Synthesis and degradation of polyphosphate in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: mutations in phosphatase genes do not affect polyphosphate metabolism.

Abstract excerpt

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe was found to accumulate large amounts of polyphosphate, particularly when grown on arginine as the nitrogen source. Upon transfer to a medium without phosphate, polyphosphate was degraded and served as an endogenous phosphate reserve. When phosphate was added again after a prolonged period of phosphate starvation, fission yeast cells synthesized more polyphosphate than...

Topics

• Genes, Fungal
• Mutation
• Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
• Polyphosphates
• Schizosaccharomyces