Department of Biotechnology
inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

Protocol to quantitatively assess glycolysis and related carbon metabolic fluxes using stable isotope tracing in Crabtree-positive yeasts.

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

April 22, 2025

Journal

STAR protocols

Volume/Issue

6/2

ISSN

2666-1667

Crabtree-positive yeasts rapidly consume glucose via glycolysis, making it difficult to experimentally estimate their actual glycolytic rate or flux. We present a stable isotope labeling and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based protocol to quantitatively estimate glycolytic and related carbon metabolic fluxes using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This approach defines time windows to capture glucose metabolic intermediate production before label saturation, enabling a comparison of glycolytic flux changes across different cells. This protocol provides a reliable, quantitative approach to study dynamic metabolic fluxes in these cells. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Vengayil et al., 2024..

Alternate Journal

STAR Protoc

PubMed ID

40266845

PubMed Central ID

N/A

Authors

Niphadkar S
Sreedharan S
Vengayil V
Laxman S