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. 1974 Nov;120(2):886–894. doi: 10.1128/jb.120.2.886-894.1974

Expression of Cryptic β-Fructofuranosidase in Saccharomyces rouxii

Wilfred N Arnold 1
PMCID: PMC245853  PMID: 4455687

Abstract

Raffinose hydrolysis was studied in Saccharomyces rouxii. The responsible enzyme was identified as a β-fructofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.26), which has a pH optimum of 5.5 and a Km of 83 mM for raffinose. This enzyme was cryptic in cells from a 3-day culture. A 2-min treatment with 0.1 volume of ethyl acetate in sodium acetate buffer (pH 6) gave complete expression of the enzyme, which was still retained by the cell. Ghosts were prepared by modifying membrane structure with small basic proteins in distilled water, and after washing they showed the full complement of enzymatic activity. The enzyme remained cryptic in osmotically protected spheroplasts; however, after lysis (by dilution) release, as well as expression, was effected. Mechanical disruption of fresh cells revealed and released all of the enzyme. Cells in early stationary phase had all of their β-fructofuranosidase in a cryptic state. Aging yielded fractional expression of activity; initially this was proportional to cell death, but later the degree of expression exceeded the death rate. Media from aged cultures or cell-free extracts of aged cells were not effective in revealing the cryptic enzyme of younger cells. S. rouxii β-fructofuranosidase has a different autolytic-release pattern from its counterpart in S. cerevisiae. Also, high concentrations of glucose do not repress the S. rouxii enzyme. The β-fructofuranosidase in young cells of S. rouxii must be enclosed by the protoplasmic membrane or a special vesicular structure. This system was compared with other Saccharomyces species in connection with the translocation of enzymes across the protoplasmic membrane.

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