SGD Paper Help



Alvarez-Vasquez F, et al.  (2011) Mathematical Modeling and Validation of the Ergosterol Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS One 6(12):e28344

Abstract: The de novo biosynthetic machinery for both sphingolipid and ergosterol production in yeast is localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi. The interconnections between the two pathways are still poorly understood, but they may be connected in specialized membrane domains, and specific knockouts strongly suggest that both routes have different layers of mutual control and are co-affected by drugs. With the goal of shedding light on the functional integration of the yeast sphingolipid-ergosterol (SL-E) pathway, we constructed a dynamic model of the ergosterol pathway using the guidelines of Biochemical Systems Theory (BST) (Savageau., J. theor. Biol., 25, 365-9, 1969). The resulting model was merged with a previous mathematical model of sphingolipid metabolism in yeast (Alvarez-Vasquez et al., J. theor. Biol., 226, 265-91, 2004; Alvarez-Vasquez et al., Nature433, 425-30, 2005). The S-system format within BST was used for analyses of consistency, stability, and sensitivity of the SL-E model, while the GMA format was used for dynamic simulations and predictions. Model validation was accomplished by comparing predictions from the model with published results on sterol and sterol-ester dynamics in yeast. The validated model was used to predict the metabolomic dynamics of the SL-E pathway after drug treatment. Specifically, we simulated the action of drugs affecting sphingolipids in the endoplasmic reticulum and studied changes in ergosterol associated with microdomains of the plasma membrane (PM).

Status: Published Type: Journal Article PubMed ID: 22194828

Topics addressed in this paper

Number of different genes curated to this paper: 14

Jump to Summary Chart for:

  • To find other papers on a gene and topic, click on the colored ball in the appropriate box.
  • displays other papers with information about that topic for that gene.
  • displays other papers in SGD that are associated with that topic.
    The topic is addressed in these papers but does not describe a specific gene or chromosomal feature.
  • To go to the Locus page for a gene, click on the gene name.
Topics Topics not linked to Genes Genes linked to topics (#1 - 10 )
ARE1 ARE2 BST1 ERG1 ERG10 ERG11 ERG12 ERG13 ERG6 ERG9
Additional Literature blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball
Cell Growth and Metabolism blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball
Computational analysis yg ball
Omics yg ball

Topics Genes linked to topics (#11 - 14 )
HMG1 HMG2 YEH1 YEH2
Additional Literature blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball
Cell Growth and Metabolism blue ball blue ball blue ball blue ball

Author Searches

To find contact information or other publications by the authors of this paper, follow these three steps:
  1. (1) Choose an author,
  2. (2) Choose a search parameter,
  3. (3) Click to implement