growth, they do act as a growth signal, since upon addition of glucose to a concentration of 002%, growth rate increased and ribosomal protein gene transcription was up-regulated. In an attempt to elucidate how this type of glucose signalling may operate, several signalling mutants were examined. Consistent with the low amounts of glucose that elicit repression, neither the main glucose-repression pathway nor cAMP-dependent activation of protein kinase A appeared to play a role in this regulation. Using mutants involved in glucose metabolism, evidence was obtained suggesting that glucose 6-phosphate serves as a signalling molecule. To identify the target for glucose repression on the promoter of the gene, a promoter deletion series was used. The major transcription factors governing (stress-induced) transcriptional activation of are Msn2p and Msn4p, binding to the general stress-responsive promoter elements (STREs). Surprisingly, glucose repression of appeared to be independent of Msn2/4p: transcription in glycerol-grown cells was unaffected in a ΔΔ strain. Nevertheless, evidence was obtained that STRE-mediated transcription is the target of repression by low amounts of glucose. These data suggest that an as yet unidentified factor is involved in STRE-mediated transcriptional regulation of .

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Keyword(s): FGM, fermentable growth medium (pathway) , glucose 6-phosphate , glucose repression , HSP12 , PKA, protein kinase A , protein kinase A (PKA) , signal transduction and STRE, stress-responsive element
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Very low amounts of glucose cause repression of the stress-responsive gene HSP12 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Microbiology 146, 367 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-146-2-367
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