Nutritional Control of Growth and Development in Yeast
By James R. Broach. Genetics, 2012
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Availability of key nutrients, such as sugars, amino acids, and nitrogen compounds, dictates the developmental programs and the growth rates of yeast cells. A number of overlapping signaling networks—those centered on Ras/protein kinase A, AMP-activated kinase, and target of rapamycin complex I, for instance—inform cells on nutrient availability and influence the cells’ transcriptional, translational, posttranslational, and metabolic profiles as well as their developmental decisions. Here I review our current understanding of the structures of the networks responsible for assessing the quantity and quality of carbon and nitrogen sources. I review how these signaling pathways impinge on transcriptional, metabolic, and developmental programs to optimize survival of cells under different environmental conditions. I highlight the profound knowledge we have gained on the structure of these signaling networks but also emphasize the limits of our current understanding of the dynamics of these signaling networks. Moreover, the conservation of these pathways has allowed us to extrapolate our finding with yeast to address issues of lifespan, cancer metabolism, and growth control in more complex organisms.
Subfields: Molecular Biology, Plant Science
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- Nutrient sensing and signaling in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2014, background): “…sugar or related rapidly fermented sugars, like fructose or mannose, are present, a complex regulatory network is activated that downregulates many components involved in transport and metabolism of alternative carbon sources, as well as respiratory function (most recently reviewed by Broach 2012).”