Major sulfonate transporter Soa1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and considerable substrate diversity in its fungal family

Abstract

Sulfonates are a major source of sulphur for soil microbes but their cellular uptake is still not fully understood. Here the authors show thatSaccharomyces cerevisiae YIL166C(SOA1)encodes for an inorganic sulphur transporter that can also function as a sulfonate and choline sulphate transporter.