GSE171846
transcriptional reponse of yeast glucose sensing pathway mutants to glucose addition
While much is known about glucose metabolism in yeast, less is known about the receptors and signaling pathways that indicate glucose availability. Here we compared  wildtype and 16 mutants in yeast glucose sensing pathway for their transcriptomics profiles in 0.05% glucose vs 10 min after glucose addition to 2% glucose. With these data, we were able to define various roles of glucose sensing pathway components. We demonstrated that the G protein-coupled receptor (Gpr1/Gpa2) directed early events in glucose utilization, the transceptors (SNF3/RGT2) regulated subsequent processes and downstream products of glucose metabolism. Whereas the large G protein transmits the signal from its cognate receptor, Ras2 (but not Ras1) integrates responses from both receptor pathways. We also determined the relative contributions of the Ga (Gpa2) and Gß (Asc1) protein subunits to glucose-initiated processes in yeast. We determined that Gpa2 is primarily involved in regulating carbohydratesugar metabolism while Asc1 is primarily involved in amino acid metabolism. Both proteins are involved in regulating purine metabolism. Collectively, our analysis reveals the molecular basis for glucose detection and the earliest events of glucose-dependent signal transduction in yeast. Overall design: wildtype and 16 yeast glucose sensing pathway mutants in 0.05% glucose vs. 10 min after glucose addition to 2% glucose, each in 2 replicates