Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa contain heavy metal sequestering phytochelatin

Ralf Kneer; Toni M. Kutchan; Andreas Hochberger; Meinhart H. Zenk

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa contain heavy metal sequestering phytochelatin

Ralf Kneer, Toni M. Kutchan, Andreas Hochberger, Meinhart H. Zenk

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Abstract

In fungi, cellular resistance to heavy metal cytotoxicity is mediated either by binding of metal ions to proteins of the metallothionein type or by chelation to phytochelatin-peptides of the general formula (γ-Glu-Cys)_n-Gly. Hitherto, only one fungus, Candida glabrata has been shown to contain both metal inactivating systems. Here we show by unambiguous FAB-MS analysis that both a metallothionein-free mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as well as a wildtype strain synthesize phytochelatin (PC₂) upon exposure to 250 μM Cd²⁺ ions. The presence of Zn and/or Cu ions in the nutrient broth also induces PC₂ synthesis in this organism. By ¹⁰⁹Cd exchange and subsequent monobromobimane fluorescence HPLC, it could be shown that the presence of Cd²⁺ in the growth medium also induces phytochelatin synthesis in Neurospora crassa, which contains metallothioneins.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-310
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archives of Microbiology
Volume	157
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00248673
State	Published - Apr 1992

Keywords

Heavy metal detoxification
Metallothionein
Neurospora crassa
Phytochelatin
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa contain heavy metal sequestering phytochelatin

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