title: The absorption of protons with alpha-methyl glucoside and alpha-thioethyl glucoside by the yeast N.C.Y.C. 240. Evidence against the phosphorylation hypothesis.
abstract: 1. When yeast N.C.Y.C. 240 was grown with maltose in a complex medium based on yeast extract and peptone, washed cell preparations fermented alpha-methyl glucoside much more slowly than maltose. 2. The yeast absorbed alpha-methyl[14C]glucoside from a 10mM solution in the presence of antimycin and iodoacetamide, producing [14C]glucose, which accumulated outside the cells. The yeast itself contained hexose phosphates, trehalose, alpha-methyl glucoside and other products labelled with 14C, but no alpha-methyl glucoside phosphate. 3. About 1 equiv. of protons was absorbed with each equivalent of alpha-methylglucoside, and 1 equiv. of K+ ions left the yeast. 4. alpha-Thioethyl glucoside was also absorbed along with protons. Studies by g.l.c. showed that the yeast concentrated the compound without metabolizing it. 5. The presence of trehalose, sucrose, maltose, L-sorbose, glucose or alpha-phenyl glucoside in each case immediately stimulated proton uptake, whereas fructose, 3-O-methylglucose and 2-deoxyglucose failed to do so. 6. The observations support the conclusion that alpha-thioethyl glucoside, alpha-methyl glucoside and maltose are substrates of one or more proton symports, whereas they seem inconsistent with the notion that the absorption of alpha-methyl glucoside involves the phosphorylation of the carbohydrate [Van Stevenick (1970) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 203, 376-384].
mesh_terms: D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D008757:Methylglucosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008759:Methylglycosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011522:Protons; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D013863:Thioglucosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013865:Thioglycosides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008757:Methylglucosides; D008759:Methylglycosides; D011522:Protons; D013863:Thioglucosides; D013865:Thioglycosides; D008320:Maltose; D011188:Potassium