Use of saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG4 mutants for expressing mammalian glucose transporters
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SANOFI AVENTIS DEUT GMBH
- Publication Date
- 2005-11-09
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
Abstract
Description
field of invention
[0001] The present invention relates to yeast strains capable of functionally expressing human GLut4 and GLut1 transporters. Background technique
[0002] Most heterotrophic cells transport glucose into the cell via specific transport proteins. Different organisms have developed different mechanisms for mediating glucose transport, such as especially the proton co-transport system, Na + Glucose transporters, binding protein-dependent systems, phosphotransferase systems, and systems for facilitated diffusion. In eukaryotes, the family of glucose transporters encoded by the GLUT gene (GLUT = glucose transporter) in mammals and by the HXT gene (HXT = hexose transporter) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Diffused glucose uptake. The transporters belong to the larger family of sugar transporters. They are characterized by the presence of 12 transmembrane helices and multiple conserved amino acid residues. Glucose transport plays an important role in disorders as...