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Transport of carboxylic acids in yeasts.

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Casal, Margarida, Paiva, Sandra, Queirós, Odília, Soares-Silva, Isabel·2008·FEMS Microbiology Reviews

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Carboxylic acid transporters form a heterogeneous group of proteins, presenting diverse mechanisms of action and regulation, and belonging to several different families. Multiple physiological and genetic studies in several organisms, from yeast to mammals, have allowed the identification of various genes coding for carboxylate transporters. Detailed understanding of the metabolism and transport of these nutrients has become more important than ever, both from a fundamental and from an applied point of view. Under a biotechnological perspective, the increasing economic value of these compounds has boosted this field of research considerably. Here we review the current knowledge on yeast carboxylate transporters, at the biochemical and molecular level, focusing also on recent biotechnological developments.

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  • The enrichment of carboxylic acid metabolism and cell redox homeostasis implicates a potential link between drug resistance and mitochondrial function.

    “Gene Ontology term analysis revealed the enrichment of carboxylic acid metabolism and cell redox homeostasis in R1 (Fig. 1e), implicating a potential link between drug resistance and mitochondrial function, the main cellular location of carboxylic acid metabolism22.”

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    The section on mitochondrial carboxylate transporters describes carriers for Krebs-cycle intermediates, supporting a connection between mitochondria and carboxylic acid metabolism. It does not establish that mitochondria are the main cellular location of all carboxylic acid metabolism. The Gene Ontology enrichment and proposed drug-resistance link are the citing authors’ inference, not findings attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • At pH 5.0, the charged anionic form (CH3COO-) acts as a nutrient rather than the undissociated acid (CH3COOH) conferring a weak acid stress.

    “We examined growth at pH 5.0, a value above the pKa of the acid, where the charged anionic form (CH3COO-) acts as a nutrient rather than the undissociated acid (CH3COOH) conferring a weak acid stress (Casal et al., 2008; Stratford et al., 2013).”

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Authors
Casal, M., Paiva, S., Queirós, O., & Soares-Silva, I.
Affiliations
University of Minho (PT)
Corresponding author
Casal, Margarida
Venue
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Published
2008-11
Volume
32
Issue
6
Pages
974-994
ISSN
  • 0168-6445 (ISSN-L)
  • 1574-6976
OpenAlex
W2006651212
Cited by
185
References
167
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • FEMS Microbiology Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
Keywords
yeast, transporters, transporter regulation, biotechnology, carboxylic acid metabolism
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Biological Transport, Carboxylic Acids, Citric Acid Cycle, Fungal Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Yeasts, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Sequence Alignment, Membrane Transport Proteins

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