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. 1980 May;142(2):608–614. doi: 10.1128/jb.142.2.608-614.1980

Stimulation of yeast ascospore germination and outgrowth by S-adenosylmethionine.

J V Brawley, A J Ferro
PMCID: PMC294033  PMID: 6991481

Abstract

The supplementation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to germination medium stimulated the accumulation of [14C]uracil from the medium into germinating cells, as well as its incorporation into ribonucleic acid during germination and outgrowth of ascospores of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In addition to uracil, the accumulation of leucine, cytosine, serine, and methionine was also stimulated by the extracellular addition of this sulfonium compound. The SAM-stimulatory effect was dose dependent; half-maximal stimulation was observed at about 50 muM. The effect exerted by SAM supplementation appeared to be specific for SAM and for germination and outgrowth. In the absence of SAM biosynthesis (in the presence of cycloleucine), spores were inhibited in their ability to accumulate label, whereas the supplementation of SAM completely reversed the cycloleucine-induced inhibition of accumulation. In addition to accumulation and incorporation, the kinetics of bud formation during outgrowth were also stimulated by exogenous SAM. The stimulation of budding by SAM was amplified in an ethionine-resistant strain. These observations suggest that SAM may be essential for the initiation of cell division during the breaking of spore dormancy.

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