title: Isolation and characterization of an uncoupler-resistant mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: One mutant resistant to carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation, was isolated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Genetic analysis showed that a single nuclear gene is responsible for increased resistance; this gene was dominant.The mutant showed cross-resistance or collateral sensitivity to several chemically-unrelated inhibitors (cycloheximide, dinitrophenol, tributhyltin chloride, chloramphenicol).The resistance of the mutant is related to a decreased uptake of CCCP which is not expressed in glucose-starved cells. It was shown that glucose induced a CCCP efflux which was more efficient in the mutant than in the wild-type cells. This effect was correlated to a greater acidification of the internal pH by glucose addition in the mutant cells.It was proposed that resistance was not due to a change of permeability of the plasmic membrane itself but to the change of internal pH which determines the extent of accumulation of weak acids or bases.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biochimie Cellulaire et Neurochimie du CNRS, 1 rue Camille St-Saëns, F-33077, Bordeaux Cedex, France.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caubet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mazat
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guerin