Boric Acid Disturbs Cell Wall Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Figure 7
Glucan and chitin synthase activities in BA-treated cells. (a) Abundance of HA-tagged Chs3p in strain YMS415 treated with BA. Note the increase of Chs3p-HA at 0.4% BA. (b) Chitin synthase 2 and 3 activities in strain ECY46-1-8D. After a decline at lower BA concentrations, chitin synthase activities increase at 0.4% (c) Glucan synthase activities. Solid bars indicate activity after activation by GTP-χS. Both maximal and physiological glucan synthase activities decline with increasing BA concentrations.
