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J Bacteriol. 1983 June; 154(3): 1276-1283

Plasma membrane expansion terminates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae secretion-defective mutants while phospholipid synthesis continues.

ABSTRACT

Phospholipid synthesis activity and plasma membrane growth have been studied in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae temperature-sensitive, secretion-defective mutants isolated by Novick and Schekman (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76:1858-1862, 1979; Novick et al., Cell 21:205-215, 1980). The mutants, sec1 through sec23, do not grow at 37 degrees C and exhibit lower rates of phospholipid synthesis than does the wild-type strain X2180. None of the mutants exhibits a decline in lipid synthesis rapid enough to explain secretion failure. Plasma membrane growth was assessed indirectly by examining the osmotic sensitivity of spheroplasts derived from cultures transferred from 24 to 37 degrees C. Spheroplasts from the normal-growing strain X2180 exhibited a small rapid increase in osmotic sensitivity and stabilized at a more sensitive state. Spheroplasts from the sec mutants exposed to the same temperature shift exhibited progressively increasing osmotic sensitivity. Cycloheximide treatment prevented progressive increases in osmotic fragility. These data are compatible with the hypothesis that plasma membrane expansion is restricted in the sec mutants. During incubation at 37 degrees C, the accumulation of intracellular materials within the no-longer expanding plasma membrane exerts osmotic stress on the membrane, increasing with time. The gene products defective in Novick and Schekman's sec mutants appear to be required for both extracellular protein secretion and plasma membrane growth in yeast cells.

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