A novel role for protein kinase Gcn2 in yeast tolerance to intracellular acid stress

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 255-264

  Hueso, Guillem ^a   Aparicio Sanchis, Rafael ^a   Montesinos, Consuelo ^a   Lorenz, Silvia ^a   Murguía, José R ^a   Serrano, Ramón ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Gcn2; pH homoeostasis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; LEUCINE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE GGN2; SERINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEUCINE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84055178136     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20111264     Document Type: Article

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