Gene Review:
MEP2 - ammonium permease MEP2
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c
Synonyms:
AMT2, Ammonium transporter MEP2, N1207, N1820, YNL142W
- The MEP2 ammonium permease regulates pseudohyphal differentiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Lorenz, M.C., Heitman, J. EMBO J. (1998)
- A family of ammonium transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Marini, A.M., Soussi-Boudekou, S., Vissers, S., Andre, B. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1997)
- Ammonia-specific Regulation of Gln3 Localization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Protein Kinase Npr1. Tate, J.J., Rai, R., Cooper, T.G. J. Biol. Chem. (2006)
- Ammonium permease-based sensing mechanism for rapid ammonium activation of the protein kinase A pathway in yeast. Van Nuland, A., Vandormael, P., Donaton, M., Alenquer, M., Lourenço, A., Quintino, E., Versele, M., Thevelein, J.M. Mol. Microbiol. (2006)
- In vivo N-glycosylation of the mep2 high-affinity ammonium transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals an extracytosolic N-terminus. Marini, A.M., André, B. Mol. Microbiol. (2000)
- Isolation and characterization from pathogenic fungi of genes encoding ammonium permeases and their roles in dimorphism. Smith, D.G., Garcia-Pedrajas, M.D., Gold, S.E., Perlin, M.H. Mol. Microbiol. (2003)
- Nutrient sensing systems for rapid activation of the protein kinase A pathway in yeast. Thevelein, J.M., Geladé, R., Holsbeeks, I., Lagatie, O., Popova, Y., Rolland, F., Stolz, F., Van de Velde, S., Van Dijck, P., Vandormael, P., Van Nuland, A., Van Roey, K., Van Zeebroeck, G., Yan, B. Biochem. Soc. Trans. (2005)
- Cloning and expression of the MEP1 gene encoding an ammonium transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Marini, A.M., Vissers, S., Urrestarazu, A., André, B. EMBO J. (1994)
- Structural involvement in substrate recognition of an essential aspartate residue conserved in Mep/Amt and Rh-type ammonium transporters. Marini, A.M., Boeckstaens, M., Benjelloun, F., Chérif-Zahar, B., André, B. Curr. Genet. (2006)
- The yeast ammonium transport protein Mep2 and its positive regulator, the Npr1 kinase, play an important role in normal and pseudohyphal growth on various nitrogen media through retrieval of excreted ammonium. Boeckstaens, M., André, B., Marini, A.M. Mol. Microbiol. (2007)
- Regulators of pseudohyphal differentiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae identified through multicopy suppressor analysis in ammonium permease mutant strains. Lorenz, M.C., Heitman, J. Genetics (1998)
- Sensors of extracellular nutrients in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Forsberg, H., Ljungdahl, P.O. Curr. Genet. (2001)