Open AccessGermination of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ascospores without trehalose mobilization as revealed by in vivo 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Claudia Donnini,
P. P. Puglisi,
A. Vecli,
Nelson Marmiroli
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.170.8.3789-3791.1988
Subject(s) - trehalose , biology , saccharomyces cerevisiae , germination , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , spore , dormancy , nuclear magnetic resonance , biochemistry , botany , yeast , physics
Saccharomyces cerevisiae ascospores germinate in the presence of acetate without any detectable trehalose degradation, as revealed by high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and by a standard colorimetric assay. The results presented here substantiate the hypothesis that in S. cerevisiae trehalose supplies energy during dormancy of the spores and not during the germination process.