Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 2005, p. 565-584, Vol. 69, No. 4
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Ascospore Formation in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Aaron M. Neiman*
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215
Sporulation of the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a
response to nutrient depletion that allows a single diploid cell to
give rise to four stress-resistant haploid spores. The formation of
these spores requires a coordinated reorganization of cellular
architecture. The construction of the spores can be broadly divided
into two phases. The first is the generation of new membrane
compartments within the cell cytoplasm that ultimately give rise to the
spore plasma membranes. Proper assembly and growth of these membranes
require modification of aspects of the constitutive secretory pathway
and cytoskeleton by sporulation-specific functions. In the second
phase, each immature spore becomes surrounded by a multilaminar spore
wall that provides resistance to environmental stresses. This review
focuses on our current understanding of the cellular rearrangements and
the genes required in each of these phases to give rise to a wild-type
spore.
* Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215. Phone: (631) 632-1543. Fax: (631) 632-8575. E-mail: Aaron.Neiman{at}sunysb.edu.
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