Sugar transport in the light leaf spot pathogen Pyrenopeziza brassicae

Abstract In the light leaf spot fungus Pyrenopeziza brassicae , the kinetics of uptake of sucrose, glucose and fructose are all biphasic. At low and high concentrations, glucose and fructose share a high-affinity and a low-affinity hexose carrier respectively, with K _m s of 3.5 and 4.6 μM for uptake of glucose and fructose respectively by the high-affinity system, and K _s s of 690 and 750 uM for uptake of glucose and fructose by the low-affinity system. The data also suggest the existence of separate high-affinity and low-affinity uptake systems for sucrose. P. brassicae possesses both soluble and paniculate invertase activity, with pH optima of 5.0 and 4.0 respectively. Activity of the particulate invertase is considerably in excess of the highest rates of sucrose uptake.