title: Kinetics and regulation of lactose transport and metabolism in Kluyveromyces lactis JA6.
abstract: Kluyveromyces lactis strains are able to assimilate lactose. They have been used industrially to eliminate this sugar from cheese whey and in other industrial products. In this study, we investigated specific features and the kinetic parameters of the lactose transport system in K. lactis JA6. In lactose grown cells, lactose was transported by a system transport with a half-saturation constant (K s) of 1.49 ± 0.38 mM and a maximum velocity (V max) of 0.96 ± 0.12 mmol. (g dry weight)(-1) h(-1) for lactose. The transport system was constitutive and energy-dependent. Results obtained by different approaches showed that the lactose transport system was regulated by glucose at the transcriptional level and by glucose and other sugars at a post-translational level. In K. lactis JA6, galactose metabolization was under glucose control. These findings indicated that the regulation of lactose-galactose regulon in K. lactis was similar to the regulation of galactose regulon in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
authors: Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, 35400-000, Brazil.
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Santos
authors: W B
authors: WB
authors: Silveira
authors: L G
authors: LG
authors: Fietto
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Brandão
authors: I M
authors: IM
authors: Castro
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D007700:Kinetics; D007716:Kluyveromyces / Q000378:metabolism*; D007785:Lactose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007785:Lactose