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Query: EC:3.2.1.26 (invertase)
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A sucrose-inducible alpha-glucosidase activity that hydrolyzes sucrose in Candida albicans has been demonstrated previously. The enzyme is assayable in whole cells and was inhibited by both sucrose and maltose. A C. albicans gene (CASUC1) that affects sucrose utilization and alpha-glucosidase activity was cloned by expression in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae suc2 mutant (2102) devoid of invertase genes. CASUC1 enabled the S. cerevisiae mutant to utilize both sucrose and maltose. DNA sequence analysis revealed that CASUC1 encodes a putative zinc finger-containing protein with 28% identity to a maltose-regulatory gene (MAL63) of S. cerevisiae. The gene products of CASUC1 and MAL63 are approximately the same size (501 and 470 amino acids, respectively), and each contains a single zinc finger located at the N terminus. The zinc fingers of CASUC1 and MAL63 comprise six conserved cysteines (C6 zinc finger) and are of the general form Cys-Xaa2-Cys-Xaa6-Cys-Xaavariable-Cys-Xaa2-Cys-+ ++Xaa6-Cys (where Xaan indicates a stretch of the indicated number of any amino acids). Both contain five amino acids in the variable region. CASUC1 also complemented the maltose utilization defect of an S. cerevisiae mutant (TCY-137) containing a defined mutation in a maltose-regulatory gene. The sucrose utilization defect of type II Candida stellatoidea, a sucrase-negative mutant of C. albicans, was corrected by CASUC1. Determinations of alpha-glucosidase activity in whole cells revealed that activity was restored in transformants cultivated on either sucrose or maltose. To our knowledge, this is the first zinc finger-encoding gene, as well as the first putative regulatory gene, to be identified in C. albicans.
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PMID:A zinc finger protein from Candida albicans is involved in sucrose utilization. 172 10

A yeast strain deficient in secreted invertase but expressing a cytoplasmic sucrose synthase has been used to select for potato genes that enable growth on sucrose as the sole carbon source by suppressing the sucrose uptake deficiency. Besides the already known sucrose transporter gene (StSUT1), ten different suppressor clones were identified and characterized. One of these cDNAs (PCP1) enabled efficient growth of the mutant yeast strain and mediated uptake of radiolabeled sucrose. The cDNA encodes a protein of 509 amino acids which is highly hydrophilic and thus does not seem to represent a transporter. Sequence comparisons show that the protein contains zinc finger motifs and shares weak homologies with the Drosophila couch potato gene, which serves as a transcriptional regulator, indicating that PCP1 activates a silent endogenous sucrose uptake system. The other suppressor clones encode either putative transcriptional regulators, protein kinases or enzymes involved in thiamine biosynthesis, ferredoxin reduction or glutamyl tRNA reduction and suppress the phenotype by unknown mechanisms.
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PMID:A novel zinc finger protein encoded by a couch potato homologue from Solanum tuberosum enables a sucrose transport-deficient yeast strain to grow on sucrose. 761 68

The two recently identified protein acyl transferases (PATs), Akr1p and Erf2p/Erf4p, point toward the DHHC protein family as a likely PAT family. The DHHC protein family, defined by the novel, zinc finger-like DHHC cysteine-rich domain (DHHC-CRD), is a diverse collection of polytopic membrane proteins extending through all eukaryotes. To define the PAT domains that are oriented to the cytoplasm and are thus available to effect the cytoplasmically limited palmitoyl modification, we have determined the transmembrane topology of the yeast PAT Akr1p. Portions of the yeast protein invertase (Suc2p) were inserted in-frame at 10 different hydrophilic sites within the Akr1 polypeptide. Three of the Akr1-Suc2-Akr1 insertion proteins were found to be extensively glycosylated, indicating that the invertase segment inserted at these Akr1p sites is luminally oriented. The remaining seven insertion proteins were not glycosylated, consistent with a cytoplasmic orientation for these sites. The results support a model in which the Akr1 polypeptide crosses the bilayer six times with the bulk of its hydrophilic domains disposed toward the cytoplasm. Cytoplasmic domains include both the relatively large, ankyrin repeat-containing N-terminal domain and the DHHC-CRD, which maps to a cytosolic loop segment. Functionality of the different Akr1-Suc2-Akr1 proteins also was examined. Insertions at only 4 of the 10 sites were found to disrupt Akr1p function. Interestingly, these four sites all map cytoplasmically, suggesting key roles for these cytoplasmic domains in Akr1 PAT function. Finally, extrapolating from the Akr1p topology, topology models are proposed for other DHHC protein family members.
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PMID:Transmembrane topology of the protein palmitoyl transferase Akr1. 1563 65

In order to characterize the functions of the sweetpotato SRF1 gene, which encodes a Dof zinc finger transcriptional factor preferentially expressed in the storage roots, we isolated its full length cDNA and produced transgenic sweetpotato plants with altered SRF1 expression levels. The isolated cDNA of SRF1 encoded a polypeptide of 497 amino acids and was closely related to the cyclic Dof factors of Arabidopsis and the ascorbate oxidase binding protein of pumpkin. SRF1 was most highly expressed in storage roots, although some expression was also observed in other vegetative tissue. Transgenic plants overexpressing SRF1 showed significantly higher storage root dry matter content compared to the original cultivar Kokei No. 14 or control transgenic plants. In these plants, the starch content per fresh weight of the storage roots was also higher than that of the wild-type plants, while the glucose and fructose content drastically decreased. Among the enzymes involved in the sugar metabolism, soluble acid invertase showed a decreased activity in the transgenic plants. Gene expression analysis showed that the expression of Ibbetafruct2, which encodes an isoform of vacuolar invertase, was suppressed in the transgenic plants overexpressing the SRF1 gene. These data suggest that SRF1 modulates the carbohydrate metabolism in the storage roots through negative regulation of a vacuolar invertase gene.
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PMID:Altered carbohydrate metabolism in the storage roots of sweet potato plants overexpressing the SRF1 gene, which encodes a Dof zinc finger transcription factor. 1961 8