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Iodoacetic acid or N-ethylmaleimide included in cell suspensions during measurements of sorbose exit from yeast cells caused sorbose efflux to occur at a uniform rate in contrast to the usual two-phase exit. Cells pretreated with these agents were still capable of sugar uptake, but the entire efflux now occurred at the usual initial rate. Microscopically, the vacuoles of treated cells were observed to be altered or disrupted. Vacuolar effects occurred before methylene blue was able to penetrate the external cell membrane and stain the cells. Vacuoleless cells also allowed a single rate of sorbose efflux. The selective effect upon intracellular membranes is interpreted as a disruption of the boundaries of an internal sugar compartment with the result that sugar exits from the cell at a rate controlled only by the external membrane.
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Spoerl, E. Membrane changes in yeast cells caused by sulfhydryl reagents and accompanied by a selective release of sugar. J. Membrain Biol. 1, 468–478 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01869793
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