Yeast mutants auxotrophic for choline or ethanolamine

作者：Katharine D. Atkinson, Birgitte Nybo Jensen, A I Kolat, Eva Storm, Susan Armstrong Henry, Seymour Fogel · 发表于：Journal of Bacteriology · 年份：1980 · DOI：10.1128/jb.141.2.558-564.1980 · 被引用次数：184 · 研究领域：Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis、Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction、Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Three mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae which require exogenous ethanolamine or choline were isolated. The mutants map to a single locus (cho1) on chromosome V. The lipid composition suggests that cho1 mutants do not synthesize phosphatidylserine under any growth conditions. If phosphatidylethanolamine or phosphatidylcholine, which are usually derived from phosphatidylserine, were synthesized from exogenous ethanolamine or choline, the mutants grew and divided relatively normally. However, mitochondrial abnormalities were evident even when ethanolamine and choline were supplied. Diploids homozygous for the cho1 mutation were defective in sporulation. Growth on nonfermentable carbon sources was slow, and a high proportion of respiratory-deficient (petite) cells were generated in cho1 cultures.