Open AccessThe capacity to transport potassium influences sodium tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Author(s) -
Gómez María J,
Luyten Kattie,
Ramos José
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb07982.x
Subject(s) - saccharomyces cerevisiae , potassium , sodium , chemistry , mutant , alkali metal , saccharomyces , biochemistry , biophysics , yeast , biology , organic chemistry , gene
The capacity to transport potassium and to discriminate between the different alkali cations has been found to affect sodium tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Mutants with a defective capacity to transport K + were more sensitive to high concentrations of Na + because they accumulated more Na + and less K + than wild‐type cells which showed high discrimination between K + and Na + .