Author:
Allmann Stefan,Wargnies Marion,Cahoreau Edern,Biran Marc,Plazolles Nicolas,Morand Pauline,Pineda Erika,Kulyk Hanna,Asencio Corinne,Villafraz Oriana,Rivière Loïc,Tétaud Emmanuel,Rotureau Brice,Mourier Arnaud,Portais Jean-Charles,Bringaud Frédéric
Abstract
SUMMARYMicroorganisms must make the right choice for nutrient consumption to adapt to their changing environment. As a consequence, bacteria and yeasts have developed regulatory mechanisms involving nutrient sensing and signaling, allowing to redirect cell metabolism to maximize the consumption of an energy-efficient carbon source. Here, we report a new mechanism, named “metabolic contest”, for regulating the use of carbon sources without nutrient sensing and signaling. In contrast to most microorganisms, trypanosomes show a glycerol-to-glucose preference that depends on the combination of three conditions: (i) the sequestration of both metabolic pathways in the same subcellular compartment, here in the peroxisomal-like organelles named glycosomes; (ii) the competition for the same substrate, here ATP, with the first enzymatic step of the glycerol and glucose metabolic pathways being both ATP-dependent (glycerol kinase and hexokinase, respectively) and (iii) an unbalanced activity between the competing enzymes, here the glycerol kinase activity being ~80-fold higher than the hexokinase activity.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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