Comparative responses of the yeast mutant strain GL7 to lanosterol,cycloartenol, and cyclolaudenol |
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Authors: | Thomas M. Buttke Konrad Bloch |
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Affiliation: | The James Bryant Conant Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA |
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Abstract: | Under anaerobic growth conditions the isomeric 4,4′,14-trimethylcholestane derivatives lanosterol and, more efficiently, cycloartenol satisfy the sterol requirement of the yeast sterol auxotroph strain GL7. Aerobic mutant growth is supported only by cycloartenol and not by lanosterol, suggesting different structural requirements for aerobic and anaerobic cells. It is proposed that the non-planar conformation imposed by the 9,19-cyclopropane ring of cycloartenol moderates the adverse membrane effects of the nuclear methyl groups at C-4 and C-14. Under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions cyclolaudenol, a C-24-methyl derivative of cycloartenol, is a significantly more effective sterol source for strain GL7 than cycloartenol. This result is in keeping with the predominance of C-24-methyl sterols (ergosterol) in wild-type yeast. |
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