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Hussain A, Nguyen VT, Reigan P, McMurray M. Evolutionary degeneration of septins into pseudoGTPases: impacts on a hetero-oligomeric assembly interface. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1296657. [PMID: 38125875 PMCID: PMC10731463 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1296657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
The septin family of eukaryotic proteins comprises distinct classes of sequence-related monomers that associate in a defined order into linear hetero-oligomers, which are capable of polymerizing into cytoskeletal filaments. Like actin and ⍺ and β tubulin, most septin monomers require binding of a nucleotide at a monomer-monomer interface (the septin "G" interface) for assembly into higher-order structures. Like ⍺ and β tubulin, where GTP is bound by both subunits but only the GTP at the ⍺-β interface is subject to hydrolysis, the capacity of certain septin monomers to hydrolyze their bound GTP has been lost during evolution. Thus, within septin hetero-oligomers and filaments, certain monomers remain permanently GTP-bound. Unlike tubulins, loss of septin GTPase activity-creating septin "pseudoGTPases"-occurred multiple times in independent evolutionary trajectories, accompanied in some cases by non-conservative substitutions in highly conserved residues in the nucleotide-binding pocket. Here, we used recent septin crystal structures, AlphaFold-generated models, phylogenetics and in silico nucleotide docking to investigate how in some organisms the septin G interface evolved to accommodate changes in nucleotide occupancy. Our analysis suggests that yeast septin monomers expressed only during meiosis and sporulation, when GTP is scarce, are evolving rapidly and might not bind GTP or GDP. Moreover, the G dimerization partners of these sporulation-specific septins appear to carry compensatory changes in residues that form contacts at the G interface to help retain stability despite the absence of bound GDP or GTP in the facing subunit. During septin evolution in nematodes, apparent loss of GTPase activity was also accompanied by changes in predicted G interface contacts. Overall, our observations support the conclusion that the primary function of nucleotide binding and hydrolysis by septins is to ensure formation of G interfaces that impose the proper subunit-subunit order within the hetero-oligomer.
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- Alya Hussain
- Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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Benson A, McMurray M. Simultaneous co-overexpression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae septins Cdc3 and Cdc10 drives pervasive, phospholipid-, and tag-dependent plasma membrane localization. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2023; 80:199-214. [PMID: 37098755 PMCID: PMC10524705 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21762] [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: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
Abstract
Septin proteins contribute to many eukaryotic processes involving cellular membranes. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, septin hetero-oligomers interact with the plasma membrane (PM) almost exclusively at the future site of cytokinesis. While multiple mechanisms of membrane recruitment have been identified, including direct interactions with specific phospholipids and curvature-sensitive interactions via amphipathic helices, these do not fully explain why yeast septins do not localize all over the inner leaflet of the PM. While engineering an inducible split-yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) system to measure the kinetics of yeast septin complex assembly, we found that ectopic co-overexpression of two tagged septins, Cdc3 and Cdc10, resulted in nearly uniform PM localization, as well as perturbation of endogenous septin function. Septin localization and function in gametogenesis were also perturbed. PM localization required the C-terminal YFP fragment fused to the C terminus of Cdc3, the septin-associated kinases Cla4 and Gin4, and phosphotidylinositol-4,5-bis-phosphate (PI[4,5]P2 ), but not the putative PI(4,5)P2 -binding residues in Cdc3. Endogenous Cdc10 was recruited to the PM, likely contributing to the functional interference. PM-localized septins did not exchange with the cytosolic pool, indicative of stable polymers. These findings provide new clues as to what normally restricts septin localization to specific membranes.
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- Aleyna Benson
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Grupp B, Gronemeyer T. A biochemical view on the septins, a less known component of the cytoskeleton. Biol Chem 2023; 404:1-13. [PMID: 36423333 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2022-0263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The septins are a conserved family of guanine nucleotide binding proteins, often named the fourth component of the cytoskeleton. They self-assemble into non-polar filaments and further into higher ordered structures. Properly assembled septin structures are required for a wide range of indispensable intracellular processes such as cytokinesis, vesicular transport, polarity establishment and cellular adhesion. Septins belong structurally to the P-Loop NTPases. However, unlike the small GTPases like Ras, septins do not mediate signals to effectors through GTP binding and hydrolysis. The role of nucleotide binding and subsequent GTP hydrolysis by the septins is rather controversially debated. We compile here the structural features from the existing septin crystal- and cryo-EM structures regarding protofilament formation, inter-subunit interface architecture and nucleotide binding and hydrolysis. These findings are supplemented with a summary of available biochemical studies providing information regarding nucleotide binding and hydrolysis of fungal and mammalian septins.
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- Benjamin Grupp
- Institute of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Ulm University, James Franck Ring N27, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Ulm University, James Franck Ring N27, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Hassell D, Denney A, Singer E, Benson A, Roth A, Ceglowski J, Steingesser M, McMurray M. Chaperone Requirements for De Novo Folding of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Septins. Mol Biol Cell 2022; 33:ar111. [PMID: 35947497 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-07-0262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Polymers of septin protein complexes play cytoskeletal roles in eukaryotic cells. The specific subunit composition within complexes controls functions and higher-order structural properties. All septins have globular GTPase domains. The other eukaryotic cytoskeletal NTPases strictly require assistance from molecular chaperones of the cytosol, particularly the cage-like chaperonins, to fold into oligomerization-competent conformations. We previously identified cytosolic chaperones that bind septins and influence the oligomerization ability of septins carrying mutations linked to human disease, but it was unknown to what extent wild-type septins require chaperone assistance for their native folding. Here we use a combination of in vivo and in vitro approaches to demonstrate chaperone requirements for de novo folding and complex assembly by budding yeast septins. Individually purified septins adopted non-native conformations and formed non-native homodimers. In chaperonin- or Hsp70-deficient cells, septins folded slower and were unable to assemble post-translationally into native complexes. One septin, Cdc12, was so dependent on co-translational chaperonin assistance that translation failed without it. Our findings point to distinct translation elongation rates for different septins as a possible mechanism to direct a stepwise, co-translational assembly pathway in which general cytosolic chaperones act as key intermediaries.
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- Daniel Hassell
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
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Hassell DS, Steingesser MG, Denney AS, Johnson CR, McMurray MA. Chemical rescue of mutant proteins in living Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells by naturally occurring small molecules. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6323229. [PMID: 34544143 PMCID: PMC8496222 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
Intracellular proteins function in a complex milieu wherein small molecules influence protein folding and act as essential cofactors for enzymatic reactions. Thus protein function depends not only on amino acid sequence but also on the concentrations of such molecules, which are subject to wide variation between organisms, metabolic states, and environmental conditions. We previously found evidence that exogenous guanidine reverses the phenotypes of specific budding yeast septin mutants by binding to a WT septin at the former site of an Arg side chain that was lost during fungal evolution. Here, we used a combination of targeted and unbiased approaches to look for other cases of "chemical rescue" by naturally occurring small molecules. We report in vivo rescue of hundreds of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants representing a variety of genes, including likely examples of Arg or Lys side chain replacement by the guanidinium ion. Failed rescue of targeted mutants highlight features required for rescue, as well as key differences between the in vitro and in vivo environments. Some non-Arg mutants rescued by guanidine likely result from "off-target" effects on specific cellular processes in WT cells. Molecules isosteric to guanidine and known to influence protein folding had a range of effects, from essentially none for urea, to rescue of a few mutants by DMSO. Strikingly, the osmolyte trimethylamine-N-oxide rescued ∼20% of the mutants we tested, likely reflecting combinations of direct and indirect effects on mutant protein function. Our findings illustrate the potential of natural small molecules as therapeutic interventions and drivers of evolution.
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- Daniel S Hassell
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Denney AS, Weems AD, McMurray MA. Selective functional inhibition of a tumor-derived p53 mutant by cytosolic chaperones identified using split-YFP in budding yeast. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6318398. [PMID: 34544131 PMCID: PMC8496213 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Life requires the oligomerization of individual proteins into higher-order assemblies. In order to form functional oligomers, monomers must adopt appropriate 3D structures. Molecular chaperones transiently bind nascent or misfolded proteins to promote proper folding. Single missense mutations frequently cause disease by perturbing folding despite chaperone engagement. A misfolded mutant capable of oligomerizing with wild-type proteins can dominantly poison oligomer function. We previously found evidence that human-disease-linked mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae septin proteins slow folding and attract chaperones, resulting in a kinetic delay in oligomerization that prevents the mutant from interfering with wild-type function. Here, we build upon our septin studies to develop a new approach for identifying chaperone interactions in living cells, and use it to expand our understanding of chaperone involvement, kinetic folding delays, and oligomerization in the recessive behavior of tumor-derived mutants of the tumor suppressor p53. We find evidence of increased binding of several cytosolic chaperones to a recessive, misfolding-prone mutant, p53(V272M). Similar to our septin results, chaperone overexpression inhibits the function of p53(V272M) with minimal effect on the wild type. Unlike mutant septins, p53(V272M) is not kinetically delayed under conditions in which it is functional. Instead, it interacts with wild-type p53 but this interaction is temperature sensitive. At high temperatures or upon chaperone overexpression, p53(V272M) is excluded from the nucleus and cannot function or perturb wild-type function. Hsp90 inhibition liberates mutant p53 to enter the nucleus. These findings provide new insights into the effects of missense mutations.
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- Ashley S Denney
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Woods BL, Cannon KS, Vogt EJD, Crutchley JM, Gladfelter AS. Interplay of septin amphipathic helices in sensing membrane-curvature and filament bundling. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:br5. [PMID: 34319771 PMCID: PMC8684760 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-05-0303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
The curvature of the membrane defines cell shape. Septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble into heteromeric complexes and polymerize into filaments at areas of micron-scale membrane curvature. An amphipathic helix (AH) domain within the septin complex is necessary and sufficient for septins to preferentially assemble onto micron-scale curvature. Here we report that the nonessential fungal septin, Shs1, also has an AH domain capable of recognizing membrane curvature. In a septin mutant strain lacking a fully functional Cdc12 AH domain (cdc12-6), the C-terminal extension of Shs1, containing an AH domain, becomes essential. Additionally, we find that the Cdc12 AH domain is important for regulating septin filament bundling, suggesting septin AH domains have multiple, distinct functions and that bundling and membrane binding may be coordinately controlled.
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- Benjamin L Woods
- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.,Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.,Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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Takagi J, Cho C, Duvalyan A, Yan Y, Halloran M, Hanson-Smith V, Thorner J, Finnigan GC. Reconstructed evolutionary history of the yeast septins Cdc11 and Shs1. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6025175. [PMID: 33561226 PMCID: PMC7849910 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Septins are GTP-binding proteins conserved across metazoans. They can polymerize into extended filaments and, hence, are considered a component of the cytoskeleton. The number of individual septins varies across the tree of life—yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has seven distinct subunits, a nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans) has two, and humans have 13. However, the overall geometric unit (an apolar hetero-octameric protomer and filaments assembled there from) has been conserved. To understand septin evolutionary variation, we focused on a related pair of yeast subunits (Cdc11 and Shs1) that appear to have arisen from gene duplication within the fungal clade. Either Cdc11 or Shs1 occupies the terminal position within a hetero-octamer, yet Cdc11 is essential for septin function and cell viability, whereas Shs1 is not. To discern the molecular basis of this divergence, we utilized ancestral gene reconstruction to predict, synthesize, and experimentally examine the most recent common ancestor (“Anc.11-S”) of Cdc11 and Shs1. Anc.11-S was able to occupy the terminal position within an octamer, just like the modern subunits. Although Anc.11-S supplied many of the known functions of Cdc11, it was unable to replace the distinct function(s) of Shs1. To further evaluate the history of Shs1, additional intermediates along a proposed trajectory from Anc.11-S to yeast Shs1 were generated and tested. We demonstrate that multiple events contributed to the current properties of Shs1: (1) loss of Shs1–Shs1 self-association early after duplication, (2) co-evolution of heterotypic Cdc11–Shs1 interaction between neighboring hetero-octamers, and (3) eventual repurposing and acquisition of novel function(s) for its C-terminal extension domain. Thus, a pair of duplicated proteins, despite constraints imposed by assembly into a highly conserved multi-subunit structure, could evolve new functionality via a complex evolutionary pathway.
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- Julie Takagi
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Heasley LR, Singer E, Cooperman BJ, McMurray MA. Saccharomyces spores are born prepolarized to outgrow away from spore-spore connections and penetrate the ascus wall. Yeast 2020; 38:90-101. [PMID: 33238051 PMCID: PMC7898352 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
How nonspore haploid Saccharomyces cells choose sites of budding and polarize towards pheromone signals in order to mate has been a subject of intense study. Unlike nonspore haploids, sibling spores produced via meiosis and sporulation by a diploid cell are physically interconnected and encased in a sac derived from the old cell wall of the diploid, called the ascus. Nonspore haploids bud adjacent to previous sites of budding, relying on stable cortical landmarks laid down during prior divisions, but because spore membranes are made de novo, it was assumed that, as is known for fission yeast, Saccharomyces spores break symmetry and polarize at random locations. Here, we show that this assumption is incorrect: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spores are born prepolarized to outgrow, prior to budding or mating, away from interspore bridges. Consequently, when spores bud within an intact ascus, their buds locally penetrate the ascus wall, and when they mate, the resulting zygotes adopt a unique morphology reflective of repolarization towards pheromone. Long-lived cortical foci containing the septin Cdc10 mark polarity sites, but the canonical bud site selection programme is dispensable for spore polarity, thus the origin and molecular composition of these landmarks remain unknown. These findings demand further investigation of previously overlooked mechanisms of polarity establishment and local cell wall digestion and highlight how a key step in the Saccharomyces life cycle has been historically neglected.
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- Lydia R Heasley
- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,Environmental Health and Radiological Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Johnson CR, Steingesser MG, Weems AD, Khan A, Gladfelter A, Bertin A, McMurray MA. Guanidine hydrochloride reactivates an ancient septin hetero-oligomer assembly pathway in budding yeast. eLife 2020; 9:e54355. [PMID: 31990274 PMCID: PMC7056273 DOI: 10.7554/elife.54355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Septin proteins evolved from ancestral GTPases and co-assemble into hetero-oligomers and cytoskeletal filaments. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, five septins comprise two species of hetero-octamers, Cdc11/Shs1-Cdc12-Cdc3-Cdc10-Cdc10-Cdc3-Cdc12-Cdc11/Shs1. Slow GTPase activity by Cdc12 directs the choice of incorporation of Cdc11 vs Shs1, but many septins, including Cdc3, lack GTPase activity. We serendipitously discovered that guanidine hydrochloride rescues septin function in cdc10 mutants by promoting assembly of non-native Cdc11/Shs1-Cdc12-Cdc3-Cdc3-Cdc12-Cdc11/Shs1 hexamers. We provide evidence that in S. cerevisiae Cdc3 guanidinium occupies the site of a 'missing' Arg side chain found in other fungal species where (i) the Cdc3 subunit is an active GTPase and (ii) Cdc10-less hexamers natively co-exist with octamers. We propose that guanidinium reactivates a latent septin assembly pathway that was suppressed during fungal evolution in order to restrict assembly to octamers. Since homodimerization by a GTPase-active human septin also creates hexamers that exclude Cdc10-like central subunits, our new mechanistic insights likely apply throughout phylogeny.
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- Courtney R Johnson
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAuroraUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAuroraUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAuroraUnited States
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillUnited States
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillUnited States
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- Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 168ParisFrance
- Sorbonne Université UPMC Univ Paris 06ParisFrance
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAuroraUnited States
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Cannon KS, Woods BL, Crutchley JM, Gladfelter AS. An amphipathic helix enables septins to sense micrometer-scale membrane curvature. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:1128-1137. [PMID: 30659102 PMCID: PMC6446858 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201807211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The basis of curvature sensing by the septin cytoskeleton is unknown. Cannon et al. now identify a conserved amphipathic helix that is necessary for recruitment of septins to sites of micrometer-scale curvature in vitro and in vivo. Cell shape is well described by membrane curvature. Septins are filament-forming, GTP-binding proteins that assemble on positive, micrometer-scale curvatures. Here, we examine the molecular basis of curvature sensing by septins. We show that differences in affinity and the number of binding sites drive curvature-specific adsorption of septins. Moreover, we find septin assembly onto curved membranes is cooperative and show that geometry influences higher-order arrangement of septin filaments. Although septins must form polymers to stay associated with membranes, septin filaments do not have to span micrometers in length to sense curvature, as we find that single-septin complexes have curvature-dependent association rates. We trace this ability to an amphipathic helix (AH) located on the C-terminus of Cdc12. The AH domain is necessary and sufficient for curvature sensing both in vitro and in vivo. These data show that curvature sensing by septins operates at much smaller length scales than the micrometer curvatures being detected.
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- Kevin S Cannon
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC .,Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
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Mela A, Momany M. Septin mutations and phenotypes in S. cerevisiae. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2018; 76:33-44. [PMID: 30171672 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Septins are highly conserved guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins that are a component of the cytoskeletal systems of virtually all eukaryotes (except higher plants). Septins play important roles in a multitude of cellular processes, including cytokinesis, establishment of cell polarity, and cellular partitioning. The ease of genetic screens and a fully sequenced genome have made Saccharomyces cerevisiae one of the most extensively studied and well-annotated model organisms in eukaryotic biology. Here, we present a synopsis of the known point mutations in the seven S. cerevisiae septin genes: CDC3, CDC10, CDC11, CDC12, SHS1, SPR3, and SPR28. We map these mutations onto septin protein structures, highlighting important conserved motifs, and relating the functional consequences of mutations in each domain.
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- Alexander Mela
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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Homoto S, Izawa S. Persistent actin depolarization caused by ethanol induces the formation of multiple small cortical septin rings in yeast. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.217091. [PMID: 29991513 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.217091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Short-term exposure to severe ethanol stress has adverse effects on yeast cells. However, limited information is available on the effects of long-term exposure to severe ethanol stress. In this study, we examined the effects of a long-term treatment with a high ethanol concentration [10% (v/v)] on yeast morphology. We found that long-term severe ethanol stress induced the continuous depolarization of the actin cytoskeleton and hypertrophy in yeast cells, accompanied by the aberrant localization of septins, which formed multiple small cortical rings (MSCRs). The formation of MSCRs was also induced by the continuous depolarization of the actin cytoskeleton caused by a treatment with latrunculin-A, an effective inhibitor of actin polymerization. Unlike the formation of conventional septin rings, the formation of MSCRs did not require Cdc42 and its effectors, Gic1, Gic2 and Cla4. These results provide novel insights into the effects of persistent actin depolarization caused by long-term exposure to severe ethanol stress on yeast cytomorphology.
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- Sena Homoto
- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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Keefer KM, True HL. A toxic imbalance of Hsp70s in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is caused by competition for cofactors. Mol Microbiol 2017; 105:860-868. [PMID: 28665048 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Molecular chaperones are responsible for managing protein folding from translation through degradation. These crucial machines ensure that protein homeostasis is optimally maintained for cell health. However, 'too much of a good thing' can be deadly, and the excess of chaperones can be toxic under certain cellular conditions. For example, overexpression of Ssa1, a yeast Hsp70, is toxic to cells in folding-challenged states such as [PSI+]. We discovered that overexpression of the nucleotide exchange factor Sse1 can partially alleviate this toxicity. We further argue that the basis of the toxicity is related to the availability of Hsp70 cofactors, such as Hsp40 J-proteins and nucleotide exchange factors. Ultimately, our work informs future studies about functional chaperone balance and cautions against therapeutic chaperone modifications without a thorough examination of cofactor relationships.
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- Kathryn M Keefer
- 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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Weems A, McMurray M. The step-wise pathway of septin hetero-octamer assembly in budding yeast. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28541184 PMCID: PMC5461111 DOI: 10.7554/elife.23689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Septin proteins bind guanine nucleotides and form rod-shaped hetero-oligomers. Cells choose from a variety of available septins to assemble distinct hetero-oligomers, but the underlying mechanism was unknown. Using a new in vivo assay, we find that a stepwise assembly pathway produces the two species of budding yeast septin hetero-octamers: Cdc11/Shs1–Cdc12–Cdc3–Cdc10–Cdc10–Cdc3–Cdc12–Cdc11/Shs1. Rapid GTP hydrolysis by monomeric Cdc10 drives assembly of the core Cdc10 homodimer. The extended Cdc3 N terminus autoinhibits Cdc3 association with Cdc10 homodimers until prior Cdc3–Cdc12 interaction. Slow hydrolysis by monomeric Cdc12 and specific affinity of Cdc11 for transient Cdc12•GTP drive assembly of distinct trimers, Cdc11–Cdc12–Cdc3 or Shs1–Cdc12–Cdc3. Decreasing the cytosolic GTP:GDP ratio increases the incorporation of Shs1 vs Cdc11, which alters the curvature of filamentous septin rings. Our findings explain how GTP hydrolysis controls septin assembly, and uncover mechanisms by which cells construct defined septin complexes. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.23689.001
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- Andrew Weems
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, United States
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Bridges AA, Gladfelter AS. Septin complexes assemble during a kinetic window of opportunity. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:2858-2859. [PMID: 27715407 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1215700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Andrew A Bridges
- a Department of Biological Sciences , Dartmouth College , Hanover , NH , USA.,b The Bell Center, Marine Biological Laboratory , Woods Hole , MA , USA
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- a Department of Biological Sciences , Dartmouth College , Hanover , NH , USA.,b The Bell Center, Marine Biological Laboratory , Woods Hole , MA , USA
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Schaefer RM, Heasley LR, Odde DJ, McMurray MA. Kinetic partitioning during de novo septin filament assembly creates a critical G1 "window of opportunity" for mutant septin function. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:2441-53. [PMID: 27398993 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1196304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Septin proteins form highly conserved cytoskeletal filaments composed of hetero-oligomers with strict subunit stoichiometry. Mutations within one hetero-oligomerization interface (the "G" interface) bias the mutant septin toward conformations that are incompatible with filament assembly, causing disease in humans and, in budding yeast cells, temperature-sensitive defects in cytokinesis. We previously found that, when the amount of other hetero-oligomerization partners is limiting, wild-type and G interface-mutant alleles of a given yeast septin "compete" along parallel but distinct folding pathways for occupancy of a limited number of positions within septin hetero-octamers. Here, we synthesize a mathematical model that outlines the requirements for this phenomenon: if a wild-type septin traverses a folding pathway that includes a single rate-limiting folding step, the acquisition by a mutant septin of additional slow folding steps creates an initially large disparity between wild-type and mutant in the cellular concentrations of oligomerization-competent monomers. When the 2 alleles are co-expressed, this kinetic disparity results in mutant exclusion from hetero-oligomers, even when the folded mutant monomer is oligomerization-competent. To test this model experimentally, we first visualize the kinetic delay in mutant oligomerization in living cells, and then narrow or widen the "window of opportunity" for mutant septin oligomerization by altering the length of the G1 phase of the yeast cell cycle, and observe the predicted exacerbation or suppression, respectively, of mutant cellular phenotypes. These findings reveal a fundamental kinetic principle governing in vivo assembly of multiprotein complexes, independent of the ability of the subunits to associate with each other.
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- Rachel M Schaefer
- a Department of Cell and Developmental Biology , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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- a Department of Cell and Developmental Biology , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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- b Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , MN , USA
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- a Department of Cell and Developmental Biology , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , CO , USA
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Garcia G, Finnigan GC, Heasley LR, Sterling SM, Aggarwal A, Pearson CG, Nogales E, McMurray MA, Thorner J. Assembly, molecular organization, and membrane-binding properties of development-specific septins. J Cell Biol 2016; 212:515-29. [PMID: 26929450 PMCID: PMC4772501 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201511029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Analysis of the contribution of meiotic septins Spr3 and Spr28 to overall septin complex architecture at the ultrastructural level provides insights into how alternative subunits endow septin complexes with unique properties. Septin complexes display remarkable plasticity in subunit composition, yet how a new subunit assembled into higher-order structures confers different functions is not fully understood. Here, this question is addressed in budding yeast, where during meiosis Spr3 and Spr28 replace the mitotic septin subunits Cdc12 and Cdc11 (and Shs1), respectively. In vitro, the sole stable complex that contains both meiosis-specific septins is a linear Spr28–Spr3–Cdc3–Cdc10–Cdc10–Cdc3–Spr3–Spr28 hetero-octamer. Only coexpressed Spr3 and Spr28 colocalize with Cdc3 and Cdc10 in mitotic cells, indicating that incorporation requires a Spr28-Spr3 protomer. Unlike their mitotic counterparts, Spr28-Spr3–capped rods are unable to form higher-order structures in solution but assemble to form long paired filaments on lipid monolayers containing phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate, mimicking presence of this phosphoinositide in the prospore membrane. Spr28 and Spr3 fail to rescue the lethality of a cdc11Δ cdc12Δ mutant, and Cdc11 and Cdc12 fail to restore sporulation proficiency to spr3Δ/spr3Δ spr28Δ/spr28Δ diploids. Thus, specific meiotic and mitotic subunits endow septin complexes with functionally distinct properties.
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- Galo Garcia
- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Finnigan GC, Sterling SM, Duvalyan A, Liao EN, Sargsyan A, Garcia G, Nogales E, Thorner J. Coordinate action of distinct sequence elements localizes checkpoint kinase Hsl1 to the septin collar at the bud neck in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:2213-33. [PMID: 27193302 PMCID: PMC4945140 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-03-0177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A long-standing conundrum is resolved about the underlying sequence determinants and molecular mechanism responsible for the recruitment of the protein kinase Hsl1 (an indispensable component of the so-called “morphogenesis checkpoint”) exclusively to the septin collar at the bud neck. Passage through the eukaryotic cell cycle requires processes that are tightly regulated both spatially and temporally. Surveillance mechanisms (checkpoints) exert quality control and impose order on the timing and organization of downstream events by impeding cell cycle progression until the necessary components are available and undamaged and have acted in the proper sequence. In budding yeast, a checkpoint exists that does not allow timely execution of the G2/M transition unless and until a collar of septin filaments has properly assembled at the bud neck, which is the site where subsequent cytokinesis will occur. An essential component of this checkpoint is the large (1518-residue) protein kinase Hsl1, which localizes to the bud neck only if the septin collar has been correctly formed. Hsl1 reportedly interacts with particular septins; however, the precise molecular determinants in Hsl1 responsible for its recruitment to this cellular location during G2 have not been elucidated. We performed a comprehensive mutational dissection and accompanying image analysis to identify the sequence elements within Hsl1 responsible for its localization to the septins at the bud neck. Unexpectedly, we found that this targeting is multipartite. A segment of the central region of Hsl1 (residues 611–950), composed of two tandem, semiredundant but distinct septin-associating elements, is necessary and sufficient for binding to septin filaments both in vitro and in vivo. However, in addition to 611–950, efficient localization of Hsl1 to the septin collar in the cell obligatorily requires generalized targeting to the cytosolic face of the plasma membrane, a function normally provided by the C-terminal phosphatidylserine-binding KA1 domain (residues 1379–1518) in Hsl1 but that can be replaced by other, heterologous phosphatidylserine-binding sequences.
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- Gregory C Finnigan
- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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McMurray MA. Assays for genetic dissection of septin filament assembly in yeast, from de novo folding through polymerization. Methods Cell Biol 2016; 136:99-116. [PMID: 27473905 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2016.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, septin mutations have severe effects on colony-forming ability, particularly at high temperatures, allowing the full variety of genetic tools available in this model organism to be applied to the study of septin biology. Although many details of septin function remain unknown, one can exploit a small number of easily scored phenotypes-proliferation capacity, cell morphology, septin localization, and septin ring integrity-as sensitive readouts of properly assembled septin filaments. Accordingly, this chapter focuses on genetic approaches targeted toward understanding the molecular mechanisms of de novo septin folding, heterooligomerization, and polymerization into filaments. The same general methods can be used to interrogate septin function, although interpretation of results can be more complicated. As genetic-based methodologies are technically simple but particularly dependent on interpretation, here I focus on the logic underlying the most common interpretations of results using septin mutants.
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- M A McMurray
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.
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GTPase domain driven dimerization of SEPT7 is dispensable for the critical role of septins in fibroblast cytokinesis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20007. [PMID: 26818767 PMCID: PMC4730212 DOI: 10.1038/srep20007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Septin 7 (SEPT7) has been described to be essential for successful completion of cytokinesis in mouse fibroblasts, and Sept7-deficiency in fibroblasts constitutively results in multinucleated cells which stop proliferation. Using Sept7flox/floxfibroblasts we generated a cellular system, where the cytokinetic defects of Cre-mediated deletion of the Sept7 gene can be rescued by ectopically expressed doxycycline-inducible wild type SEPT7. Using this system, we analyzed the ability of SEPT7-mutants with alterations in their GTPase domain-dependent dimerization to prevent multinucleation and rescue proliferation. Although biochemical analysis of the mutants demonstrates differences in homo- and/or hetero-polymerization, in GTP-binding and/or GTPase activities, all analyzed mutants were able to rescue the cytokinesis phenotype of Sept7flox/floxfibroblasts associated with Cre-mediated deletion of endogenous Sept7. These findings indicate that the ability of septins to assemble into well-defined SEPT7-dimerization dependent native filaments is dispensable for cytokinesis in fibroblasts and opens the way to search for other mechanisms of the involvement of SEPT7 in cytokinesis.
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Gartz Hanson M, Aiken J, Sietsema DV, Sept D, Bates EA, Niswander L, Moore JK. Novel α-tubulin mutation disrupts neural development and tubulin proteostasis. Dev Biol 2015; 409:406-19. [PMID: 26658218 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mutations in the microtubule cytoskeleton are linked to cognitive and locomotor defects during development, and neurodegeneration in adults. How these mutations impact microtubules, and how this alters function at the level of neurons is an important area of investigation. Using a forward genetic screen in mice, we identified a missense mutation in Tuba1a α-tubulin that disrupts cortical and motor neuron development. Homozygous mutant mice exhibit cortical dysgenesis reminiscent of human tubulinopathies. Motor neurons fail to innervate target muscles in the limbs and show synapse defects at proximal targets. To directly examine effects on tubulin function, we created analogous mutations in the α-tubulin isotypes in budding yeast. These mutations sensitize yeast cells to microtubule stresses including depolymerizing drugs and low temperatures. Furthermore, we find that mutant α-tubulin is depleted from the cell lysate and from microtubules, thereby altering ratios of α-tubulin isotypes. Tubulin-binding cofactors suppress the effects of the mutation, indicating an important role for these cofactors in regulating the quality of the α-tubulin pool. Together, our results give new insights into the functions of Tuba1a, mechanisms for regulating tubulin proteostasis, and how compromising these may lead to neural defects.
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- M Gartz Hanson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Finnigan GC, Takagi J, Cho C, Thorner J. Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Paralogous Terminal Septin Subunits Shs1 and Cdc11 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2015; 200:821-41. [PMID: 25971665 PMCID: PMC4512546 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.176495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Septins are a family of GTP-binding proteins considered to be cytoskeletal elements because they self-assemble into filaments and other higher-order structures in vivo. In budding yeast, septins establish a diffusion barrier at the bud neck between a mother and daughter cell, promote membrane curvature there, and serve as a scaffold to recruit other proteins to the site of cytokinesis. However, the mechanism by which any septin engages a partner protein has been unclear. The two most related and recently evolved subunits appear to be Cdc11 and Shs1, and the basic building blocks for assembling septin structures are hetero-octameric rods (Cdc11-Cdc12-Cdc3-Cdc10-Cdc10-Cdc3-Cdc12-Cdc11 and Shs1-Cdc12-Cdc3-Cdc10-Cdc10-Cdc3-Cdc12-Shs1). Loss of Cdc11 is not normally tolerated, whereas cells lacking Shs1 do not appear grossly abnormal. We established several different sensitized genetic backgrounds wherein Shs1 is indispensable, which allowed us to carry out the first comprehensive and detailed genetic analysis of Shs1 in vivo. Our analysis revealed several novel insights, including: (i) the sole portion of Shs1 essential for its function is a predicted coiled-coil-forming segment in its C-terminal extension (CTE); (ii) the CTE of Cdc11 shares this function; (iii) this role for the CTEs of Cdc11 and Shs1 is quite distinct from that of the CTEs of Cdc3 and Cdc12; and (iv) heterotypic Cdc11 and Shs1 junctions likely occur in vivo.
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- Gregory C Finnigan
- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94158-2200
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- Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94158-2200 Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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The Carboxy-Terminal Tails of Septins Cdc11 and Shs1 Recruit Myosin-II Binding Factor Bni5 to the Bud Neck in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2015; 200:843-62. [PMID: 25971666 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.176503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Septins are a conserved family of GTP-binding proteins that form heterooctameric complexes that assemble into higher-order structures. In yeast, septin superstructure at the bud neck serves as a barrier to separate a daughter cell from its mother and as a scaffold to recruit the proteins that execute cytokinesis. However, how septins recruit specific factors has not been well characterized. In the accompanying article in this issue, (Finnigan et al. 2015), we demonstrated that the C-terminal extensions (CTEs) of the alternative terminal subunits of septin heterooctamers, Cdc11 and Shs1, share a role required for optimal septin function in vivo. Here we describe our use of unbiased genetic approaches (both selection of dosage suppressors and analysis of synthetic interactions) that pinpointed Bni5 as a protein that interacts with the CTEs of Cdc11 and Shs1. Furthermore, we used three independent methods-construction of chimeric proteins, noncovalent tethering mediated by a GFP-targeted nanobody, and imaging by fluorescence microscopy-to confirm that a physiologically important function of the CTEs of Cdc11 and Shs1 is optimizing recruitment of Bni5 and thereby ensuring efficient localization at the bud neck of Myo1, the type II myosin of the actomyosin contractile ring.Related article in GENETICS Finnigan, G. C. et al., 2015 Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Paralogous Terminal Septin Subunits Shs1 and Cdc11 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 200: 841-861.
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Jeng W, Lee S, Sung N, Lee J, Tsai FT. Molecular chaperones: guardians of the proteome in normal and disease states. F1000Res 2015; 4:F1000 Faculty Rev-1448. [PMID: 26918154 PMCID: PMC4754035 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.7214.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Proteins must adopt a defined three-dimensional structure in order to gain functional activity, or must they? An ever-increasing number of intrinsically disordered proteins and amyloid-forming polypeptides challenge this dogma. While molecular chaperones and proteases are traditionally associated with protein quality control inside the cell, it is now apparent that molecular chaperones not only promote protein folding in the "forward" direction by facilitating folding and preventing misfolding and aggregation, but also facilitate protein unfolding and even disaggregation resulting in the recovery of functional protein from aggregates. Here, we review our current understanding of ATP-dependent molecular chaperones that harness the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to fuel their chaperone functions. An emerging theme is that most of these chaperones do not work alone, but instead function together with other chaperone systems to maintain the proteome. Hence, molecular chaperones are the major component of the proteostasis network that guards and protects the proteome from damage. Furthermore, while a decline of this network is detrimental to cell and organismal health, a controlled perturbation of the proteostasis network may offer new therapeutic avenues against human diseases.
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- Wilson Jeng
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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