Differential Cytoophidium Assembly between  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  and  Schizosaccharomyces pombe .
The de novo synthesis of cytidine 5'-triphosphate (CTP) is catalyzed by the enzyme CTP synthase (CTPS), which is known to form cytoophidia across all three domains of life. In this study, we use the budding yeast  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  and the fission yeast  Schizosaccharomyces pombe  as model organisms to compare cytoophidium assembly under external environmental and intracellular CTPS alterations. We observe that under low and high temperature conditions, cytoophidia in fission yeast gradually disassemble, while cytoophidia in budding yeast remain unaffected. The effect of pH changes on cytoophidia maintenance in the two yeast species is different. When cultured in the yeast-saturated cultured medium, cytoophidia in fission yeast disassemble, while cytoophidia in budding yeast gradually form. Overexpression of CTPS results in the presence and maintenance of cytoophidia in both yeast species from the log phase to the stationary phase. In summary, our results demonstrate differential cytoophidium assembly between  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  and  Schizosaccharomyces pombe , the two most studied yeast species.
Deng R, Li YL, Liu JL