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Pulido V, Rodríguez-Peña JM, Alonso G, Sanz AB, Arroyo J, García R. mRNA Decapping Activator Pat1 Is Required for Efficient Yeast Adaptive Transcriptional Responses via the Cell Wall Integrity MAPK Pathway. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168570. [PMID: 38604529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
Abstract
Cellular mRNA levels, particularly under stress conditions, can be finely regulated by the coordinated action of transcription and degradation processes. Elements of the 5'-3' mRNA degradation pathway, functionally associated with the exonuclease Xrn1, can bind to nuclear chromatin and modulate gene transcription. Within this group are the so-called decapping activators, including Pat1, Dhh1, and Lsm1. In this work, we have investigated the role of Pat1 in the yeast adaptive transcriptional response to cell wall stress. Thus, we demonstrated that in the absence of Pat1, the transcriptional induction of genes regulated by the Cell Wall Integrity MAPK pathway was significantly affected, with no effect on the stability of these transcripts. Furthermore, under cell wall stress conditions, Pat1 is recruited to Cell Wall Integrity-responsive genes in parallel with the RNA Pol II complex, participating both in pre-initiation complex assembly and transcriptional elongation. Indeed, strains lacking Pat1 showed lower recruitment of the transcription factor Rlm1, less histone H3 displacement at Cell Wall Integrity gene promoters, and impaired recruitment and progression of RNA Pol II. Moreover, Pat1 and the MAPK Slt2 occupied the coding regions interdependently. Our results support the idea that Pat1 and presumably other decay factors behave as transcriptional regulators of Cell Wall Integrity-responsive genes under cell wall stress conditions.
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- Verónica Pulido
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IRYCIS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IRYCIS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IRYCIS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IRYCIS), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IRYCIS), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IRYCIS), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Yáñez-Vilches A, Romero AM, Barrientos-Moreno M, Cruz E, González-Prieto R, Sharma S, Vertegaal ACO, Prado F. Physical interactions between specifically regulated subpopulations of the MCM and RNR complexes prevent genetic instability. PLoS Genet 2024; 20:e1011148. [PMID: 38776358 PMCID: PMC11149843 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024] Open
Abstract
The helicase MCM and the ribonucleotide reductase RNR are the complexes that provide the substrates (ssDNA templates and dNTPs, respectively) for DNA replication. Here, we demonstrate that MCM interacts physically with RNR and some of its regulators, including the kinase Dun1. These physical interactions encompass small subpopulations of MCM and RNR, are independent of the major subcellular locations of these two complexes, augment in response to DNA damage and, in the case of the Rnr2 and Rnr4 subunits of RNR, depend on Dun1. Partial disruption of the MCM/RNR interactions impairs the release of Rad52 -but not RPA-from the DNA repair centers despite the lesions are repaired, a phenotype that is associated with hypermutagenesis but not with alterations in the levels of dNTPs. These results suggest that a specifically regulated pool of MCM and RNR complexes plays non-canonical roles in genetic stability preventing persistent Rad52 centers and hypermutagenesis.
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- Aurora Yáñez-Vilches
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa–CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa–CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa–CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa–CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa–CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa–CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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Chatterjee S, Ganguly A, Bhattacharyya D. Reprogramming nucleolar size by genetic perturbation of the extranuclear Rab GTPases Ypt6 and Ypt32. FEBS Lett 2024; 598:283-301. [PMID: 37994551 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
Abstract
Reprogramming organelle size has been proposed as a potential therapeutic approach. However, there have been few reports of nucleolar size reprogramming. We addressed this question in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by studying mutants having opposite effects on the nucleolar size. Mutations in genes involved in nuclear functions (KAR3, CIN8, and PRP45) led to enlarged nuclei/nucleoli, whereas mutations in secretory pathway family genes, namely the Rab-GTPases YPT6 and YPT32, reduced nucleolar size. When combined with mutations leading to enlarged nuclei/nucleoli, the YPT6 or YPT32 mutants can effectively reprogram the nuclear/nucleolar size almost back to normal. Our results further indicate that null mutation of YPT6 causes secretory stress that indirectly influences nuclear localization of Maf1, the negative regulator of RNA Polymerase III, which might reduce the nucleolar size by inhibiting nucleolar transcript enrichment.
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- Shreosi Chatterjee
- Department of Cell and Tumor Biology, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Cell and Tumor Biology, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Cell and Tumor Biology, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Joshua IM, Lin M, Mardjuki A, Mazzola A, Höfken T. A Protein-Protein Interaction Analysis Suggests a Wide Range of New Functions for the p21-Activated Kinase (PAK) Ste20. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15916. [PMID: 37958899 PMCID: PMC10647699 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The p21-activated kinases (PAKs) are important signaling proteins. They contribute to a surprisingly wide range of cellular processes and play critical roles in a number of human diseases including cancer, neurological disorders and cardiac diseases. To get a better understanding of PAK functions, mechanisms and integration of various cellular activities, we screened for proteins that bind to the budding yeast PAK Ste20 as an example, using the split-ubiquitin technique. We identified 56 proteins, most of them not described previously as Ste20 interactors. The proteins fall into a small number of functional categories such as vesicle transport and translation. We analyzed the roles of Ste20 in glucose metabolism and gene expression further. Ste20 has a well-established role in the adaptation to changing environmental conditions through the stimulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways which eventually leads to transcription factor activation. This includes filamentous growth, an adaptation to nutrient depletion. Here we show that Ste20 also induces filamentous growth through interaction with nuclear proteins such as Sac3, Ctk1 and Hmt1, key regulators of gene expression. Combining our observations and the data published by others, we suggest that Ste20 has several new and unexpected functions.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Division of Biosciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK; (I.M.J.)
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- Division of Biosciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK; (I.M.J.)
- Department of Biopathology and Medical and Forensic Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Division of Biosciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK; (I.M.J.)
- Institute of Biochemistry, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Tai J, Guerra RM, Rogers SW, Fang Z, Muehlbauer LK, Shishkova E, Overmyer KA, Coon JJ, Pagliarini DJ. Hem25p is required for mitochondrial IPP transport in fungi. Nat Cell Biol 2023; 25:1616-1624. [PMID: 37813972 PMCID: PMC10759932 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-023-01250-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
Abstract
Coenzyme Q (CoQ, ubiquinone) is an essential cellular cofactor composed of a redox-active quinone head group and a long hydrophobic polyisoprene tail. How mitochondria access cytosolic isoprenoids for CoQ biosynthesis is a longstanding mystery. Here, via a combination of genetic screening, metabolic tracing and targeted uptake assays, we reveal that Hem25p-a mitochondrial glycine transporter required for haem biosynthesis-doubles as an isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mitochondria lacking Hem25p failed to efficiently incorporate IPP into early CoQ precursors, leading to loss of CoQ and turnover of CoQ biosynthetic proteins. Expression of Hem25p in Escherichia coli enabled robust IPP uptake and incorporation into the CoQ biosynthetic pathway. HEM25 orthologues from diverse fungi, but not from metazoans, were able to rescue hem25∆ CoQ deficiency. Collectively, our work reveals that Hem25p drives the bulk of mitochondrial isoprenoid transport for CoQ biosynthesis in fungi.
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- Jonathan Tai
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, USA
- National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, USA.
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
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Prischich D, Camarero N, Encinar del Dedo J, Cambra-Pellejà M, Prat J, Nevola L, Martín-Quirós A, Rebollo E, Pastor L, Giralt E, Geli MI, Gorostiza P. Light-dependent inhibition of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in yeast unveils conserved functions of the AP2 complex. iScience 2023; 26:107899. [PMID: 37766990 PMCID: PMC10520943 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is an essential cellular process, conserved among eukaryotes. Yeast constitutes a powerful genetic model to dissect the complex endocytic machinery, yet there is a lack of specific pharmacological agents to interfere with CME in these organisms. TL2 is a light-regulated peptide inhibitor targeting the AP2-β-adaptin/β-arrestin interaction and that can photocontrol CME with high spatiotemporal precision in mammalian cells. Here, we study endocytic protein dynamics by live-cell imaging of the fluorescently tagged coat-associated protein Sla1-GFP, demonstrating that TL2 retains its inhibitory activity in S. cerevisiae spheroplasts. This is despite the β-adaptin/β-arrestin interaction not being conserved in yeast. Our data indicate that the AP2 α-adaptin is the functional target of activated TL2. We identified as interacting partners for the α-appendage, the Eps15 and epsin homologues Ede1 and Ent1. This demonstrates that endocytic cargo loading and sensing can be executed by conserved molecular interfaces, regardless of the proteins involved.
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- Davia Prischich
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red – Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red – Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Imaging Platform, Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red – Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Shah S, Mittal P, Kumar D, Mittal A, Ghosh SK. Evidence of kinesin motors involved in stable kinetochore assembly during early meiosis. Mol Biol Cell 2023; 34:ar107. [PMID: 37556230 PMCID: PMC10559306 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-12-0569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
Abstract
During mitosis, the budding yeast, kinetochores remain attached to microtubules, except for a brief period during S phase. Sister-kinetochores separate into two clusters (bilobed organization) upon stable end-on attachment to microtubules emanating from opposite spindle poles. However, in meiosis, the outer kinetochore protein (Ndc80) reassembles at the centromeres much later after prophase I, establishing new kinetochore-microtubule attachments. Perhaps due to this, despite homolog bi-orientation, we observed that the Ndc80 are linearly dispersed between spindle poles during metaphase I of meiosis. The presence of end-on attachment marker Dam1 as a cluster near each pole suggests one of the other possibilities that the pole-proximal and pole-distal kinetochores are attached end-on and laterally to the microtubules, respectively. Colocalization studies of kinetochores and kinesin motors suggest that budding yeast kinesin 5, Cin8, and Kip1 perhaps localize to the end-on attached kinetochores while kinesin 8 and Kip3 resides at all the kinetochores. Our findings, including kinesin 5 and Ndc80 coappearance after prophase I and reduced Ndc80 levels in cin8 null mutant, suggest that kinesin motors are crucial for kinetochore reassembly and stability during early meiosis. Thus, this work reports yet another meiosis specific function of kinesin motors.
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- Seema Shah
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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Stepchenkova EI, Zadorsky SP, Shumega AR, Aksenova AY. Practical Approaches for the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome Modification. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11960. [PMID: 37569333 PMCID: PMC10419131 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241511960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The yeast S. cerevisiae is a unique genetic object for which a wide range of relatively simple, inexpensive, and non-time-consuming methods have been developed that allow the performing of a wide variety of genome modifications. Among the latter, one can mention point mutations, disruptions and deletions of particular genes and regions of chromosomes, insertion of cassettes for the expression of heterologous genes, targeted chromosomal rearrangements such as translocations and inversions, directed changes in the karyotype (loss or duplication of particular chromosomes, changes in the level of ploidy), mating-type changes, etc. Classical yeast genome manipulations have been advanced with CRISPR/Cas9 technology in recent years that allow for the generation of multiple simultaneous changes in the yeast genome. In this review we discuss practical applications of both the classical yeast genome modification methods as well as CRISPR/Cas9 technology. In addition, we review methods for ploidy changes, including aneuploid generation, methods for mating type switching and directed DSB. Combined with a description of useful selective markers and transformation techniques, this work represents a nearly complete guide to yeast genome modification.
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- Elena I. Stepchenkova
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; (E.I.S.); (S.P.Z.); (A.R.S.)
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; (E.I.S.); (S.P.Z.); (A.R.S.)
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; (E.I.S.); (S.P.Z.); (A.R.S.)
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Zhao Y, Coelho C, Lauer S, Majewski M, Laurent JM, Brosh R, Boeke JD. CREEPY: CRISPR-mediated editing of synthetic episomes in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2023:gkad491. [PMID: 37326023 PMCID: PMC10359617 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Use of synthetic genomics to design and build 'big' DNA has revolutionized our ability to answer fundamental biological questions by employing a bottom-up approach. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or budding yeast, has become the major platform to assemble large synthetic constructs thanks to its powerful homologous recombination machinery and the availability of well-established molecular biology techniques. However, introducing designer variations to episomal assemblies with high efficiency and fidelity remains challenging. Here we describe CRISPR Engineering of EPisomes in Yeast, or CREEPY, a method for rapid engineering of large synthetic episomal DNA constructs. We demonstrate that CRISPR editing of circular episomes presents unique challenges compared to modifying native yeast chromosomes. We optimize CREEPY for efficient and precise multiplex editing of >100 kb yeast episomes, providing an expanded toolkit for synthetic genomics.
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- Yu Zhao
- Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
- Maastricht Science Programme, Maastricht University, Maastricht6200MD, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY10016, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY11201, USA
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Tai J, Guerra RM, Rogers SW, Fang Z, Muehlbauer LK, Shishkova E, Overmyer KA, Coon JJ, Pagliarini DJ. Hem25p is a mitochondrial IPP transporter. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.14.532620. [PMID: 36993473 PMCID: PMC10055127 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.14.532620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Coenzyme Q (CoQ, ubiquinone) is an essential cellular cofactor comprised of a redox-active quinone head group and a long hydrophobic polyisoprene tail. How mitochondria access cytosolic isoprenoids for CoQ biosynthesis is a longstanding mystery. Here, via a combination of genetic screening, metabolic tracing, and targeted uptake assays, we reveal that Hem25p-a mitochondrial glycine transporter required for heme biosynthesis-doubles as an isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mitochondria lacking Hem25p fail to efficiently incorporate IPP into early CoQ precursors, leading to loss of CoQ and turnover of CoQ biosynthetic proteins. Expression of Hem25p in Escherichia coli enables robust IPP uptake demonstrating that Hem25p is sufficient for IPP transport. Collectively, our work reveals that Hem25p drives the bulk of mitochondrial isoprenoid transport for CoQ biosynthesis in yeast.
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- Jonathan Tai
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA
- National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex Systems, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI 53715, USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Song P, Yang Z, Guo C, Han R, Wang H, Dong J, Kang D, Guo Y, Yang S, Li J. 14-3-3 proteins regulate photomorphogenesis by facilitating light-induced degradation of PIF3. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 237:140-159. [PMID: 36110045 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
14-3-3s are highly conserved phosphopeptide-binding proteins that play important roles in various developmental and signaling pathways in plants. However, although protein phosphorylation has been proven to be a key mechanism for regulating many pivotal components of the light signaling pathway, the role of 14-3-3 proteins in photomorphogenesis remains largely obscure. PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR3 (PIF3) is an extensively studied transcription factor repressing photomorphogenesis, and it is well-established that upon red (R) light exposure, photo-activated phytochrome B (phyB) interacts with PIF3 and induces its rapid phosphorylation and degradation. PHOTOREGULATORY PROTEIN KINASES (PPKs), a family of nuclear protein kinases, interact with phyB and PIF3 in R light and mediate multisite phosphorylation of PIF3 in vivo. Here, we report that two members of the 14-3-3 protein family, 14-3-3λ and κ, bind to a serine residue in the bHLH domain of PIF3 that can be phosphorylated by PPKs, and act as key positive regulators of R light-induced photomorphogenesis. Moreover, 14-3-3λ and κ preferentially interact with photo-activated phyB and promote the phyB-PIF3-PPK complex formation, thereby facilitating phyB-induced phosphorylation and degradation of PIF3 upon R light exposure. Together, our data demonstrate that 14-3-3λ and κ work in close concert with the phyB-PIF3 module to regulate light signaling in Arabidopsis.
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- Pengyu Song
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Coleman CE, Landin C, Neuer A, Sayegh FM, Marshall PA. Calmodulin kinase 2 genetically interacts with Rch1p to negatively regulate calcium import into Saccharomyces cerevisiae after extracellular calcium pulse. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:519. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03095-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Insertion orientation within the cassette affects gene-targeting success during ends-out recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 2022; 68:551-564. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01246-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Oya K, Matsuura A. Haploinsufficiency of the sex-determining genes at MATα restricts genome expansion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. iScience 2022; 25:104783. [PMID: 35982788 PMCID: PMC9379577 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Kazumasa Oya
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-chou, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-chou, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
- Corresponding author
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Qi H, Li Y, Cai M, He J, Liu J, Song X, Ma Z, Xu H, Qiao M. High‐copy genome integration and stable production of
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POT1
‐mediated strategy in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 133:707-719. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.15593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Hang Qi
- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
- School of Light Industry Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
- College Biotechnology and Bioengineering Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), Hangzhou 310014 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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Wegmann S, Meister C, Renz C, Yakoub G, Wollscheid HP, Takahashi DT, Mikicic I, Beli P, Ulrich HD. Linkage reprogramming by tailor-made E3s reveals polyubiquitin chain requirements in DNA-damage bypass. Mol Cell 2022; 82:1589-1602.e5. [PMID: 35263628 PMCID: PMC9098123 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A polyubiquitin chain can adopt a variety of shapes, depending on how the ubiquitin monomers are joined. However, the relevance of linkage for the signaling functions of polyubiquitin chains is often poorly understood because of our inability to control or manipulate this parameter in vivo. Here, we present a strategy for reprogramming polyubiquitin chain linkage by means of tailor-made, linkage- and substrate-selective ubiquitin ligases. Using the polyubiquitylation of the budding yeast replication factor PCNA in response to DNA damage as a model case, we show that altering the features of a polyubiquitin chain in vivo can change the fate of the modified substrate. We also provide evidence for redundancy between distinct but structurally similar linkages, and we demonstrate by proof-of-principle experiments that the method can be generalized to targets beyond PCNA. Our study illustrates a promising approach toward the in vivo analysis of polyubiquitin signaling.
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- Sabrina Wegmann
- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242 Biotechnologie et Signalisation Cellulaire, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, 10413 Illkirch, Strasbourg, France
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- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany; Institute for Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Moharir A, Gay L, Markus B. Mitochondrial energy metabolism regulates the nutrient import activity and endocytosis of APC transporters. FEBS Lett 2022; 596:1111-1123. [PMID: 35156710 PMCID: PMC9117475 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Nutrient import by APC-type transporters is predicted to have a high energy demand because it depends on the plasma membrane proton gradient established by the ATP-driven proton pump Pma1. We show that Pma1 is indeed a major energy consumer and its activity is tightly linked to the cellular ATP levels. The low Pma1 activity caused by acute loss of respiration resulted in a dramatic drop in cytoplasmic pH, which triggered the downregulation of the major proton importers, the APC transporters. This regulatory system is likely the reason for the observed rapid endocytosis of APC transporters during many environmental stresses. Furthermore, we show the importance of respiration in providing ATP to maintain a strong proton gradient for efficient nutrient uptake.
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- Akshay Moharir
- Henry Eyring Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, 1390 President Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Henry Eyring Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, 1390 President Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Henry Eyring Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, 1390 President Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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van Breugel ME, van Leeuwen F. Epi-Decoder: Decoding the Local Proteome of a Genomic Locus by Massive Parallel Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Combined with DNA-Barcode Sequencing. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2458:123-150. [PMID: 35103966 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2140-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The genome in a eukaryotic cell is packaged into chromatin and regulated by chromatin-binding and chromatin-modifying factors. Many of these factors and their complexes have been identified before, but how each genomic locus interacts with its surrounding proteins in the nucleus over time and in changing conditions remains poorly described. Measuring protein-DNA interactions at a specific locus in the genome is challenging and current techniques such as capture of a locus followed by mass spectrometry require high levels of enrichment. Epi-Decoder, a method developed in budding yeast, enables systematic decoding of the proteome of a single genomic locus of interest without the need for locus enrichment. Instead, Epi-Decoder uses massive parallel chromatin immunoprecipitation of tagged proteins combined with barcoding a genomic locus and counting of coimmunoprecipitated barcodes by DNA sequencing (TAG-ChIP-Barcode-Seq). In this scenario, DNA barcode counts serve as a quantitative readout for protein binding of each tagged protein to the barcoded locus. Epi-Decoder can be applied to determine the protein-DNA interactions at a wide range of genomic loci, such as coding genes, noncoding genes, and intergenic regions. Furthermore, Epi-Decoder provides the option to study protein-DNA interactions upon changing cellular and/or genetic conditions. In this protocol, we describe in detail how to construct Epi-Decoder libraries and how to perform an Epi-Decoder analysis.
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- Division of Gene Regulation, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Medical Biology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Siewers V. An Overview on Selection Marker Genes for Transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2513:1-13. [PMID: 35781196 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2399-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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For genetic manipulation of yeast, numerous selection marker genes have been employed. These include prototrophic markers, markers conferring drug resistance, autoselection markers, and counterselectable markers. This chapter describes the different classes of selection markers and provides a number of examples for different applications.
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- Verena Siewers
- Division of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Hayashi H, Kishi T. A Set of Plasmid-Based Modules for Easy Switching of C-Terminal Epitope Tags in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microorganisms 2021; 9:2505. [PMID: 34946108 PMCID: PMC8707574 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9122505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Epitope tagging is a powerful strategy for analyzing the functions of targeted proteins. The use of this strategy has become more convenient with the development of the epitope switch, which is another type of epitope tagging designed to convert the previously tagged epitopes on the chromosome to other epitopes of interest. Various modules for C-terminal epitope switching have been developed and amplified using the one-step polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method before transformation. However, PCR amplification occasionally generates mutations that affect the fidelity of epitope switching. Here, we constructed several plasmids to isolate modules for epitope switching through digestion by restriction enzymes. The isolated modules contained DNA sequences for homologous recombination, various epitopes (13×Myc, 6×HA, GFP, Venus, YFP, mCherry, and CFP), and a transformation marker (Candida glabrata LEU2). The restriction enzyme-digested plasmids were used to directly transform the cells for epitope switching. We demonstrate the efficient and accurate switching of the MX6 module-based C-terminal tandem affinity purification tags to each aforementioned epitope. We believe that our plasmids can serve as powerful tools for the functional analysis of yeast proteins.
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- College of Engineering, Nihon University, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8642, Japan;
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Hayat IF, Plan M, Ebert BE, Dumsday G, Vickers CE, Peng B. Auxin-mediated induction of GAL promoters by conditional degradation of Mig1p improves sesquiterpene production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with engineered acetyl-CoA synthesis. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 14:2627-2642. [PMID: 34499421 PMCID: PMC8601163 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae uses the pyruvate dehydrogenase-bypass for acetyl-CoA biosynthesis. This relatively inefficient pathway limits production potential for acetyl-CoA-derived biochemical due to carbon loss and the cost of two high-energy phosphate bonds per molecule of acetyl-CoA. Here, we attempted to improve acetyl-CoA production efficiency by introducing heterologous acetylating aldehyde dehydrogenase and phosphoketolase pathways for acetyl-CoA synthesis to enhance production of the sesquiterpene trans-nerolidol. In addition, we introduced auxin-mediated degradation of the glucose-dependent repressor Mig1p to allow induced expression of GAL promoters on glucose so that production potential on glucose could be examined. The novel genes that we used to reconstruct the heterologous acetyl-CoA pathways did not sufficiently complement the loss of endogenous acetyl-CoA pathways, indicating that superior heterologous enzymes are necessary to establish fully functional synthetic acetyl-CoA pathways and properly explore their potential for nerolidol synthesis. Notwithstanding this, nerolidol production was improved twofold to a titre of ˜ 900 mg l-1 in flask cultivation using a combination of heterologous acetyl-CoA pathways and Mig1p degradation. Conditional Mig1p depletion is presented as a valuable strategy to improve the productivities in the strains engineered with GAL promoters-controlled pathways when growing on glucose.
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- Irfan Farabi Hayat
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)the University of QueenslandBrisbaneQld4072Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences (SCMB)the University of QueenslandBrisbaneQld4072Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)the University of QueenslandBrisbaneQld4072Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)the University of QueenslandBrisbaneQld4072Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)the University of QueenslandBrisbaneQld4072Australia
- CSIRO Future Science Platform in Synthetic BiologyCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)Black MountainCanberraACT2601Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic BiologyQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQld4000Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)the University of QueenslandBrisbaneQld4072Australia
- CSIRO Future Science Platform in Synthetic BiologyCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)Black MountainCanberraACT2601Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic BiologyQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQld4000Australia
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Fong KK, Davis TN, Asbury CL. Microtubule pivoting enables mitotic spindle assembly in S. cerevisiae. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:211686. [PMID: 33464308 PMCID: PMC7814349 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202007193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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To assemble a bipolar spindle, microtubules emanating from two poles must bundle into an antiparallel midzone, where plus end–directed motors generate outward pushing forces to drive pole separation. Midzone cross-linkers and motors display only modest preferences for antiparallel filaments, and duplicated poles are initially tethered together, an arrangement that instead favors parallel interactions. Pivoting of microtubules around spindle poles might help overcome this geometric bias, but the intrinsic pivoting flexibility of the microtubule–pole interface has not been directly measured, nor has its importance during early spindle assembly been tested. By measuring the pivoting of microtubules around isolated yeast spindle poles, we show that pivoting flexibility can be modified by mutating a microtubule-anchoring pole component, Spc110. By engineering mutants with different flexibilities, we establish the importance of pivoting in vivo for timely pole separation. Our results suggest that passive thermal pivoting can bring microtubules from side-by-side poles into initial contact, but active minus end–directed force generation will be needed to achieve antiparallel alignment.
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- Kimberly K Fong
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Urita A, Ishibashi Y, Kawaguchi R, Yanase Y, Tani M. Crosstalk between protein kinase A and the HOG pathway under impaired biosynthesis of complex sphingolipids in budding yeast. FEBS J 2021; 289:766-786. [PMID: 34492172 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Complex sphingolipids are important components of the lipid bilayer of budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and a defect of the biosynthesis causes widespread cellular dysfunction. In this study, we found that mutations causing upregulation of the cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) pathway cause hypersensitivity to the defect of complex sphingolipid biosynthesis caused by repression of AUR1 encoding inositol phosphorylceramide synthase, whereas loss of PKA confers resistance to the defect. Loss of PDE2 encoding cAMP phosphodiesterase or PKA did not affect the reduction in complex sphingolipid levels and ceramide accumulation caused by AUR1 repression, suggesting that the change in sensitivity to the AUR1 repression due to the mutation of the cAMP/PKA pathway is not caused by exacerbation or suppression of the abnormal metabolism of sphingolipids. We also identified PBS2 encoding MAPKK in the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway as a multicopy suppressor gene that rescues the hypersensitivity to AUR1 repression caused by deletion of IRA2, which causes hyperactivation of the cAMP/PKA pathway. Since the HOG pathway has been identified as one of the rescue systems against the growth defect caused by the impaired biosynthesis of complex sphingolipids, it was assumed that PKA affects activation of the HOG pathway under AUR1-repressive conditions. Under AUR1-repressive conditions, hyperactivation of PKA suppressed the phosphorylation of Hog1, MAPK in the HOG pathway, and transcriptional activation downstream of the HOG pathway. These findings suggested that PKA is possibly involved in the avoidance of excessive activation of the HOG pathway under impaired biosynthesis of complex sphingolipids.
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- Atsuya Urita
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kang NK, Lee JW, Ort DR, Jin YS. L-malic acid production from xylose by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnol J 2021; 17:e2000431. [PMID: 34390209 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202000431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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L-malic acid is widely used in the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Here, we report on production of malic acid from xylose, the second most abundant sugar in lignocellulosic hydrolysates, by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To enable malic acid production in a xylose-assimilating S. cerevisiae, we overexpressed PYC1 and PYC2, coding for pyruvate carboxylases, a truncated MDH3 coding for malate dehydrogenase, and SpMAE1, coding for a Schizosaccharomyces pombe malate transporter. Additionally, both the ethanol and glycerol-producing pathways were blocked to enhance malic acid production. The resulting strain produced malic acid from both glucose and xylose, but it produced much higher titers of malic acid from xylose than glucose. Interestingly, the engineered strain had higher malic acid yield from lower concentrations (10 g/L) of xylose, with no ethanol production, than from higher xylose concentrations (20 g/L and 40 g/L). As such, a fed-batch culture maintaining xylose concentrations at low levels was conducted and 61.2 g/L of malic acid was produced, with a productivity of 0.32 g/L∙h. These results represent successful engineering of S. cerevisiae for the production of malic acid from xylose, confirming that that xylose offers the efficient production of various biofuels and chemicals by engineered S. cerevisiae. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Nam Kyu Kang
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,Departments of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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Encinar Del Dedo J, Fernández-Golbano IM, Pastor L, Meler P, Ferrer-Orta C, Rebollo E, Geli MI. Coupled sterol synthesis and transport machineries at ER-endocytic contact sites. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:212484. [PMID: 34283201 PMCID: PMC8294947 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Sterols are unevenly distributed within cellular membranes. How their biosynthetic and transport machineries are organized to generate heterogeneity is largely unknown. We previously showed that the yeast sterol transporter Osh2 is recruited to endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–endocytic contacts to facilitate actin polymerization. We now find that a subset of sterol biosynthetic enzymes also localizes at these contacts and interacts with Osh2 and the endocytic machinery. Following the sterol dynamics, we show that Osh2 extracts sterols from these subdomains, which we name ERSESs (ER sterol exit sites). Further, we demonstrate that coupling of the sterol synthesis and transport machineries is required for endocytosis in mother cells, but not in daughters, where plasma membrane loading with accessible sterols and endocytosis are linked to secretion.
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- Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Spanish Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Spanish Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Spanish Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Spanish Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Spanish Research Council, Barcelona, Spain
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Ramesh R, Dautel M, Lee Y, Kim Y, Storey K, Gottfried S, Goss Kinzy T, Huh WK, Sattlegger E. Asp56 in actin is critical for the full activity of the amino acid starvation-responsive kinase Gcn2. FEBS Lett 2021; 595:1886-1901. [PMID: 34096057 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eukaryotes harbour a conserved signalling pathway, called General Amino Acid Control (GAAC) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, for overcoming amino acid starvation. Upon starvation, the protein kinase Gcn2, which phosphorylates the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF2α, becomes stimulated to trigger the GAAC response. Genetic studies suggest that Yih1, which is the yeast homolog of mammalian IMPACT and which binds monomeric actin, inhibits Gcn2 when released from actin. Here, we found that D56A substitution in actin (the act1-9 allele) leads to reduced eIF2α phosphorylation, suggesting that the Asp56 residue is required for full Gcn2 activation. In the act1-9 mutant, Yih1 overexpression further enhanced the sensitivity to amino acid starvation-inducing drugs and further impaired eIF2α phosphorylation, suggesting that Gcn2 inhibition was mediated via Yih1. The D56A substitution may impair the actin-Yih1 interaction, directly or indirectly, thereby increasing the amount of Yih1 available to inhibit Gcn2.
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- Rashmi Ramesh
- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
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- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
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- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.,Wilkins Centre for Molecular BioDiscovery, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.,School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Hoshino S, Kanemura R, Kurita D, Soutome Y, Himeno H, Takaine M, Watanabe M, Nameki N. A stalled-ribosome rescue factor Pth3 is required for mitochondrial translation against antibiotics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Commun Biol 2021; 4:300. [PMID: 33686140 PMCID: PMC7940416 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01835-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial translation appears to involve two stalled-ribosome rescue factors (srRFs). One srRF is an ICT1 protein from humans that rescues a "non-stop" type of mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) stalled on mRNA lacking a stop codon, while the other, C12orf65, reportedly has functions that overlap with those of ICT1; however, its primary role remains unclear. We herein demonstrated that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae homolog of C12orf65, Pth3 (Rso55), preferentially rescued antibiotic-dependent stalled mitoribosomes, which appear to represent a "no-go" type of ribosomes stalled on intact mRNA. On media containing a non-fermentable carbon source, which requires mitochondrial gene expression, respiratory growth was impaired significantly more by the deletion of PTH3 than that of the ICT1 homolog PTH4 in the presence of antibiotics that inhibit mitochondrial translation, such as tetracyclines and macrolides. Additionally, the in organello labeling of mitochondrial translation products and quantification of mRNA levels by quantitative RT-PCR suggested that in the presence of tetracycline, the deletion of PTH3, but not PTH4, reduced the protein expression of all eight mtDNA-encoded genes at the post-transcriptional or translational level. These results indicate that Pth3 can function as a mitochondrial srRF specific for ribosomes stalled by antibiotics and plays a role in antibiotic resistance in fungi.
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- Soichiro Hoshino
- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR), Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.,Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan.
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Soczewka P, Tribouillard-Tanvier D, di Rago JP, Zoladek T, Kaminska J. Targeting Copper Homeostasis Improves Functioning of vps13Δ Yeast Mutant Cells, a Model of VPS13-Related Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2248. [PMID: 33668157 PMCID: PMC7956333 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Ion homeostasis is crucial for organism functioning, and its alterations may cause diseases. For example, copper insufficiency and overload are associated with Menkes and Wilson's diseases, respectively, and iron imbalance is observed in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. To better understand human diseases, Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast are used as a model organism. In our studies, we used the vps13Δ yeast strain as a model of rare neurological diseases caused by mutations in VPS13A-D genes. In this work, we show that overexpression of genes encoding copper transporters, CTR1, CTR3, and CCC2, or the addition of copper salt to the medium, improved functioning of the vps13Δ mutant. We show that their mechanism of action, at least partially, depends on increasing iron content in the cells by the copper-dependent iron uptake system. Finally, we present that treatment with copper ionophores, disulfiram, elesclomol, and sodium pyrithione, also resulted in alleviation of the defects observed in vps13Δ cells. Our study points at copper and iron homeostasis as a potential therapeutic target for further investigation in higher eukaryotic models of VPS13-related diseases.
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- Piotr Soczewka
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland;
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- IBGC, UMR 5095, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; (D.T.-T.); (J.-P.d.R.)
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), F-33077 Bordeaux, France
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- IBGC, UMR 5095, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; (D.T.-T.); (J.-P.d.R.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland;
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Scarless Genomic Protein Labeling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2196:63-75. [PMID: 32889713 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0868-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Labeling a protein of interest is widely used to examine its quantity, modification, localization, and dynamics in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Fluorescent proteins and epitope tags are often used as protein fusion tags to study target proteins. One prevailing technique is to fuse these tags to a target gene at the precise chromosomal location via homologous recombination. Here we describe a protein labeling strategy based on the URA3 pop-in/pop-out and counterselection system to fuse a fluorescent protein or epitope tag scarlessly to a target protein at its native locus in S. cerevisiae.
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Dutheil JY, Münch K, Schotanus K, Stukenbrock EH, Kahmann R. The insertion of a mitochondrial selfish element into the nuclear genome and its consequences. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:11117-11132. [PMID: 33144953 PMCID: PMC7593156 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Homing endonucleases (HE) are enzymes capable of cutting DNA at highly specific target sequences, the repair of the generated double-strand break resulting in the insertion of the HE-encoding gene ("homing" mechanism). HEs are present in all three domains of life and viruses; in eukaryotes, they are mostly found in the genomes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, as well as nuclear ribosomal RNAs. We here report the case of a HE that accidentally integrated into a telomeric region of the nuclear genome of the fungal maize pathogen Ustilago maydis. We show that the gene has a mitochondrial origin, but its original copy is absent from the U. maydis mitochondrial genome, suggesting a subsequent loss or a horizontal transfer from a different species. The telomeric HE underwent mutations in its active site and lost its original start codon. A potential other start codon was retained downstream, but we did not detect any significant transcription of the newly created open reading frame, suggesting that the inserted gene is not functional. Besides, the insertion site is located in a putative RecQ helicase gene, truncating the C-terminal domain of the protein. The truncated helicase is expressed during infection of the host, together with other homologous telomeric helicases. This unusual mutational event altered two genes: The integrated HE gene subsequently lost its homing activity, while its insertion created a truncated version of an existing gene, possibly altering its function. As the insertion is absent in other field isolates, suggesting that it is recent, the U. maydis 521 reference strain offers a snapshot of this singular mutational event.
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- Julien Y. Dutheil
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary BiologyPlönGermany
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
- Institute of Evolutionary SciencesCNRS – University of Montpellier – IRD – EPHEMontpellierFrance
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
- Christian Albrechts University of KielKielGermany
- Present address:
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM)Duke University Medical CenterDurhamNCUSA
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary BiologyPlönGermany
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
- Christian Albrechts University of KielKielGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial MicrobiologyMarburgGermany
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Mentges M, Glasenapp A, Boenisch M, Malz S, Henrissat B, Frandsen RJ, Güldener U, Münsterkötter M, Bormann J, Lebrun M, Schäfer W, Martinez‐Rocha AL. Infection cushions of Fusarium graminearum are fungal arsenals for wheat infection. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:1070-1087. [PMID: 32573086 PMCID: PMC7368127 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Fusarium graminearum is one of the most destructive plant pathogens worldwide, causing fusarium head blight (FHB) on cereals. F. graminearum colonizes wheat plant surfaces with specialized unbranched hyphae called runner hyphae (RH), which develop multicelled complex appressoria called infection cushions (IC). IC generate multiple penetration sites, allowing the fungus to enter the plant cuticle. Complex infection structures are typical for several economically important plant pathogens, yet with unknown molecular basis. In this study, RH and IC formed on the surface of wheat paleae were isolated by laser capture microdissection. RNA-Seq-based transcriptomic analyses were performed on RH and IC and compared to mycelium grown in complete medium (MY). Both RH and IC displayed a high number of infection up-regulated genes (982), encoding, among others, carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes: 140), putative effectors (PE: 88), or secondary metabolism gene clusters (SMC: 12 of 67 clusters). RH specifically up-regulated one SMC corresponding to aurofusarin biosynthesis, a broad activity antibiotic. IC specifically up-regulated 248 genes encoding mostly putative virulence factors such as 7 SMC, including the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol and the newly identified fusaoctaxin A, 33 PE, and 42 CAZymes. Furthermore, we studied selected candidate virulence factors using cellular biology and reverse genetics. Hence, our results demonstrate that IC accumulate an arsenal of proven and putative virulence factors to facilitate the invasion of epidermal cells.
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- Michael Mentges
- Molekulare PhytopathologieInstitut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und MikrobiologieUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Molekulare PhytopathologieInstitut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und MikrobiologieUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Molekulare PhytopathologieInstitut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und MikrobiologieUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Molekulare PhytopathologieInstitut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und MikrobiologieUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology and BiomedicineTechnical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
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- Department of BioinformaticsTechnical University of MunichTUM School of Life Sciences WeihenstephanFreisingGermany
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems BiologyMünchenGermany
- Present address:
Functional Genomics and BioinformaticsSopron UniversitySopronHungary
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- Molekulare PhytopathologieInstitut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und MikrobiologieUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Molekulare PhytopathologieInstitut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und MikrobiologieUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Molekulare PhytopathologieInstitut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und MikrobiologieUniversität HamburgHamburgGermany
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Dong X, Yan Y, Jiang B, Shi Y, Jia Y, Cheng J, Shi Y, Kang J, Li H, Zhang D, Qi L, Han R, Zhang S, Zhou Y, Wang X, Terzaghi W, Gu H, Kang D, Yang S, Li J. The cold response regulator CBF1 promotes Arabidopsis hypocotyl growth at ambient temperatures. EMBO J 2020; 39:e103630. [PMID: 32449547 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019103630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Light and temperature are two core environmental factors that coordinately regulate plant growth and survival throughout their entire life cycle. However, the mechanisms integrating light and temperature signaling pathways in plants remain poorly understood. Here, we report that CBF1, an AP2/ERF-family transcription factor essential for plant cold acclimation, promotes hypocotyl growth under ambient temperatures in Arabidopsis. We show that CBF1 increases the protein abundance of PIF4 and PIF5, two phytochrome-interacting bHLH-family transcription factors that play pivotal roles in modulating plant growth and development, by directly binding to their promoters to induce their gene expression, and by inhibiting their interaction with phyB in the light. Moreover, our data demonstrate that CBF1 promotes PIF4/PIF5 protein accumulation and hypocotyl growth at both 22°C and 17°C, but not at 4°C, with a more prominent role at 17°C than at 22°C. Together, our study reveals that CBF1 integrates light and temperature control of hypocotyl growth by promoting PIF4 and PIF5 protein abundance in the light, thus providing insights into the integration mechanisms of light and temperature signaling pathways in plants.
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- Xiaojing Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Mittal P, Ghule K, Trakroo D, Prajapati HK, Ghosh SK. Meiosis-Specific Functions of Kinesin Motors in Cohesin Removal and Maintenance of Chromosome Integrity in Budding Yeast. Mol Cell Biol 2020; 40:e00386-19. [PMID: 31964755 PMCID: PMC7108822 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00386-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Kinesin motors provide the molecular forces at the kinetochore-microtubule interface and along the spindle to control chromosome segregation. During meiosis with two rounds of microtubule assembly-disassembly, the roles of motor proteins remain unexplored. We observed that in contrast to mitosis, Cin8 and Kip3 together are indispensable for meiosis. While examining meiosis in cin8Δ kip3Δ cells, we detected chromosome breakage in the meiosis II cells. The double mutant exhibits a delay in cohesin removal during anaphase I. Consequently, some cells fail to undergo meiosis II and form dyads, while some, as they progress through meiosis II, cause a defect in chromosome integrity. We believe that in the latter cells, an imbalance of spindle-mediated force and the simultaneous persistence of cohesin on chromosomes cause their breakage. We provide evidence that tension generated by Cin8 and Kip3 through microtubule cross-linking is essential for signaling efficient cohesin removal and the maintenance of chromosome integrity during meiosis.
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- Priyanka Mittal
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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Bouchez CL, Yoboue ED, de la Rosa Vargas LE, Salin B, Cuvellier S, Rigoulet M, Duvezin-Caubet S, Devin A. "Labile" heme critically regulates mitochondrial biogenesis through the transcriptional co-activator Hap4p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:5095-5109. [PMID: 32075909 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.012739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Heme (iron protoporphyrin IX) is a well-known prosthetic group for enzymes involved in metabolic pathways such as oxygen transport and electron transfer through the mitochondrial respiratory chain. However, heme has also been shown to be an important regulatory molecule (as "labile" heme) for diverse processes such as translation, kinase activity, and transcription in mammals, yeast, and bacteria. Taking advantage of a yeast strain deficient for heme production that enabled controlled modulation and monitoring of labile heme levels, here we investigated the role of labile heme in the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis. This process is regulated by the HAP complex in yeast. Using several biochemical assays along with EM and epifluorescence microscopy, to the best of our knowledge, we show for the first time that cellular labile heme is critical for the post-translational regulation of HAP complex activity, most likely through the stability of the transcriptional co-activator Hap4p. Consequently, we found that labile heme regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and cell growth. The findings of our work highlight a new mechanism in the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis by cellular metabolites.
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- Cyrielle L Bouchez
- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France .,Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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Märker R, Blank-Landeshammer B, Beier-Rosberger A, Sickmann A, Kück U. Phosphoproteomic analysis of STRIPAK mutants identifies a conserved serine phosphorylation site in PAK kinase CLA4 to be important in fungal sexual development and polarized growth. Mol Microbiol 2020; 113:1053-1069. [PMID: 32022307 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The highly conserved striatin-interacting phosphatases and kinases (STRIPAK) complex regulates phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of developmental proteins in eukaryotic microorganisms, animals and humans. To first identify potential targets of STRIPAK, we performed extensive isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification-based proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses in the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora. In total, we identified 4,193 proteins and 2,489 phosphoproteins, which are represented by 10,635 phosphopeptides. By comparing phosphorylation data from wild type and mutants, we identified 228 phosphoproteins to be regulated in all three STRIPAK mutants, thus representing potential targets of STRIPAK. To provide an exemplarily functional analysis of a STRIPAK-dependent phosphorylated protein, we selected CLA4, a member of the conserved p21-activated kinase family. Functional characterization of the ∆cla4 deletion strain showed that CLA4 controls sexual development and polarized growth. To determine the functional relevance of CLA4 phosphorylation and the impact of specific phosphorylation sites on development, we next generated phosphomimetic and -deficient variants of CLA4. This analysis identified (de)phosphorylation of a highly conserved serine (S685) residue in the catalytic domain of CLA4 as being important for fungal cellular development. Collectively, these analyses significantly contribute to the understanding of the mechanistic function of STRIPAK as a phosphatase and kinase signaling complex.
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- Ramona Märker
- Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., Dortmund, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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Pereira R, Wei Y, Mohamed E, Radi M, Malina C, Herrgård MJ, Feist AM, Nielsen J, Chen Y. Adaptive laboratory evolution of tolerance to dicarboxylic acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Metab Eng 2019; 56:130-141. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2019.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DNA variants affecting the expression of numerous genes in trans have diverse mechanisms of action and evolutionary histories. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008375. [PMID: 31738765 PMCID: PMC6886874 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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DNA variants that alter gene expression contribute to variation in many phenotypic traits. In particular, trans-acting variants, which are often located on different chromosomes from the genes they affect, are an important source of heritable gene expression variation. However, our knowledge about the identity and mechanism of causal trans-acting variants remains limited. Here, we developed a fine-mapping strategy called CRISPR-Swap and dissected three expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) hotspots known to alter the expression of numerous genes in trans in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Causal variants were identified by engineering recombinant alleles and quantifying the effects of these alleles on the expression of a green fluorescent protein-tagged gene affected by the given locus in trans. We validated the effect of each variant on the expression of multiple genes by RNA-sequencing. The three variants differed in their molecular mechanism, the type of genes they reside in, and their distribution in natural populations. While a missense leucine-to-serine variant at position 63 in the transcription factor Oaf1 (L63S) was almost exclusively present in the reference laboratory strain, the two other variants were frequent among S. cerevisiae isolates. A causal missense variant in the glucose receptor Rgt2 (V539I) occurred at a poorly conserved amino acid residue and its effect was strongly dependent on the concentration of glucose in the culture medium. A noncoding variant in the conserved fatty acid regulated (FAR) element of the OLE1 promoter influenced the expression of the fatty acid desaturase Ole1 in cis and, by modulating the level of this essential enzyme, other genes in trans. The OAF1 and OLE1 variants showed a non-additive genetic interaction, and affected cellular lipid metabolism. These results demonstrate that the molecular basis of trans-regulatory variation is diverse, highlighting the challenges in predicting which natural genetic variants affect gene expression. Differences in the DNA sequence of individual genomes contribute to differences in many traits, such as appearance, physiology, and the risk for common diseases. An important group of these DNA variants influences how individual genes across the genome are turned on or off. In this paper, we describe a strategy for identifying such “trans-acting” variants in different strains of baker’s yeast. We used this strategy to reveal three single DNA base changes that each influences the expression of dozens of genes. These three DNA variants were very different from each other. Two of them changed the protein sequence, one in a transcription factor and the other in a sugar sensor. The third changed the expression of an enzyme, a change that in turn caused other genes to alter their expression. One variant existed in only a few yeast isolates, while the other two existed in many isolates collected from around the world. This diversity of DNA variants that influence the expression of many other genes illustrates how difficult it is to predict which DNA variants in an individual’s genome will have effects on the organism.
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Odendall F, Backes S, Tatsuta T, Weill U, Schuldiner M, Langer T, Herrmann JM, Rapaport D, Dimmer KS. The mitochondrial intermembrane space-facing proteins Mcp2 and Tgl2 are involved in yeast lipid metabolism. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:2681-2694. [PMID: 31483742 PMCID: PMC6761770 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-03-0166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are unique organelles harboring two distinct membranes, the mitochondrial inner and outer membrane (MIM and MOM, respectively). Mitochondria comprise only a subset of metabolic pathways for the synthesis of membrane lipids; therefore most lipid species and their precursors have to be imported from other cellular compartments. One such import process is mediated by the ER mitochondria encounter structure (ERMES) complex. Both mitochondrial membranes surround the hydrophilic intermembrane space (IMS). Therefore, additional systems are required that shuttle lipids between the MIM and MOM. Recently, we identified the IMS protein Mcp2 as a high-copy suppressor for cells that lack a functional ERMES complex. To understand better how mitochondria facilitate transport and biogenesis of lipids, we searched for genetic interactions of this suppressor. We found that MCP2 has a negative genetic interaction with the gene TGL2 encoding a neutral lipid hydrolase. We show that this lipase is located in the intermembrane space of the mitochondrion and is imported via the Mia40 disulfide relay system. Furthermore, we show a positive genetic interaction of double deletion of MCP2 and PSD1, the gene encoding the enzyme that synthesizes the major amount of cellular phosphatidylethanolamine. Finally, we demonstrate that the nucleotide-binding motifs of the predicted atypical kinase Mcp2 are required for its proper function. Taken together, our data suggest that Mcp2 is involved in mitochondrial lipid metabolism and an increase of this involvement by overexpression suppresses loss of ERMES.
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- Fenja Odendall
- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Köln, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Overexpression of RAD51 Enables PCR-Based Gene Targeting in Lager Yeast. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7070192. [PMID: 31284488 PMCID: PMC6680445 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7070192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lager beer fermentations rely on specific polyploid hybrids between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus falling into the two groups of S. carlsbergensis/Saaz-type and S. pastorianus/Frohberg-type. These strains provide a terroir to lager beer as they have long traditional associations and local selection histories with specific breweries. Lager yeasts share, based on their common origin, several phenotypes. One of them is low transformability, hampering the gene function analyses required for proof-of-concept strain improvements. PCR-based gene targeting is a standard tool for manipulating S. cerevisiae and other ascomycetes. However, low transformability paired with the low efficiency of homologous recombination practically disable targeted gene function analyses in lager yeast strains. For genetic manipulations in lager yeasts, we employed a yeast transformation protocol based on lithium-acetate/PEG incubation combined with electroporation. We first introduced freely replicating CEN/ARS plasmids carrying ScRAD51 driven by a strong heterologous promoter into lager yeast. RAD51 overexpression in the Weihenstephan 34/70 lager yeast was necessary and sufficient in our hands for gene targeting using short-flanking homology regions of 50 bp added to a selection marker by PCR. We successfully targeted two independent loci, ScADE2/YOR128C and ScHSP104/YLL026W, and confirmed correct integration by diagnostic PCR. With these modifications, genetic alterations of lager yeasts can be achieved efficiently and the RAD51-containing episomal plasmid can be removed after successful strain construction.
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Bállega E, Carballar R, Samper B, Ricco N, Ribeiro MP, Bru S, Jiménez J, Clotet J. Comprehensive and quantitative analysis of G1 cyclins. A tool for studying the cell cycle. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0218531. [PMID: 31237904 PMCID: PMC6592645 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, the cell cycle is driven by the actions of several cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) and an array of regulatory proteins called cyclins, due to the cyclical expression patterns of the latter. In yeast, the accepted pattern of cyclin waves is based on qualitative studies performed by different laboratories using different strain backgrounds, different growing conditions and media, and different kinds of genetic manipulation. Additionally, only the subset of cyclins regulating Cdc28 was included, while the Pho85 cyclins were excluded. We describe a comprehensive, quantitative and accurate blueprint of G1 cyclins in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that, in addition to validating previous conclusions, yields new findings and establishes an accurate G1 cyclin blueprint. For the purposes of this research, we produced a collection of strains with all G1 cyclins identically tagged using the same and most respectful procedure possible. We report the contribution of each G1 cyclin for a broad array of growing and stress conditions, describe an unknown role for Pcl2 in heat-stress conditions and demonstrate the importance of maintaining the 3’UTR sequence of cyclins untouched during the tagging process.
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- Elisabet Bállega
- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- * E-mail: (JJ); (JC)
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- Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- * E-mail: (JJ); (JC)
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Goodrum JM, Lever AR, Coody TK, Gottschling DE, Hughes AL. Rsp5 and Mdm30 reshape the mitochondrial network in response to age-induced vacuole stress. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:2141-2154. [PMID: 31141470 PMCID: PMC6743467 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-02-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial decline is a hallmark of aging, and cells are equipped with many systems to regulate mitochondrial structure and function in response to stress and metabolic alterations. Here, using budding yeast, we identify a proteolytic pathway that contributes to alterations in mitochondrial structure in aged cells through control of the mitochondrial fusion GTPase Fzo1. We show that mitochondrial fragmentation in old cells correlates with reduced abundance of Fzo1, which is triggered by functional alterations in the vacuole, a known early event in aging. Fzo1 degradation is mediated by a proteolytic cascade consisting of the E3 ubiquitin ligases SCFMdm30 and Rsp5, and the Cdc48 cofactor Doa1. Fzo1 proteolysis is activated by metabolic stress that arises from vacuole impairment, and loss of Fzo1 degradation severely impairs mitochondrial structure and function. Together, these studies identify a new mechanism for stress-responsive regulation of mitochondrial structure that is activated during cellular aging.
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- Jenna M Goodrum
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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Misumi Y, Nishioka S, Fukuda A, Uemura T, Nakamura M, Hoshida H, Akada R. YHp as a highly stable, hyper-copy, hyper-expression plasmid constructed using a full 2-μm circle sequence in cir 0 strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2019; 36:249-257. [PMID: 30537227 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast episomal plasmid (YEp), containing a partial sequence from a natural 2-μm plasmid, has been frequently used to induce high levels of gene expression. In this study, we used Japanese sake yeast natural cir0 strain as a host for constructing an entire 2-μm plasmid with an expression construct using the three-fragment gap-repair method without Escherichia coli manipulation. The 2-μm plasmid contains two long inverted repeats, which is problematic for the amplification by polymerase chain reaction. Therefore, we amplified it by dividing into two fragments, each containing a single repeat together with an overlapping sequence for homologous recombination. TDH3 promoter-driven yEmRFP (TDH3p-yEmRFP) and the URA3 were used as a reporter gene and a selection marker, respectively, and inserted at the 3' end of the RAF1 gene on the 2-μm plasmid. The three fragments were combined and used for the transformation of sake yeast cir0 ura3- strain. The resulting transformant colonies showed a red or purple coloration, which was significantly stronger than that of the cells transformed with YEp-TDH3p-yEmRFP. The 2-μm transformants were cultured in YPD medium and observed by fluorescence microscopy. Almost all cells showed strong fluorescence, suggesting that the plasmid was preserved during nonselective culture conditions. The constructed plasmid maintained a high copy state similar to that of the natural 2-μm plasmid, and the red fluorescent protein expression was 54 fold compared with the chromosomal integrant. This vector is named YHp, the Yeast Hyper expression plasmid.
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- Yukie Misumi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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Esposito M, Hermann-Le Denmat S, Delahodde A. Contribution of ERMES subunits to mature peroxisome abundance. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214287. [PMID: 30908556 PMCID: PMC6433259 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic organelles share different components and establish physical contacts to communicate throughout the cell. One of the best-recognized examples of such interplay is the metabolic cooperation and crosstalk between mitochondria and peroxisomes, both organelles being functionally and physically connected and linked to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mitochondria are linked to the ER by the ERMES complex that facilitates inter-organelle calcium and phospholipid exchanges. Recently, peroxisome-mitochondria contact sites (PerMit) have been reported and among Permit tethers, one component of the ERMES complex (Mdm34) was shown to interact with the peroxin Pex11, suggesting that the ERMES complex or part of it may be involved in two membrane contact sites (ER-mitochondria and peroxisome- mitochondria). This opens the possibility of exchanges between these three membrane compartments. Here, we investigated in details the role of each ERMES subunit on peroxisome abundance. First, we confirmed previous studies from other groups showing that absence of Mdm10 or Mdm12 leads to an increased number of mature peroxisomes. Secondly, we showed that this is not simply due to respiratory function defect, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) loss or mitochondrial network alteration. Finally, we present evidence that the contribution of ERMES subunits Mdm10 and Mdm12 to peroxisome number involves two different mechanisms.
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- Michela Esposito
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris‐Sud, Université Paris‐Saclay, Gif‐sur‐Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris‐Sud, Université Paris‐Saclay, Gif‐sur‐Yvette cedex, France
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris‐Sud, Université Paris‐Saclay, Gif‐sur‐Yvette cedex, France
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Antony A C, Ram AK, Dutta K, Alone PV. Ribosomal mutation in helix 32 of 18S rRNA alters fidelity of eukaryotic translation start site selection. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:852-867. [PMID: 30900251 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The 40S ribosome plays a critical role in start codon selection. To gain insights into the role of its 18S rRNA in start codon selection, a suppressor screen was performed that suppressed the preferential UUG start codon recognition (Suppressor of initiation codon: Sui- phenotype) associated with the eIF5G31R mutant. The C1209U mutation in helix h32 of 18S rRNA was found to suppress the Sui- and Gcn- (failure to derepress GCN4 expression) phenotype of the eIF5G31R mutant. The C1209U mutation suppressed Sui- and Gcd- (constitutive derepression of GCN4 expression) phenotype of eIF2βS264Y , eIF1K60E , and eIF1A-ΔC mutation. We propose that the C1209U mutation in 40S ribosomal may perturb the premature head rotation in 'Closed/PIN ' state and enhance the stringency of translation start site selection.
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- Charles Antony A
- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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Signalling through the yeast MAPK Cell Wall Integrity pathway controls P-body assembly upon cell wall stress. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3186. [PMID: 30816278 PMCID: PMC6395727 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40112-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Post-transcriptional control of mRNA is a key event in the regulation of gene expression. From yeast to human cells, P-bodies are cytoplasmic RNA-protein aggregates that play an essential role in this process, particularly under stress conditions. In this work, we show that in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall stress induces the formation of these structures. This effect is dependent on multiple elements in the Cell Wall Integrity (CWI) MAPK signalling pathway, a signal transduction cascade responsible for the maintenance of cell integrity under adverse environmental conditions. Remarkably, P-body assembly requires the catalytic activity of the MAPK of the pathway, Slt2/Mpk1. In accordance with the control exerted by this signalling pathway, the timing of P-body formation is similar to that of the activation of the CWI pathway. Noticeably, mRNAs whose expression is regulated by this pathway localize in P-bodies after the cell is exposed to stress following a temporal pattern coincident with CWI pathway activation. Moreover, when these mRNAs are overexpressed in a mutant background unable to form visible P-bodies, the cells show hypersensitivity to agents that interfere with cell wall integrity, supporting that they play a role in the mRNA lifecycle under stress conditions.
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Overexpression of branched-chain amino acid aminotransferases rescues the growth defects of cells lacking the Barth syndrome-related gene TAZ1. J Mol Med (Berl) 2019; 97:269-279. [PMID: 30604168 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-018-1728-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The yeast protein Taz1 is the orthologue of human Tafazzin, a phospholipid acyltransferase involved in cardiolipin (CL) remodeling via a monolyso CL (MLCL) intermediate. Mutations in Tafazzin lead to Barth syndrome (BTHS), a metabolic and neuromuscular disorder that primarily affects the heart, muscles, and immune system. Similar to observations in fibroblasts and platelets from patients with BTHS or from animal models, abolishing yeast Taz1 results in decreased total CL amounts, increased levels of MLCL, and mitochondrial dysfunction. However, the biochemical mechanisms underlying the mitochondrial dysfunction in BTHS remain unclear. To better understand the pathomechanism of BTHS, we searched for multi-copy suppressors of the taz1Δ growth defect in yeast cells. We identified the branched-chain amino acid transaminases (BCATs) Bat1 and Bat2 as such suppressors. Similarly, overexpression of the mitochondrial isoform BCAT2 in mammalian cells lacking TAZ improves their growth. Elevated levels of Bat1 or Bat2 did not restore the reduced membrane potential, altered stability of respiratory complexes, or the defective accumulation of MLCL species in yeast taz1Δ cells. Importantly, supplying yeast or mammalian cells lacking TAZ1 with certain amino acids restored their growth behavior. Hence, our findings suggest that the metabolism of amino acids has an important and disease-relevant role in cells lacking Taz1 function. KEY MESSAGES: Bat1 and Bat2 are multi-copy suppressors of retarded growth of taz1Δ yeast cells. Overexpression of Bat1/2 in taz1Δ cells does not rescue known mitochondrial defects. Supplementation of amino acids enhances growth of cells lacking Taz1 or Tafazzin. Altered metabolism of amino acids might be involved in the pathomechanism of BTSH.
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Brodiazhenko T, Johansson MJO, Takada H, Nissan T, Hauryliuk V, Murina V. Elimination of Ribosome Inactivating Factors Improves the Efficiency of Bacillus subtilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell-Free Translation Systems. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3041. [PMID: 30619132 PMCID: PMC6305275 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cell-free translation systems based on cellular lysates optimized for in vitro protein synthesis have multiple applications both in basic and applied science, ranging from studies of translational regulation to cell-free production of proteins and ribosome-nascent chain complexes. In order to achieve both high activity and reproducibility in a translation system, it is essential that the ribosomes in the cellular lysate are enzymatically active. Here we demonstrate that genomic disruption of genes encoding ribosome inactivating factors - HPF in Bacillus subtilis and Stm1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae - robustly improve the activities of bacterial and yeast translation systems. Importantly, the elimination of B. subtilis HPF results in a complete loss of 100S ribosomes, which otherwise interfere with disome-based approaches for preparation of stalled ribosomal complexes for cryo-electron microscopy studies.
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- Tetiana Brodiazhenko
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Sanz AB, García R, Rodríguez-Peña JM, Nombela C, Arroyo J. Slt2 MAPK association with chromatin is required for transcriptional activation of Rlm1 dependent genes upon cell wall stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2018; 1861:1029-1039. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2018.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 08/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sinzel M, Zeitler A, Dimmer KS. Interaction network of the mitochondrial outer membrane protein Mcp3. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:3210-3220. [PMID: 30192984 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mitochondria are organelles containing two membranes that are distinct in composition and function. A role of the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) is to mediate contact of the organelle with the rest of the cell. In yeast, the MOM contains about 40 different integral proteins. Recently, we described the MOM protein Mcp3, which can serve as a multicopy suppressor of loss of ERMES complex that mediates mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contacts. To shed further light on the role of Mcp3 in the MOM, we analyzed its physical interaction with other proteins. We show that Mcp3 interacts with the MOM protein Om45 and the inner membrane protein Aim19. Our observations hint toward a potential involvement of Mcp3 in a structural and/or functional link between both mitochondrial membranes.
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- Monika Sinzel
- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Genome-wide C-SWAT library for high-throughput yeast genome tagging. Nat Methods 2018; 15:598-600. [DOI: 10.1038/s41592-018-0045-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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