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Incorporation of copper into the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Identification of Cu(I)--metallothionein in intact yeast cells.

Abstract：

:Copper is an essential metal ion to many living organisms, including mammals, as it mediates a wide variety of important biochemical processes. At elevated concentrations, copper is extremely toxic to host cells. This paradoxical nature of copper has necessitated a highly regulated procedure for its cellular accumulation, transport, and excretion. One important group of proteins involved in eukaryotic copper speciation is the protein metallothionein. Luminescence microscopy data, emission, and circular dichroism spectral data are reported as copper is incorporated into metallothionein by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These techniques provide information on the mechanism of copper uptake by S. cerevisiae. A two-stage kinetic mechanism for the uptake of copper from the growth medium by the yeast cells is observed. The first stage displays an uptake rate that is dependent on the initial copper concentration of the growth medium, and lasts for approximately 6 h. The second stage has a slower rate of copper uptake than the first, but the kinetics are independent of the initial copper concentration. Emission spectra recorded directly from the intact yeast cells (at 77 K) show that the cellular incorporation of copper proceeds via several species, eventually leading to storage of the copper in the form of Cu-metallothionein. The photomicrographs of yeast cells grown in a copper-containing medium clearly show an orange luminescence, indicating the formation of a Cu(I)-thiolate species. The identification of this species as copper-metallothionein was confirmed by measurement of the circular dichroism and emission properties following excretion and isolation of the copper-containing protein from the yeast cells. Analysis of the emission spectrum from S. cerevisiae Cu-metallothionein at 77 K reveals two emission bands, centered at 570 and 700 nm. The high-energy emission band exhibits a two-component decay, with excited state lifetimes of 4.70 and 48.5 microseconds. The low-energy emission exhibits one major decay component with a lifetime of 1.13 microseconds. A high-molecular-weight, copper-containing species is also isolated from the yeast cells and is characterized spectroscopically.

journal_name

J Inorg Biochem

journal_title

Journal of inorganic biochemistry

authors

Presta A,Stillman MJ

doi

10.1016/s0162-0134(96)00216-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-06-01 00:00:00

pages

231-40

issue

eissn

0162-0134

issn

1873-3344

pii

S0162013496002164

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Incorporation of copper into the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Identification of Cu(I)--metallothionein in intact yeast cells.