title: Determination of in vivo kinetics of the starvation-induced Hxt5 glucose transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: We have investigated the role and the kinetic properties of the Hxt5 glucose transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The HXT5 gene was not expressed during growth of the yeast cells in rich medium with glucose or raffinose. However, it became strongly induced during nitrogen or carbon starvation. We have constructed yeast strains constitutively expressing only Hxt5, Hxt1 (low affinity) or Hxt7 (high affinity), but no other glucose transporters. Aerobic fed-batch cultures at quasi steady-state conditions, and aerobic and anaerobic chemostat cultures at steady-state conditions of these strains were used for estimation of the kinetic properties of the individual transporters under in vivo conditions, by investigating the dynamic responses of the strains to changes in extracellular glucose concentration. The K(m) value and the growth properties of the HXT5 single expression strain indicate that Hxt5 is a transporter with intermediate affinity.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Bioverfahrenstechnik, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buziol
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baumeister
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mauch
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reuss
authors.forename: Eckhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boles
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013217:Starvation / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; C466910:HXT5 protein, S cerevisiae; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D005947:Glucose; D009584:Nitrogen