Saccharomyces cerevisiae exhibits a strong glucose repression phenotype in mixedsugar environments, wherein the metabolism of non-glucose sugars is markedly inhibited; among these, galactose utilization is particularly repressed in the presence of glu...
Saccharomyces cerevisiae exhibits a strong glucose repression phenotype in mixedsugar environments, wherein the metabolism of non-glucose sugars is markedly inhibited; among these, galactose utilization is particularly repressed in the presence of glucose. In this study, we sought to alleviate glucose repression by overexpressing the wild-type and mutant forms of MTH1 and STD1, negative regulators that modulate the expression of hexose transporters and hexokinases. Overexpression of the wild-type genes did not result in any detectable relief of glucose repression. In contrast, strains overexpressing the MTH1(A81P) and STD1(A90P) mutant alleles partially overcame glucose repression, consuming 63.2% and 58.6% of the initial galactose concentration, respectively, by the time glucose was depleted. To further evaluate whether additional repression relief could be achieved, RGT1, PDE1, and PDE2, which functionally interact with Mth1p and Std1p, were co-overexpressed with MTH1(A81P) or STD1(A90P). However, none of these combinations produced additional alleviation of glucose repression. These findings suggest that overexpression of MTH1 and STD1 mutants alone is insufficient for complete derepression, and that a combinatorial strategy involving not only the overexpression of interacting regulators but also selective gene deletions may be required to more fully relieve glucose repression in S. cerevisiae.