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This review considers recent data demonstrating an important role of high-molecular-weight inorganic polyphosphates (polyPs) in regulatory processes in yeasts. PolyPs occur in various compartments of the cell and are metabolized by compartment-specific sets of enzymes. Evidence is provided for the multiplicity of polyP functions in the cells. Data on the pleiotropic effects of mutations of genes coding for polyP-metabolizing enzymes are summarized.
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Translated from Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2005, pp. 567–580.
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Kulaev, I.S., Vagabov, V.M., Kulakovskaya, T.V. et al. Specific Features of Metabolism and Functions of High-Molecular Inorganic Polyphosphates in Yeasts as Representatives of Lower Eukaryotes. Mol Biol 39, 482–494 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11008-005-0065-1
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