In baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Trk1, a member of the superfamily of K-transporters (SKT), is the main K+ uptake system under conditions when its concentration in the environment is low. Structurally, Trk1 is made up of four domains, each similar and homologous to a K-channel α subunit. Because most K-channels are proteins containing four channel-building α subunits, Trk1 could be functional as a monomer. However, related SKT proteins TrkH and KtrB were crystallised as dimers, and for Trk1, a tetrameric arrangement has been proposed based on molecular modelling. Here, based on Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation experiments and single-molecule fluorescence microscopy combined with molecular modelling; we provide evidence that Trk1 can exist in the yeast plasma membrane as a monomer as well as a dimer. The association of monomers to dimers is regulated by the K+ concentration.

Bioinformatics University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria 4232 Hagenberg Austria

Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Zamek 136 3733 Nove Hrady Czech Republic

Institute of Symbolic AI Johannes Kepler University 4040 Linz Austria

School of Medical Engineering and Applied Social Sciences University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Garnisonstr 21 4020 Linz Austria

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