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Kim H, Juarez-Contreras I, Budin I. Using the yeast vacuole as a system to test the lipidic drivers of membrane heterogeneity in living cells. Methods Enzymol 2024; 700:77-104. [PMID: 38971613 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2024.02.015] [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: 07/08/2024]
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The biophysical drivers of membrane lateral heterogeneity, often termed lipid rafts, have been largely explored using synthetic liposomes or mammalian plasma membrane-derived giant vesicles. Yeast vacuoles, an organelle comparable to mammalian lysosomes, is the only in vivo system that shows stable micrometer scale phase separation in unperturbed cells. The ease of manipulating lipid metabolism in yeast makes this a powerful system for identifying lipids involved in the onset of vacuole membrane heterogeneity. Vacuole domains are induced by stationary stage growth and nutritional starvation, during which they serve as a docking and internalization site for lipid droplet energy stores. Here we describe methods for characterizing vacuole phase separation, its physiological function, and its lipidic drivers. First, we detail methodologies for robustly inducing vacuole domain formation and quantitatively characterizing during live cell imaging experiments. Second, we detail a new protocol for biochemical isolation of stationary stage vacuoles, which allows for lipidomic dissection of membrane phase separation. Third, we describe biochemical techniques for analyzing lipid droplet internalization in vacuole domains. When combined with genetic or chemical perturbations to lipid metabolism, these methods allow for systematic dissection of lipid composition in the structure and function of ordered membrane domains in living cells.
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- Hyesoo Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
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Daicho KM, Hirono-Hara Y, Kikukawa H, Tamura K, Hara KY. Engineering yeast with a light-driven proton pump system in the vacuolar membrane. Microb Cell Fact 2024; 23:4. [PMID: 38172917 PMCID: PMC10763269 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02273-1] [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: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The supply of ATP is a limiting factor for cellular metabolism. Therefore, cell factories require a sufficient ATP supply to drive metabolism for efficient bioproduction. In the current study, a light-driven proton pump in the vacuolar membrane was constructed in yeast to reduce the ATP consumption required by V-ATPase to maintain the acidification of the vacuoles and increase the intracellular ATP supply for bioproduction. RESULTS Delta rhodopsin (dR), a microbial light-driven proton-pumping rhodopsin from Haloterrigena turkmenica, was expressed and localized in the vacuolar membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by conjugation with a vacuolar membrane-localized protein. Vacuoles with dR were isolated from S. cerevisiae, and the light-driven proton pumping activity was evaluated based on the pH change outside the vacuoles. A light-induced increase in the intracellular ATP content was observed in yeast harboring vacuoles with dR. CONCLUSIONS Yeast harboring the light-driven proton pump in the vacuolar membrane developed in this study are a potential optoenergetic cell factory suitable for various bioproduction applications.
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- Kaoru M Daicho
- Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- 396Bio, Inc., University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan.
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-Ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan.
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Wang F, Yang Y, Boudagh G, Eskelinen EL, Klionsky DJ, Malek SN. Follicular lymphoma-associated mutations in the V-ATPase chaperone VMA21 activate autophagy creating a targetable dependency. Autophagy 2022; 18:1982-2000. [PMID: 35287545 PMCID: PMC9450968 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2022.2050663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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The discovery of recurrent mutations in subunits and regulators of the vacuolar-type H+-translocating ATPase (V-ATPase) in follicular lymphoma (FL) highlights a role for macroautophagy/autophagy, amino-acid, and nutrient-sensing pathways in the pathogenesis of this disease. Here, we report on novel mutations in the ER-resident chaperone VMA21, which is involved in V-ATPase assembly in 12% of FL. Mutations in a novel VMA21 hotspot (p.93X) result in the removal of a C-terminal non-canonical ER retrieval signal thus causing VMA21 mislocalization to lysosomes. The resulting impairment in V-ATPase activity prevents full lysosomal acidification and function, including impaired pH-dependent protein degradation as shown via lysosomal metabolomics and ultimately causes a degree of amino acid depletion in the cytoplasm. These deficiencies result in compensatory autophagy activation, as measured using multiple complementary assays in human and yeast cells. Of translational significance, the compensatory activation of autophagy creates a dependency for survival for VMA21-mutated primary human FL as shown using inhibitors to ULK1, the proximal autophagy-regulating kinase. Using high-throughput microscopy-based screening assays for autophagy-inhibiting compounds, we identify multiple clinical grade cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors as promising drugs and thus provide new rationale for innovative clinical trials in FL harboring aberrant V-ATPase.Abbreviations: ALs: autolysosomes; APs: autophagosomes; ER: endoplasmic reticulum; FL: follicular lymphoma; GFP: green fluorescent protein; IP: immunoprecipitation; LE/LY: late endosomes/lysosomes; Lyso-IP: lysosomal immunoprecipitation; OST: oligosaccharide transferase; prApe1: precursor aminopeptidase I; SEP: super ecliptic pHluorin; V-ATPase: vacuolar-type H+-translocating ATPase.
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- Fangyang Wang
- Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Departments of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Departments of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- CONTACT Sami N. Malek Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI48109-0936, USA
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Yang Y, Zhang Z, Klionsky DJ. Follicular lymphoma-associated mutations in the V-ATPase chaperone Vma21 activate autophagy by dysfunctional V-ATPase assembly. AUTOPHAGY REPORTS 2022; 1:226-233. [PMID: 37389034 PMCID: PMC10309153 DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2022.2077509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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A significant number of follicular lymphoma patients display recurrent mutations in subunits and regulators of the vacuolar-type H+-translocating ATPase (V-ATPase). Past studies focusing on the role of these mutations highlighted essential functions of macroautophagy/autophagy, amino-acid, and nutrient-sensing pathways in the pathogenesis of this disease. Here, we demonstrate novel results understanding the role of the follicular lymphoma-associated hotspot mutation VMA21p.93X, which corresponds to Vma21[Δ66-77] in S. cerevisiae cells. We find that V-ATPase assembly is affected by the Vma21[Δ66-77] mutation, shown by decreased vacuolar levels of V0 subunits as well as a Vph1 stability assay. In addition, we report that vacuolar levels of histidine, lysine and arginine are significantly reduced in Vma21[Δ66-77] mutant cells. These results deepen the current understanding on the mechanism of how autophagy is activated by these mutations in follicular lymphoma.
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- Ying Yang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Eising S, Esch B, Wälte M, Vargas Duarte P, Walter S, Ungermann C, Bohnert M, Fröhlich F. A lysosomal biogenesis map reveals the cargo spectrum of yeast vacuolar protein targeting pathways. J Cell Biol 2022; 221:213011. [PMID: 35175277 PMCID: PMC8859911 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202107148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The lysosome is the major catabolic organelle in the cell that has been established as a key metabolic signaling center. Mutations in many lysosomal proteins have catastrophic effects and cause neurodegeneration, cancer, and age-related diseases. The vacuole is the lysosomal analog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that harbors many evolutionary conserved proteins. Proteins reach vacuoles via the Vps10-dependent endosomal vacuolar protein sorting pathway, via the alkaline phosphatase (ALP or AP-3) pathway, and via the cytosol-to-vacuole transport (CVT) pathway. A systematic understanding of the cargo spectrum of each pathway is completely lacking. Here, we use quantitative proteomics of purified vacuoles to generate the yeast lysosomal biogenesis map. This dataset harbors information on the cargo-receptor relationship of almost all vacuolar proteins. We map binding motifs of Vps10 and the AP-3 complex and identify a novel cargo of the CVT pathway under nutrient-rich conditions. Our data show how organelle purification and quantitative proteomics can uncover fundamental insights into organelle biogenesis.
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- Sebastian Eising
- Molecular Membrane Biology Group, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Group, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.,Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Group, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.,Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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Yang X, Reist L, Chomchai DA, Chen L, Arines FM, Li M. ESCRT, not intralumenal fragments, sorts ubiquitinated vacuole membrane proteins for degradation. THE JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY 2021; 220:212199. [PMID: 34047770 PMCID: PMC8167898 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202012104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The lysosome (or vacuole in fungi and plants) is an essential organelle for nutrient sensing and cellular homeostasis. In response to environmental stresses such as starvation, the yeast vacuole can adjust its membrane composition by selectively internalizing membrane proteins into the lumen for degradation. Regarding the selective internalization mechanism, two competing models have been proposed. One model suggests that the ESCRT machinery is responsible for the sorting. In contrast, the ESCRT-independent intralumenal fragment (ILF) pathway proposes that the fragment generated by homotypic vacuole fusion is responsible for the sorting. Here, we applied a microfluidics-based imaging method to capture the complete degradation process in vivo. Combining live-cell imaging with a synchronized ubiquitination system, we demonstrated that ILF cargoes are not degraded through intralumenal fragments. Instead, ESCRTs function on the vacuole membrane to sort them into the lumen for degradation. We further discussed challenges in reconstituting vacuole membrane protein degradation.
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- Xi Yang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Li L, Zeng X, Williams PN, Gao X, Zhang L, Zhang J, Shan H, Su S. Arsenic resistance in fungi conferred by extracellular bonding and vacuole-septa compartmentalization. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 401:123370. [PMID: 32650107 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Microbes play a crucial role in arsenic (As) biogeochemical cycling and show great potential for environmental detoxification and bioremediation. Efflux, transformation, and compartmentalization are key processes in microbial As resistance. However, organelle specific As detoxification and fate during intracellular transfer and compartmentalization is not well understood. We conducted a time course experiment (2-5 days) of the organelle separation for fungal strains to explore subcellular As distributions. After exposure to 10 mg L-1 of arsenate (As(V)), the As accumulation among fungal organelles was generally in the order of extracellular (65 %) > cell wall (15 %) > vacuole (10 %) > other organelles (8 %). The vacuole As accounted for 55 % of the protoplast As. Extracellular bonding and vacuole compartmentalization were the main mechanisms of As resistance in the fungal strains tested. Glutathione (GSH) increases in fungal protoplast in response to As toxicity, acting as a reasonable indicator of As tolerance. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy indicated that carboxyl and amines groups within fungal cell walls potentially bind with As preventing As influx. Further analysis using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) identified that fungal septa besides vacuole could also immobilize As.
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- Lijuan Li
- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, PR China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, PR China
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- Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Biological Sciences, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, PR China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, Harbin 150080, PR China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, PR China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, PR China.
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Luo M, Zhou W, Patel H, Srivastava AP, Symersky J, Bonar MM, Faraldo-Gómez JD, Liao M, Mueller DM. Bedaquiline inhibits the yeast and human mitochondrial ATP synthases. Commun Biol 2020; 3:452. [PMID: 32814813 PMCID: PMC7438494 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01173-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bedaquiline (BDQ, Sirturo) has been approved to treat multidrug resistant forms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Prior studies suggested that BDQ was a selective inhibitor of the ATP synthase from M. tuberculosis. However, Sirturo treatment leads to an increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias and death, raising the concern that this adverse effect results from inhibition at a secondary site. Here we show that BDQ is a potent inhibitor of the yeast and human mitochondrial ATP synthases. Single-particle cryo-EM reveals that the site of BDQ inhibition partially overlaps with that of the inhibitor oligomycin. Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the binding mode of BDQ to this site is similar to that previously seen for a mycobacterial enzyme, explaining the observed lack of selectivity. We propose that derivatives of BDQ ought to be made to increase its specificity toward the mycobacterial enzyme and thereby reduce the side effects for patients that are treated with Sirturo. Luo, Zhou et al. show that Bedaquiline (BDQ, Sirturo), approved to treat multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, inhibits the yeast and human mitochondrial ATP synthases in addition to its intended target, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATP synthase. The structure of the mitochondrial ATP synthase bound to BDQ suggests a means to modify this inhibitor to increase its specificity for the M. tuberculosis enzyme, thereby reducing its side effects for patients.
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- Min Luo
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Genetic Diseases, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA
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- Center for Genetic Diseases, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA
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- Center for Genetic Diseases, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA
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- Center for Genetic Diseases, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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- Center for Genetic Diseases, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA.
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Nitrogen coordinated import and export of arginine across the yeast vacuolar membrane. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008966. [PMID: 32776922 PMCID: PMC7440668 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The vacuole of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae plays an important role in nutrient storage. Arginine, in particular, accumulates in the vacuole of nitrogen-replete cells and is mobilized to the cytosol under nitrogen starvation. The arginine import and export systems involved remain poorly characterized, however. Furthermore, how their activity is coordinated by nitrogen remains unknown. Here we characterize Vsb1 as a novel vacuolar membrane protein of the APC (amino acid-polyamine-organocation) transporter superfamily which, in nitrogen-replete cells, is essential to active uptake and storage of arginine into the vacuole. A shift to nitrogen starvation causes apparent inhibition of Vsb1-dependent activity and mobilization of stored vacuolar arginine to the cytosol. We further show that this arginine export involves Ypq2, a vacuolar protein homologous to the human lysosomal cationic amino acid exporter PQLC2 and whose activity is detected only in nitrogen-starved cells. Our study unravels the main arginine import and export systems of the yeast vacuole and suggests that they are inversely regulated by nitrogen. The lysosome-like vacuole of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an important storage compartment for diverse nutrients, including the cationic amino acid arginine, which accumulates at high concentrations in this organelle in nitrogen-replete cells. When these cells are transferred to a nitrogen-free medium, vacuolar arginine is mobilized to the cytosol, where it is used as an alternative nitrogen source to sustain growth. Although this phenomenon has been observed since the 1980s, the identity of the vacuolar transporters involved in the accumulation and the mobilization of arginine is not well established, and whether these processes are regulated according to nutritional cues remains unknown. In this study, we exploited in vitro and in vivo uptake assays in vacuoles to identify and characterize Vsb1 and Ypq2 as vacuolar membrane proteins mediating import and export of arginine, respectively. We further provide evidence that Vsb1 and Ypq2 are inversely regulated according to the nitrogen status of the cell. Our study sheds new light on the poorly studied topic of the diversity and metabolic control of vacuolar transporters. It also raises novel questions about the molecular mechanisms underlying their coordinated regulation and, by extension, the regulation of lysosomal transporters in human cells.
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A Validated Set of Fluorescent-Protein-Based Markers for Major Organelles in Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). mBio 2019; 10:mBio.01691-19. [PMID: 31481383 PMCID: PMC6722415 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01691-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic cells share a basic scheme of internal organization featuring membrane-based organelles. The use of fluorescent proteins (FPs) greatly facilitated live-cell imaging of organelle dynamics and protein trafficking. One major limitation of this approach is that the fusion of an FP to a target protein can and often does compromise the function of the target protein and alter its subcellular localization. The optimization process to obtain a desirable fusion construct can be time-consuming or even unsuccessful. In this work, we set out to provide a validated set of FP-based markers for major organelles in the budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Out of over 160 plasmids constructed, we present a final set of 42 plasmids, the recommendations for which are backed up by meticulous evaluations. The tool set includes three colors (green, red, and blue) and covers the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), nucleus, Golgi apparatus, endosomes, vacuoles, mitochondria, peroxisomes, and lipid droplets. The fidelity of the markers was established by systematic cross-comparison and quantification. Functional assays were performed to examine the impact of marker expression on the secretory pathway, endocytic pathway, and metabolic activities of mitochondria and peroxisomes. Concomitantly, our work constitutes a reassessment of organelle identities in this model organism. Our data support the recognition that "late Golgi" and "early endosomes," two seemingly distinct terms, denote the same compartment in yeast. Conversely, all other organelles can be visually separated from each other at the resolution of conventional light microscopy, and quantification results justify their classification as distinct entities.IMPORTANCE Cells contain elaborate internal structures. For eukaryotic cells, like those in our bodies, the internal space is compartmentalized into membrane-bound organelles, each tasked with specialized functions. Oftentimes, one needs to visualize organelles to understand a complex cellular process. Here, we provide a validated set of fluorescent protein-based markers for major organelles in budding yeast. Yeast is a commonly used model when investigating basic mechanisms shared among eukaryotes. Fluorescent proteins are produced by cells themselves, avoiding the need for expensive chemical dyes. Through extensive cross-comparison, we make sure that each of our markers labels and only labels the intended organelle. We also carefully examined if the presence of our markers has any negative impact on the functionality of the cells and found none. Our work also helps answer a related question: are the structures we see really what we think they are?
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Eising S, Thiele L, Fröhlich F. A systematic approach to identify recycling endocytic cargo depending on the GARP complex. eLife 2019; 8:42837. [PMID: 30694181 PMCID: PMC6374077 DOI: 10.7554/elife.42837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Proteins and lipids of the plasma membrane underlie constant remodeling via a combination of the secretory- and the endocytic pathway. In the yeast endocytic pathway, cargo is sorted for recycling to the plasma membrane or degradation in vacuoles. Previously we have shown a role for the GARP complex in sphingolipid sorting and homeostasis (Fröhlich et al. 2015). However, the majority of cargo sorted in a GARP dependent process remain largely unknown. Here we use auxin induced degradation of GARP combined with mass spectrometry based vacuolar proteomics and lipidomics to show that recycling of two specific groups of proteins, the amino-phospholipid flippases and cell wall synthesis proteins depends on a functional GARP complex. Our results suggest that mis-sorting of flippases and remodeling of the lipid composition are the first occurring defects in GARP mutants. Our assay can be adapted to systematically map cargo of the entire endocytic pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sebastian Eising
- Department of Biology/Chemistry, Molecular Membrane Biology Group, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.,Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Biology/Chemistry, Molecular Membrane Biology Group, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.,Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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Siavoshi F, Heydari S, Shafiee M, Ahmadi S, Saniee P, Sarrafnejad A, Kolahdoozan S. Sequestration inside the yeast vacuole may enhance Helicobacter pylori survival against stressful condition. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2019; 69:127-133. [PMID: 30682548 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 12/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Vacuole of eukaryotic cells, beyond intracellular digestion plays additional roles such as storage of nutrients that provide favorable conditions for bacterial survival. In this study, occurrence of H. pylori inside the vacuole of Candida yeast was studied and the role of vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) in constructing the vacuole was discussed. One gastric Candida yeast was used for Live/Dead stain and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with universal bacterial probe. Yeast total DNA was used for amplification of full-length bacterial 16S rDNA as well as H. pylori-specific 16S rDNA and vacA alleles. Vacuoles were isolated from yeast cells and stained with fluorescent yeast vacuole membrane marker MDY-64. DNA extracted from vacuoles was used for amplification of H. pylori-specific 16S rDNA. Fluorescent microscopy showed occurrence of viable bacteria inside the vacuole of intact Candida yeast cells. FISH showed intracellular bacteria as fluorescent spots inside the vacuole of mother and daughter yeast cells, suggesting bacterial transmission to next generations of yeast. Sequencing of amplified products of bacterial 16S rDNA and amplification of H. pylori 16S rDNA and vacA confirmed the identity of intracellular bacteria as H. pylori. Isolated vacuoles were stained with membrane-specific marker and H. pylori 16S rDNA was amplified from their DNA content. Results of this study suggest yeast vacuole as a specialized niche for H. pylori. It appears that sequestration inside the vacuole may enhance bacterial survival.
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- Farideh Siavoshi
- Department of Microbiology, School of Biology, University College of Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Biology, University College of Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Biology, University College of Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Biology, University College of Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University G.C, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Bas L, Papinski D, Licheva M, Torggler R, Rohringer S, Schuschnig M, Kraft C. Reconstitution reveals Ykt6 as the autophagosomal SNARE in autophagosome-vacuole fusion. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:3656-3669. [PMID: 30097514 PMCID: PMC6168255 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201804028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Autophagy mediates the bulk degradation of cytoplasmic material, particularly during starvation. Upon the induction of autophagy, autophagosomes form a sealed membrane around cargo, fuse with a lytic compartment, and release the cargo for degradation. The mechanism of autophagosome-vacuole fusion is poorly understood, although factors that mediate other cellular fusion events have been implicated. In this study, we developed an in vitro reconstitution assay that enables systematic discovery and dissection of the players involved in autophagosome-vacuole fusion. We found that this process requires the Atg14-Vps34 complex to generate PI3P and thus recruit the Ypt7 module to autophagosomes. The HOPS-tethering complex, recruited by Ypt7, is required to prepare SNARE proteins for fusion. Furthermore, we discovered that fusion requires the R-SNARE Ykt6 on the autophagosome, together with the Q-SNAREs Vam3, Vam7, and Vti1 on the vacuole. These findings shed new light on the mechanism of autophagosome-vacuole fusion and reveal that the R-SNARE Ykt6 is required for this process.
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- Levent Bas
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Research , Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Research , Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Research , Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Selective Lysosomal Transporter Degradation by Organelle Membrane Fusion. Dev Cell 2016; 40:151-167. [PMID: 28017618 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lysosomes rely on their resident transporter proteins to return products of catabolism to the cell for reuse and for cellular signaling, metal storage, and maintaining the lumenal environment. Despite their importance, little is known about the lifetime of these transporters or how they are regulated. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model, we discovered a new pathway intrinsic to homotypic lysosome membrane fusion that is responsible for their degradation. Transporter proteins are selectively sorted by the docking machinery into an area between apposing lysosome membranes, which is internalized and degraded by lumenal hydrolases upon organelle fusion. These proteins have diverse lifetimes that are regulated in response to protein misfolding, changing substrate levels, or TOR activation. Analogous to endocytosis for controlling surface protein levels, the "intralumenal fragment pathway" is critical for lysosome membrane remodeling required for organelle function in the context of cellular protein quality control, ion homeostasis, and metabolism.
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Callaghan PS, Siriwardana A, Hassett MR, Roepe PD. Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) isoforms PH1 and PH2 perturb vacuolar physiology. Malar J 2016; 15:186. [PMID: 27036417 PMCID: PMC4815217 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1238-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent work has perfected yeast-based methods for measuring drug transport by the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine (CQ) resistance transporter (PfCRT). METHODS The approach relies on inducible heterologous expression of PfCRT in Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. In these experiments selecting drug concentrations are not toxic to the yeast, nor is expression of PfCRT alone toxic. Only when PfCRT is expressed in the presence of CQ is the growth of yeast impaired, due to inward transport of chloroquine (CQ) via the transporter. RESULTS During analysis of all 53 known naturally occurring PfCRT isoforms, two isoforms (PH1 and PH2 PfCRT) were found to be intrinsically toxic to yeast, even in the absence of CQ. Additional analysis of six very recently identified PfCRT isoforms from Malaysia also showed some toxicity. In this paper the nature of this yeast toxicity is examined. Data also show that PH1 and PH2 isoforms of PfCRT transport CQ with an efficiency intermediate to that catalyzed by previously studied CQR conferring isoforms. Mutation of PfCRT at position 160 is found to perturb vacuolar physiology, suggesting a fitness cost to position 160 amino acid substitutions. CONCLUSION These data further define the wide range of activities that exist for PfCRT isoforms found in P. falciparum isolates from around the globe.
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- Paul S Callaghan
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA.
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Li M, Koshi T, Emr SD. Membrane-anchored ubiquitin ligase complex is required for the turnover of lysosomal membrane proteins. J Cell Biol 2015; 211:639-52. [PMID: 26527740 PMCID: PMC4639871 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201505062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Cells must regulate the abundance and activity of numerous nutrient transporters in different organelle membranes to achieve nutrient homeostasis. As the recycling center and major storage organelle, lysosomes are essential for maintaining nutrient homeostasis. However, very little is known about mechanisms that govern the regulation of its membrane proteins. In this study, we demonstrated that changes of Zn(2+) levels trigger the downregulation of vacuolar Zn(2+) transporters. Low Zn(2+) levels cause the degradation of the influx transporter Cot1, whereas high Zn(2+) levels trigger the degradation of the efflux channel Zrt3. The degradation process depends on the vacuole membrane recycling and degradation pathway. Unexpectedly, we identified a RING domain-containing E3 ligase Tul1 and its interacting proteins in the Dsc complex that are important for the ubiquitination of Cot1 and partial ubiquitination of Zrt3. Our study demonstrated that the Dsc complex can function at the vacuole to regulate the composition and lifetime of vacuolar membrane proteins.
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- Ming Li
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Numrich J, Péli-Gulli MP, Arlt H, Sardu A, Griffith J, Levine T, Engelbrecht-Vandré S, Reggiori F, De Virgilio C, Ungermann C. The I-BAR protein Ivy1 is an effector of the Rab7 GTPase Ypt7 involved in vacuole membrane homeostasis. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:2278-92. [PMID: 25999476 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.164905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Membrane fusion at the vacuole depends on a conserved machinery that includes SNAREs, the Rab7 homolog Ypt7 and its effector HOPS. Here, we demonstrate that Ypt7 has an unexpected additional function by controlling membrane homeostasis and nutrient-dependent signaling on the vacuole surface. We show that Ivy1, the yeast homolog of mammalian missing-in-metastasis (MIM), is a vacuolar effector of Ypt7-GTP and interacts with the EGO/ragulator complex, an activator of the target of rapamycin kinase complex 1 (TORC1) on vacuoles. Loss of Ivy1 does not affect EGO vacuolar localization and function. In combination with the deletion of individual subunits of the V-ATPase, however, we observed reduced TORC1 activity and massive enlargement of the vacuole surface. Consistent with this, Ivy1 localizes to invaginations at the vacuole surface and on liposomes in a phosphoinositide- and Ypt7-GTP-controlled manner, which suggests a role in microautophagy. Our data, thus, reveal that Ivy1 is a novel regulator of vacuole membrane homeostasis with connections to TORC1 signaling.
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- Johannes Numrich
- University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Biochemistry section, Barbarastrasse 13, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- University of Fribourg, Department of Biology, Division of Biochemistry, Chemin du Musée 10, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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- University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Biochemistry section, Barbarastrasse 13, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- University of Fribourg, Department of Biology, Division of Biochemistry, Chemin du Musée 10, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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- University Medical Centre Utrecht, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Department of Cell Biology, 11-43 Bath St., London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Biochemistry section, Barbarastrasse 13, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- University Medical Centre Utrecht, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands
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- University of Fribourg, Department of Biology, Division of Biochemistry, Chemin du Musée 10, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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- University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Biochemistry section, Barbarastrasse 13, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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Yan Q, Li XP, Tumer NE. Wild type RTA and less toxic variants have distinct requirements for Png1 for their depurination activity and toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113719. [PMID: 25436896 PMCID: PMC4250064 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Ricin A chain (RTA) undergoes retrograde trafficking and is postulated to use components of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) associated degradation (ERAD) pathway to enter the cytosol to depurinate ribosomes. However, it is not known how RTA evades degradation by the proteasome after entry into the cytosol. We observed two distinct trafficking patterns among the precursor forms of wild type RTA and nontoxic variants tagged with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) at their C-termini in yeast. One group, which included wild type RTA, underwent ER-to-vacuole transport, while another group, which included the G83D variant, formed aggregates in the ER and was not transported to the vacuole. Peptide: N-glycanase (Png1), which catalyzes degradation of unfolded glycoproteins in the ERAD pathway affected depurination activity and toxicity of wild type RTA and G83D variant differently. PreG83D variant was deglycosylated by Png1 on the ER membrane, which reduced its depurination activity and toxicity by promoting its degradation. In contrast, wild type preRTA was deglycosylated by the free pool of Png1 in the cytosol, which increased its depurination activity, possibly by preventing its degradation. These results indicate that wild type RTA has a distinct requirement for Png1 compared to the G83D variant and is deglycosylated by Png1 in the cytosol as a possible strategy to avoid degradation by the ERAD pathway to reach the ribosome.
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- Qing Yan
- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Watanabe T, Ito T, Goda HM, Ishibashi Y, Miyamoto T, Ikeda K, Taguchi R, Okino N, Ito M. Sterylglucoside catabolism in Cryptococcus neoformans with endoglycoceramidase-related protein 2 (EGCrP2), the first steryl-β-glucosidase identified in fungi. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:1005-19. [PMID: 25361768 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.616300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cryptococcosis is an infectious disease caused by pathogenic fungi, such as Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. The ceramide structure (methyl-d18:2/h18:0) of C. neoformans glucosylceramide (GlcCer) is characteristic and strongly related to its pathogenicity. We recently identified endoglycoceramidase-related protein 1 (EGCrP1) as a glucocerebrosidase in C. neoformans and showed that it was involved in the quality control of GlcCer by eliminating immature GlcCer during the synthesis of GlcCer (Ishibashi, Y., Ikeda, K., Sakaguchi, K., Okino, N., Taguchi, R., and Ito, M. (2012) Quality control of fungus-specific glucosylceramide in Cryptococcus neoformans by endoglycoceramidase-related protein 1 (EGCrP1). J. Biol. Chem. 287, 368-381). We herein identified and characterized EGCrP2, a homologue of EGCrP1, as the enzyme responsible for sterylglucoside catabolism in C. neoformans. In contrast to EGCrP1, which is specific to GlcCer, EGCrP2 hydrolyzed various β-glucosides, including GlcCer, cholesteryl-β-glucoside, ergosteryl-β-glucoside, sitosteryl-β-glucoside, and para-nitrophenyl-β-glucoside, but not α-glucosides or β-galactosides, under acidic conditions. Disruption of the EGCrP2 gene (egcrp2) resulted in the accumulation of a glycolipid, the structure of which was determined following purification to ergosteryl-3β-glucoside, a major sterylglucoside in fungi, by mass spectrometric and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance analyses. This glycolipid accumulated in vacuoles and EGCrP2 was detected in vacuole-enriched fraction. These results indicated that EGCrP2 was involved in the catabolism of ergosteryl-β-glucoside in the vacuoles of C. neoformans. Distinct growth arrest, a dysfunction in cell budding, and an abnormal vacuole morphology were detected in the egcrp2-disrupted mutants, suggesting that EGCrP2 may be a promising target for anti-cryptococcal drugs. EGCrP2, classified into glycohydrolase family 5, is the first steryl-β-glucosidase identified as well as a missing link in sterylglucoside metabolism in fungi.
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- Takashi Watanabe
- From the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, 246-2 Mizukami, Kakuganji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan, and
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- the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- From the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan,
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GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol)-linked aspartyl proteases regulate vacuole homoeostasis in Candida glabrata. Biochem J 2014; 458:323-34. [PMID: 24341558 DOI: 10.1042/bj20130757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A family of 11 GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol)-linked cell surface-associated aspartyl proteases (yapsins) in the human opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida glabrata is required for cell wall remodelling, pH homoeostasis, survival in macrophages and virulence in a murine model of disseminated candidiasis. In the present paper, we report new roles for yapsins in C. glabrata physiology and implicate them for the first time in the regulation of vacuole homoeostasis. In the present study we show that a C. glabrata mutant lacking all 11 yapsins, Cgyps1-11∆, possesses an enlarged vacuole and displays vma- (vacuolar membrane ATPase)-like phenotypes with elevated metal ion susceptibility in an alkaline pH medium and diminished Vma activity. The results of the present study also demonstrate a singular role for CgYps1 (C. glabrata yapsin 1) in the maintenance of ion homoeostasis under normal and calcineurin-inhibited conditions. Elevated polyphosphate levels and diminished cellular CPY (carboxypeptidase Y) activity in the Cgyps1-11∆ mutant highlight the yapsin requirement for a properly functioning vacuole. Lastly, a gross perturbation of cellular homoeostasis in the Cgyps1-11∆ mutant, even in the absence of external stressors, characterized by reduced levels of ATP and stress metabolites, elevated ROS (reactive oxygen species) levels, cell surface abnormalities, and a constitutively activated PKC (protein kinase C) signalling pathway underscore diverse physiological functions of yapsins in C. glabrata.
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Xu N, Dong Y, Cheng X, Yu Q, Qian K, Mao J, Jia C, Ding X, Zhang B, Chen Y, Zhang B, Xing L, Li M. Cellular iron homeostasis mediated by the Mrs4–Ccc1–Smf3 pathway is essential for mitochondrial function, morphogenesis and virulence in Candida albicans. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1843:629-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cabrera M, Nordmann M, Perz A, Schmedt D, Gerondopoulos A, Barr F, Piehler J, Engelbrecht-Vandré S, Ungermann C. The Mon1-Ccz1 GEF activates the Rab7 GTPase Ypt7 via a longin-fold-Rab interface and association with PI3P-positive membranes. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:1043-51. [PMID: 24413168 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.140921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To function in fusion and signaling, Rab GTPases need to be converted into their active GTP form. We previously identified the conserved Mon1-Ccz1 complex as the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) of the yeast Rab7 GTPase Ypt7. To address the possible GEF mechanism, we generated a homology model of the predicted longin domains of Mon1 and Ccz1 using the Rab-binding surface of the TRAPP complex as a template. On the basis of this, we identified mutations in both yeast Mon1 and Ccz1 that block Ypt7 activation, without affecting heterodimer formation and intracellular localization of Mon1 and Ccz1 at endosomes. Strikingly, the activity of the isolated Mon1-Ccz1 complex for Ypt7 is highly stimulated on membranes, and is promoted by the same anionic phospholipids such as phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate (PI3P), which also support membrane association of the GEF complex. Our data imply that the GEF activity of the Mon1-Ccz1 complex towards Rab7/Ypt7 requires the interface formed by their longin domains and profits strongly from its association with the organelle surface.
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- Margarita Cabrera
- University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Biochemistry section, Barbarastrasse 13, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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Gerasimaitė R, Sharma S, Desfougères Y, Schmidt A, Mayer A. Coupled synthesis and translocation restrains polyphosphate to acidocalcisome-like vacuoles and prevents its toxicity. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:5093-104. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.159772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Eukaryotes contain inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) and acidocalcisomes, which sequester polyP and store amino acids and divalent cations. Why polyP is sequestered in dedicated organelles has been unknown. We show that polyP produced in the cytosol of yeast becomes toxic. Reconstitution of polyP translocation with purified vacuoles, the acidocalcisomes of yeast, showed that cytosolic polyP cannot be imported whereas polyP produced by the VTC complex, an endogenous vacuolar polyP polymerase, is efficiently imported and does not interfere with growth. PolyP synthesis and import require an electrochemical gradient, probably as a driving force for polyP translocation. VTC exposes its catalytic domain to the cytosol and carries nine vacuolar transmembrane domains. Mutations in the VTC transmembrane regions, which likely constitute the translocation channel, block not only polyP translocation but also synthesis. Since they are far from the cytosolic catalytic domain of VTC, this suggests that the VTC complex obligatorily couples synthesis of polyP to its import in order to avoid toxic intermediates in the cytosol. Sequestration of otherwise toxic polyP may be one reason for the existence of acidocalcisomes in eukaryotes.
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Guo Z, Johnston W, Kovtun O, Mureev S, Bröcker C, Ungermann C, Alexandrov K. Subunit organisation of in vitro reconstituted HOPS and CORVET multisubunit membrane tethering complexes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81534. [PMID: 24312556 PMCID: PMC3846719 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Biochemical and structural analysis of macromolecular protein assemblies remains challenging due to technical difficulties in recombinant expression, engineering and reconstitution of multisubunit complexes. Here we use a recently developed cell-free protein expression system based on the protozoan Leishmania tarentolae to produce in vitro all six subunits of the 600 kDa HOPS and CORVET membrane tethering complexes. We demonstrate that both subcomplexes and the entire HOPS complex can be reconstituted in vitro resulting in a comprehensive subunit interaction map. To our knowledge this is the largest eukaryotic protein complex in vitro reconstituted to date. Using the truncation and interaction analysis, we demonstrate that the complex is assembled through short hydrophobic sequences located in the C-terminus of the individual Vps subunits. Based on this data we propose a model of the HOPS and CORVET complex assembly that reconciles the available biochemical and structural data.
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- Zhong Guo
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Biology/Chemisty, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Env7 is a novel serine/threonine kinase 16-related protein kinase and negatively regulates organelle fusion at the lysosomal vacuole. Mol Cell Biol 2012; 33:526-42. [PMID: 23166297 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01303-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Membrane fusion depends on conserved components and is responsible for organelle biogenesis and vesicular trafficking. Yeast vacuoles are dynamic structures analogous to mammalian lysosomes. We report here that yeast Env7 is a novel palmitoylated protein kinase ortholog that negatively regulates vacuolar membrane fusion. Microscopic and biochemical studies confirmed the localization of tagged Env7 at the vacuolar membrane and implicated membrane association via the palmitoylation of its N-terminal Cys13 to -15. In vitro kinase assays established Env7 as a protein kinase. Site-directed mutagenesis of the Env7 alanine-proline-glutamic acid (APE) motif Glu269 to alanine results in an unstable kinase-dead allele that is stabilized and redistributed to the detergent-resistant fraction by interruption of the proteasome system in vivo. Palmitoylation-deficient Env7C13-15S is also kinase dead and mislocalizes to the cytoplasm. Microscopy studies established that env7Δ is defective in maintaining fragmented vacuoles during hyperosmotic response and in buds. ENV7 function is not redundant with a similar role of vacuolar membrane kinase Yck3, as the two do not share a substrate, and ENV7 is not a suppressor of yck3Δ. Bayesian phylogenetic analyses strongly support ENV7 as an ortholog of the gene encoding human STK16, a Golgi apparatus protein kinase with undefined function. We propose that Env7 function in fusion/fission dynamics may be conserved within the endomembrane system.
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Yan Q, Li XP, Tumer NE. N-glycosylation does not affect the catalytic activity of ricin a chain but stimulates cytotoxicity by promoting its transport out of the endoplasmic reticulum. Traffic 2012; 13:1508-21. [PMID: 22882900 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2012.01404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ricin A chain (RTA) depurinates the α-sarcin/ricin loop after it undergoes retrograde trafficking to the cytosol. The structural features of RTA involved in intracellular transport are not known. To explore this, we fused enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) to precursor (preRTA-EGFP), containing a 35-residue leader, and mature RTA (matRTA-EGFP). Both were enzymatically active and toxic in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PreRTA-EGFP was localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) initially and was subsequently transported to the vacuole, whereas matRTA-EGFP remained in the cytosol, indicating that ER localization is a prerequisite for vacuole transport. When the two glycosylation sites in RTA were mutated, the mature form was fully active and toxic, suggesting that the mutations do not affect catalytic activity. However, nonglycosylated preRTA-EGFP had reduced toxicity, depurination and delayed vacuole transport, indicating that N-glycosylation affects transport of RTA out of the ER. Point mutations in the C-terminal hydrophobic region restricted RTA to the ER and eliminated toxicity and depurination, indicating that this sequence is critical for ER exit. These results demonstrate that N-glycosylation and the C-terminal hydrophobic region stimulate the toxicity of RTA by promoting ER export. The timing of depurination coincided with the timing of vacuole transport, suggesting that RTA may enter the cytosol during vacuole transport.
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- Qing Yan
- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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Richards A, Gow NAR, Veses V. Identification of vacuole defects in fungi. J Microbiol Methods 2012; 91:155-63. [PMID: 22902527 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2012] [Revised: 07/30/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fungal vacuoles are involved in a diverse range of cellular functions, participating in cellular homeostasis, degradation of intracellular components, and storage of ions and molecules. In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of studies linking these organelles with the regulation of growth and control of cellular morphology, particularly in those fungal species able to undergo yeast-hypha morphogenetic transitions. This has contributed to the refinement of previously published protocols and the development of new techniques, particularly in the area of live-cell imaging of membrane trafficking events and vacuolar dynamics. The current review outlines recent advances in the imaging of fungal vacuoles and assays for characterization of trafficking pathways, and other physiological activities of this important cell organelle.
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- Andrea Richards
- The Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom
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Structure-function analysis of Rny1 in tRNA cleavage and growth inhibition. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41111. [PMID: 22829915 PMCID: PMC3400635 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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T2 ribonucleases are conserved nucleases that affect a variety of processes in eukaryotic cells including the regulation of self-incompatibility by S-RNases in plants, modulation of host immune cell responses by viral and schistosome T2 enzymes, and neurological development and tumor progression in humans. These roles for RNaseT2’s can be due to catalytic or catalytic-independent functions of the molecule. Despite this broad importance, the features of RNaseT2 proteins that modulate catalytic and catalytic-independent functions are poorly understood. Herein, we analyze the features of Rny1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to determine the requirements for cleaving tRNA in vivo and for inhibiting cellular growth in a catalytic-independent manner. We demonstrate that catalytic-independent inhibition of growth is a combinatorial property of the protein and is affected by a fungal-specific C-terminal extension, the conserved catalytic core, and the presence of a signal peptide. Catalytic functions of Rny1 are independent of the C-terminal extension, are affected by many mutations in the catalytic core, and also require a signal peptide. Biochemical flotation assays reveal that in rny1Δ cells, some tRNA molecules associate with membranes suggesting that cleavage of tRNAs by Rny1 can involve either tRNA association with, or uptake into, membrane compartments.
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Zick M, Wickner W. Phosphorylation of the effector complex HOPS by the vacuolar kinase Yck3p confers Rab nucleotide specificity for vacuole docking and fusion. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:3429-37. [PMID: 22787280 PMCID: PMC3431944 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e12-04-0279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The Rab GTPase Ypt7p and its effector complex HOPS participate in catalyzing the fusion of yeast vacuoles. The role of the vacuolar kinase Yck3p in this relation is examined. It is shown how the regulatory ability of the Rab GTPase cycle is enforced only by posttranslational modification of the effector complex HOPS. The homotypic fusion of yeast vacuoles requires the Rab-family GTPase Ypt7p and its effector complex, homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting complex (HOPS). Although the vacuolar kinase Yck3p is required for the sensitivity of vacuole fusion to proteins that regulate the Rab GTPase cycle—Gdi1p (GDP-dissociation inhibitor [GDI]) or Gyp1p/Gyp7p (GTPase-activating protein)—this kinase phosphorylates HOPS rather than Ypt7p. We addressed this puzzle in reconstituted proteoliposome fusion reactions with all-purified components. In the presence of HOPS and Sec17p/Sec18p, there is comparable fusion of 4-SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteoliposomes when they have Ypt7p bearing either GDP or GTP, a striking exception to the rule that only GTP-bound forms of Ras-superfamily GTPases have active conformations. However, the phosphorylation of HOPS by recombinant Yck3p confers a strict requirement for GTP-bound Ypt7p for binding phosphorylated HOPS, for optimal membrane tethering, and for proteoliposome fusion. Added GTPase-activating protein promotes GTP hydrolysis by Ypt7p, and added GDI captures Ypt7p in its GDP-bound state during nucleotide cycling. In either case, the net conversion of Ypt7:GTP to Ypt7:GDP has no effect on HOPS binding or activity but blocks fusion mediated by phosphorylated HOPS. Thus guanine nucleotide specificity of the vacuolar fusion Rab Ypt7p is conferred through downstream posttranslational modification of its effector complex.
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- Michael Zick
- Department of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755-3844, USA
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Lachmann J, Barr FA, Ungermann C. The Msb3/Gyp3 GAP controls the activity of the Rab GTPases Vps21 and Ypt7 at endosomes and vacuoles. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:2516-26. [PMID: 22593206 PMCID: PMC3386215 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-12-1030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Fusion of organelles in the endomembrane system depends on Rab GTPases that interact with tethering factors before lipid bilayer mixing. In yeast, the Rab5 GTPase Vps21 controls fusion and membrane dynamics between early and late endosomes. Here we identify Msb3/Gyp3 as a specific Vps21 GTPase-activating protein (GAP). Loss of Msb3 results in an accumulation of Vps21 and one of its effectors Vps8, a subunit of the CORVET complex, at the vacuole membrane in vivo. In agreement, Msb3 forms a specific transition complex with Vps21, has the highest activity of all recombinant GAPs for Vps21 in vitro, and is found at vacuoles despite its predominant localization to bud tips and bud necks at the plasma membrane. Surprisingly, Msb3 also inhibits vacuole fusion, which can be rescued by the Ypt7 GDP-GTP exchange factor (GEF), the Mon1-Ccz1 complex. Consistently, msb3 vacuoles fuse more efficiently than wild-type vacuoles in vitro, suggesting that GAP can also act on Ypt7. Our data indicate that GAPs such as Msb3 can act on multiple substrates in vivo at both ends of a trafficking pathway. This ensures specificity of the subsequent GEF-mediated activation of the Rab that initiates the next transport event.
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- Jens Lachmann
- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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Krämer L, Ungermann C. HOPS drives vacuole fusion by binding the vacuolar SNARE complex and the Vam7 PX domain via two distinct sites. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 22:2601-11. [PMID: 21613544 PMCID: PMC3135484 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-02-0104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The homotypic fusion and protein sorting (HOPS) tethering complex of the yeast vacuole is involved in multiple fusion reactions. We demonstrate that HOPS has two binding sites for SNAREs and that binding to the minimal SNARE complex is necessary for HOPS-stimulated fusion. Our data highlight the dual role of HOPS in Rab-mediated tethering and SNARE-driven fusion. Membrane fusion within the endomembrane system follows a defined order of events: membrane tethering, mediated by Rabs and tethers, assembly of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complexes, and lipid bilayer mixing. Here we present evidence that the vacuolar HOPS tethering complex controls fusion through specific interactions with the vacuolar SNARE complex (consisting of Vam3, Vam7, Vti1, and Nyv1) and the N-terminal domains of Vam7 and Vam3. We show that homotypic fusion and protein sorting (HOPS) binds Vam7 via its subunits Vps16 and Vps18. In addition, we observed that Vps16, Vps18, and the Sec1/Munc18 protein Vps33, which is also part of the HOPS complex, bind to the Q-SNARE complex. In agreement with this observation, HOPS-stimulated fusion was inhibited if HOPS was preincubated with the minimal Q-SNARE complex. Importantly, artificial targeting of Vam7 without its PX domain to membranes rescued vacuole morphology in vivo, but resulted in a cytokinesis defect if the N-terminal domain of Vam3 was also removed. Our data thus support a model of HOPS-controlled membrane fusion by recognizing different elements of the SNARE complex.
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- Lukas Krämer
- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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Nordmann M, Cabrera M, Perz A, Bröcker C, Ostrowicz C, Engelbrecht-Vandré S, Ungermann C. The Mon1-Ccz1 complex is the GEF of the late endosomal Rab7 homolog Ypt7. Curr Biol 2011; 20:1654-9. [PMID: 20797862 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2010] [Revised: 06/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rab GTPases coordinate membrane fusion reactions [1]. Rab-GDP requires a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for its conversion to the active GTP form. It then binds to effectors such as multimeric tethering complexes and supports fusion [2]. GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) promote GTP hydrolysis to inactivate the Rab. GEFs are thus critical activators of fusion reactions [3, 4]. The Rab GEF family is diverse, ranging from multimeric complexes [5] to monomeric GEFs [6-9]. At the late endosome, Rab7 activation is critical for endosomal maturation. The yeast Rab7 homolog Ypt7 binds to the homotypic fusion and protein sorting (HOPS) complex [10, 11]. Its subunit Vps39/Vam6 has been proposed as a GEF for Ypt7 [12] and the Rag GTPase Gtr1 [13], but other genetic evidence has implicated the endosomal protein Ccz1 as a GEF for Ypt7 [14]. Ccz1 and its binding partner Mon1 have been linked to endosomal transport and maturation [15-20]. We now provide evidence that the dimeric Mon1-Ccz1 complex is the Rab7/Ypt7 GEF. The Mon1-Ccz1 complex, but neither protein alone, counteracts GAP function in vivo, rescues in vitro fusion of vacuoles carrying Ypt7-GDP, and promotes nucleotide exchange on Ypt7 independently of Vps39/HOPS. Our data indicate that the Mon1-Ccz1 complex triggers endosomal maturation by activating Ypt7 on late endosomes.
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- Mirjana Nordmann
- Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Germany
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Balderhaar HJK, Arlt H, Ostrowicz C, Bröcker C, Sündermann F, Brandt R, Babst M, Ungermann C. The Rab GTPase Ypt7 is linked to retromer-mediated receptor recycling and fusion at the yeast late endosome. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:4085-94. [PMID: 21062894 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.071977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Organelles of the endomembrane system need to counterbalance fission and fusion events to maintain their surface-to-volume ratio. At the late mammalian endosome, the Rab GTPase Rab7 is a major regulator of fusion, whereas the homologous yeast protein Ypt7 seems to be restricted to the vacuole surface. Here, we present evidence that Ypt7 is recruited to and acts on late endosomes, where it affects multiple trafficking reactions. We show that overexpression of Ypt7 results in expansion and massive invagination of the vacuolar membrane, which requires cycling of Ypt7 between GDP- and GTP-bound states. Invaginations are blocked by ESCRT, CORVET and retromer mutants, but not by autophagy or AP-3 mutants. We also show that Ypt7-GTP specifically binds to the retromer cargo-recognition subcomplex, which--like its cargo Vps10--is found on the vacuole upon Ypt7 overproduction. Our data suggest that Ypt7 functions at the late endosome to coordinate retromer-mediated recycling with the fusion of late endosomes with vacuoles.
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- Henning J Kleine Balderhaar
- University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Biochemistry section, Barbarastrasse 13, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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