Incorporation of mannoproteins into the walls of aculeacin A-treated yeast cells |
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Authors: | E. Valentín E. Herrero R. Sentandreu |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departament de Microbiologia, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de València, Avgda Blasco Ibáñez 13, E-46010 València, Spain |
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Abstract: | Inhibition of the synthesis of alkali-insoluble glucan by aculeacin A in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells caused a decrease in the incorporation of a high molecular weight heterogeneous mannoprotein material and of a 33000 mannoprotein into the wall network. This was concomitant with the excretion of the latter molecule into the growth medium. Regenerating yeast protoplasts liberated considerable amounts of the heterogeneous material to the medium independently of the presence of aculeacin. The protoplast walls did lack this component and contained only minor amounts of the 33000 molecule, which was also completely absent from walls of aculeacin-treated protoplasts. Considerable levels of the 33000 species were immunodetected in the supernatants from treated and untreated protoplasts. These results point to the existence of specific interactions between the glucan network of the yeast cell surface and some of the wall mannoproteins. On the other hand, the presence of a population of SDS-solubilizable mannoproteins in the wall was independent of glucan levels.Abbreviations SDS sodium dodecyl sulphate - YNB Yeast nitrogen base |
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Keywords: | Yeasts Cell wall Mannoproteins Aculeacin A Glucan Protoplasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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