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. 1996 Dec;62(12):4441–4449. doi: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4441-4449.1996

Alleviation of glucose repression of maltose metabolism by MIG1 disruption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

C J Klein 1, L Olsson 1, B Rønnow 1, J D Mikkelsen 1, J Nielsen 1
PMCID: PMC168270  PMID: 8953715

Abstract

The MIG1 gene was disrupted in a haploid laboratory strain (B224) and in an industrial polyploid strain (DGI 342) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The alleviation of glucose repression of the expression of MAL genes and alleviation of glucose control of maltose metabolism were investigated in batch cultivations on glucose-maltose mixtures. In the MIG1-disrupted haploid strain, glucose repression was partly alleviated; i.e., maltose metabolism was initiated at higher glucose concentrations than in the corresponding wild-type strain. In contrast, the polyploid delta mig1 strain exhibited an even more stringent glucose control of maltose metabolism than the corresponding wild-type strain, which could be explained by a more rigid catabolite inactivation of maltose permease, affecting the uptake of maltose. Growth on the glucose-sucrose mixture showed that the polypoid delta mig1 strain was relieved of glucose repression of the SUC genes. The disruption of MIG1 was shown to bring about pleiotropic effects, manifested in changes in the pattern of secreted metabolites and in the specific growth rate.

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