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  • Title: Isolation and characterization of a yeast mutant defective in cholinephosphotransferase.
    Author: Hosaka K, Yamashita S.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1987 Jan 02; 162(1):7-13. PubMed ID: 3028792.
    Abstract:
    A yeast mutant defective in cholinephosphotransferase (cpt) was isolated as a revertant from a choline-sensitive mutant, which exhibited lowered phosphatidylinositol synthesis. A block at the cholinephosphotransferase step in the mutant was indicated by the enzyme defect and the accumulation of CDP-choline in the cells with a decrease in phosphatidylcholine synthesis. The defect was due to a single recessive mutation in a nuclear gene. The residual activity in the mutant showed an increased apparent Km for CDP-choline and an altered sensitivity to Tween 20. Thus the structural gene may be affected in the mutant. The occurrence of an intact ethanolaminephosphotransferase in the mutant indicates the distinctness of the genes encoding cholinephosphotransferase and ethanolaminephosphotransferase in yeast. The present selection method was also effective for isolating mutants defective in the other steps of the CDP-choline pathway and choline transport.
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