Abstract
The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was shown to have two kinetically distinguishable glutathione transport systems. While one with high affinity (GSH-P1; KT=0.045 mM) was regulated, the other with low affinity (GSH-P2; KT>2 mM) was not. GSH-P1 was highly specific to glutathione, and its activity was quickly lost by suspending the cells in buffer solutions. This activity loss was not observed if glucose-containing buffer was used. In addition, ρ − isolates had only about one half of the glutathione transport activity of the original (ρ +) strain. Therefore, it is concluded that GSH-P1 is an ATP-driven transport system. Strong and moderate inhibition of GSH-P1 by protonophores and ionophores, respectively, are attributed to competition for ATP between GSH-P1 and proton- and cation-pumps, re.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1858-1864 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 1 1998 |
Keywords
- Glutathione
- Inhibition
- Kinetic analysis
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Transport
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Analytical Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Molecular Biology
- Organic Chemistry