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Sulfur sparing in the yeast proteome in response to sulfur demand. Export

Molecular cell, Vol. 9, No. 4. (April 2002), pp. 713-723.

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Examines changes in yeast gene expression in response to sulfur limitation, resulting from exposure to cadmium. Cadmium induces a sulfur drain in the cell, where sulfur is required to sequester the cadmium.

Authors found that gene expression changes to reduce amount of sulfur containing residues encoded in the proteome. The study also found that sulfur rich enzymes are also correspondingly replaces with sulfur depleted isoenzymes for the same function. The results suggests that these isoezymes are switched around depending on whether there is sulfur limitation or not.

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Genome-wide studies have recently revealed the unexpected complexity of the genetic response to apparently simple physiological changes. Here, we show that when yeast cells are exposed to Cd(2+), most of the sulfur assimilated by the cells is converted into glutathione, a thiol-metabolite essential for detoxification. Cells adapt to this vital metabolite requirement by modifying globally their proteome to reduce the production of abundant sulfur-rich proteins. In particular, some abundant glycolytic enzymes are replaced by sulfur-depleted isozymes. This global change in protein expression allows an overall sulfur amino acid saving of 30%. This proteomic adaptation is essentially regulated at the mRNA level. The main transcriptional activator of the sulfate assimilation pathway, Met4p, plays an essential role in this sulfur-sparing response.


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