title: What is the function of nitrogen catabolite repression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae?
abstract: In contrast to the previously held notion that nitrogen catabolite repression is primarily responsible for the ability of yeast cells to use good nitrogen sources in preference to poor ones, we demonstrate that this ability is probably the result of other control mechanisms, such as metabolite compartmentation. We suggest that nitrogen repression is functionally a long-term adaptation to changes in the nutritional environment of yeast cells.
mesh_terms: D000481:Allantoin / Q000378:metabolism; D000492:Allophanate Hydrolase / Q000378:metabolism; D001119:Arginase / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism; D001216:Asparagine / Q000378:metabolism; D019731:Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases; D004794:Enzyme Repression; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000481:Allantoin; D001216:Asparagine; D014508:Urea; D001120:Arginine; D000492:Allophanate Hydrolase; D001119:Arginase; D008025:Ligases; D019731:Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases; C023270:urea carboxylase (hydrolyzing); D009584:Nitrogen