When is an auxotroph not an auxotroph: how budding yeast lacking MET17 collectively overcome their metabolic defect
Sonal, A. E. Yuan, X. Yang, W. Shou
The paper shows that met17 mutants in S. cerevisiae can grow on sulfate at high cell densities due to hydrogen sulfide accumulation and the role of Hsu1 in sulfide assimilation.
bioRxiv · May 18, 2023Microbiology