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SUBMITTER: Klompmaker SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5709425 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Klompmaker Sandra H SH Kohl Kid K Fasel Nicolas N Mayer Andreas A
Nature communications 20171201 1
Cells acquire free metals through plasma membrane transporters. But, in natural settings, sequestering agents often render metals inaccessible to transporters, limiting metal bioavailability. Here we identify a pathway for metal acquisition, allowing cells to cope with this situation. Under limited bioavailability of Mg<sup>2+</sup>, yeast cells upregulate fluid-phase endocytosis and transfer solutes from the environment into their vacuole, an acidocalcisome-like compartment loaded with highly c ...[more]