Université de Fribourg

Aureobasidin A arrests growth of yeast cells through both ceramide intoxication and deprivation of essential inositolphosphorylceramides

Cerantola, Vanessa ; Guillas, Isabelle ; Roubaty, Carole ; Vionnet, Christine ; Uldry, Danièle ; Knudsen, Jens ; Conzelmann, Andreas

In: Molecular Microbiology, 2009, vol. 71, no. 6, p. 1523 - 1537

All mature Saccharomyces cerevisiae sphingolipids comprise inositolphosphorylceramides containing C26:0 or C24:0 fatty acids and either phytosphingosine or dihydrosphingosine. Here we analysed the lipid profile of lag1Δlac1Δ mutants lacking acyl-CoA-dependent ceramide synthesis, which require the reverse ceramidase activity of overexpressed Ydc1p for sphingolipid biosynthesis and viability....

Université de Fribourg

Incorporation of ceramides into yeast glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins can be monitored in vitro

Bosson, Régine ; Guillas, Isabelle ; Vionnet, Christine ; Roubaty, Carole ; Conzelmann, Andreas

In: Eukaryotic Cell, 2009, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 306-314

After glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are added to GPI proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a fatty acid of the diacylglycerol moiety is exchanged for a C26:0 fatty acid through the subsequent actions of Per1 and Gup1. In most GPI anchors the thus modified diacylglycerol-based anchor is subsequently transformed into a ceramide-containing anchor, a reaction, which requires Cwh43. Here...