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Snyder LF, O'Brien EM, Zhao J, Liang J, Zhang Y, Zhu W, Cassier TJ, Schnicker NJ, Zhou X, Gordân R, He BZ. Evolution of a Eukaryotic Transcription Factor's co-TF Dependence Involves Multiple Intrinsically Disordered Regions Affecting Activation and Autoinhibition. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.20.590343. [PMID: 39253425 PMCID: PMC11383300 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.20.590343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/11/2024]
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Combinatorial control by multiple transcription factors (TFs) is a hallmark of eukaryotic gene regulation. Despite its prevalence and crucial roles in enhancing specificity and integrating information, the mechanisms behind why eukaryotic TFs depend on one another, and whether such interdependence evolves, are not well understood. We exploit natural variation in co-TF dependence in the yeast phosphate starvation (PHO) response to address this question. In the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the main TF, Pho4, relies on the co-TF Pho2 to regulate ~28 genes. In a related yeast pathogen, Candida glabrata, its Pho4 exhibits significantly reduced Pho2 dependence and has an expanded target set of ~70 genes. Biochemical analyses showed C. glabrata Pho4 (CgPho4) binds to the same consensus motif with 3-4-fold higher affinity than ScPho4 does. A machine-learning-based prediction and yeast one-hybrid assay identified two Intrinsically Disordered Regions (IDRs) in CgPho4 that boost the activity of the main activation domain but showed little to no activity on their own. We also found evidence for autoinhibition behind the co-TF dependence in ScPho4. An IDR in ScPho4 next to its DNA binding domain was found to act as a double-edged sword: it both allows for enhanced activity with Pho2, and inhibits Pho4's activity without Pho2. This study provides a detailed molecular picture of how co-TF dependence is mediated and how its evolution, mainly driven by IDR divergence, can lead to significant rewiring of the regulatory network.
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- Lindsey F Snyder
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Protein and Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC
- Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
- Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Fung HYJ, Mittal SR, Niesman AB, Jiou J, Shakya B, Yoshizawa T, Cansizoglu AE, Rout MP, Chook YM. Phosphate-dependent nuclear export via a novel NES class recognized by exportin Msn5. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.08.12.607649. [PMID: 39211127 PMCID: PMC11361136 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.12.607649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Gene expression in response to environmental stimuli is dependent on nuclear localization of key signaling components, which can be tightly regulated by phosphorylation. This is exemplified by the phosphate-sensing transcription factor Pho4, which requires phosphorylation for nuclear export by the yeast exportin Msn5. Unlike the traditional hydrophobic nuclear export signal (NES) utilized by the Exportin-1/XPO1 system, cryogenic-electron microscopy structures reveal that Pho4 presents a novel, phosphorylated 35-residue NES that interacts with the concave surface of Msn5 through two Pho4 phospho-serines that align with two Msn5 basic patches, unveiling a previously unknown mechanism of phosphate-specific recognition. Furthermore, the discovery that unliganded Msn5 is autoinhibited explains the positive cooperativity of Pho4/Ran-binding and proposes a mechanism for Pho4's release in the cytoplasm. These findings advance our understanding of the diversity of signals that drive nuclear export and how cargo phosphorylation is crucial in regulating nuclear transport and controlling cellular signaling pathways.
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Kerdsomboon K, Techo T, Limcharoensuk T, Tatip S, Auesukaree C. Low phosphate mitigates cadmium-induced oxidative stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by enhancing endogenous antioxidant defence system. Environ Microbiol 2021; 24:707-720. [PMID: 34927334 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal that causes many harmful effects on human health and ecosystems. Metal chelation-based techniques have become a common approach for the treatment of metal poisoning and also for the remediation of metal contamination. Phosphate, an essential nutrient required for key cellular functions, has been supposed to be effective in reducing cadmium bioavailability, possibly through its chelating potential. In this study, we explored the effects of phosphate on cadmium toxicity and cellular response to cadmium stress in the eukaryotic model Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our results reveal that cadmium toxicity is unexpectedly enhanced during phosphate repletion and optimal phosphate levels for yeast growth under cadmium stress conditions decline with increasing cadmium concentrations. The profound cadmium toxicity during phosphate repletion is unlikely to result from either elevated cadmium accumulation or dysregulated homeostasis of essential metals, but rather due to increased production of intracellular reactive oxygen species. We show that, under phosphate-depleted conditions, the activities of antioxidant enzymes, especially Mn-superoxide dismutase and catalase, are significantly promoted through transcriptional upregulation. Our findings highlight the important role of cellular response to phosphate limitation in mitigating cadmium toxicity and endogenous oxidative stress through the enhancement of antioxidant enzyme activity.
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- Kittikhun Kerdsomboon
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand.,Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, CHE, Ministry of Education, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Mahidol University-Osaka University Collaborative Research Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, CHE, Ministry of Education, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Mahidol University-Osaka University Collaborative Research Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, CHE, Ministry of Education, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Mahidol University-Osaka University Collaborative Research Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, CHE, Ministry of Education, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Mahidol University-Osaka University Collaborative Research Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology, CHE, Ministry of Education, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Mahidol University-Osaka University Collaborative Research Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.,Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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Aliyu H, Gorte O, de Maayer P, Neumann A, Ochsenreither K. Genomic insights into the lifestyles, functional capacities and oleagenicity of members of the fungal family Trichosporonaceae. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2780. [PMID: 32066798 PMCID: PMC7026411 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59672-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Trichosporonaceae incorporates six genera of physiologically and ecologically diverse fungi including both human pathogenic taxa as well as yeasts of biotechnological interest, especially those oleagenic taxa that accumulate large amounts of single cell oils (SCOs). Here, we have undertaken comparative genomic analysis of thirty-three members of the family with a view to gain insight into the molecular determinants underlying their lifestyles and niche specializations. Phylogenomic analysis revealed potential misidentification of three strains which could impact subsequent analyses. Evaluation of the predicted proteins coding sequences showed that the free-living members of the family harbour greater numbers of carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZYmes), metallo- and serine peptidases compared to their host-associated counterparts. Phylogenies of selected lipid biosynthetic enzymes encoded in the genomes of the studied strains revealed disparate evolutionary histories for some proteins inconsistent with the core genome phylogeny. However, the documented oleagenic members distinctly cluster based on the constitution of the upstream regulatory regions of genes encoding acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), ATP-citrate synthase (ACS) and isocitrate dehydrogenase [NADP] (ICDH), which are among the major proteins in the lipid biosynthetic pathway of these yeasts, suggesting a possible pattern in the regulation of these genes.
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- Habibu Aliyu
- Institute of Process engineering in Life Science 2: Technical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Process engineering in Life Science 2: Technical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- School of Molecular & Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Institute of Process engineering in Life Science 2: Technical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Process engineering in Life Science 2: Technical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Kliewe F, Engelhardt M, Aref R, Schüller HJ. Promoter recruitment of corepressors Sin3 and Cyc8 by activator proteins of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 2017; 63:739-750. [PMID: 28175933 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0677-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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It is generally assumed that pathway-specific transcriptional activators recruit pleiotropic coactivators (such as chromatin-modifying complexes or general transcription factors), while specific repressors contact pleiotropic corepressors creating an inaccessible chromatin by the action of histone deacetylases. We have previously shown that the negative regulator Opi1 of yeast phospholipid biosynthesis inhibits transcription by recruiting corepressors Sin3 and Cyc8 in the presence of precursor molecules inositol and choline. To get access to its target genes, Opi1 physically contacts and counteracts DNA-bound activator Ino2. By using chromatin immunoprecipitation, we show that Sin3 and Cyc8 can be detected at Opi1 target promoters INO1 and CHO2 under repressing and derepressing conditions and that corepressor binding is effective even in the absence of Opi1, while Ino2 is absolutely required. Thus, corepressors may be recruited not only by repressors but also by activators such as Ino2. Indeed, we could demonstrate direct interaction of Ino2 with Sin3 and Cyc8. The Opi1 repressor interaction domain within Ino2 is also able to contact Sin3 and Cyc8. Recruitment of corepressors by an activator is not a regulatory exception as we could show that activators Pho4 and Hac1 also contain domains being able to interact with Sin3 and Cyc8.
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- Felix Kliewe
- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Jahnstrasse 15a, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Jahnstrasse 15a, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Jahnstrasse 15a, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Jahnstrasse 15a, 17487, Greifswald, Germany.
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Kliewe F, Kumme J, Grigat M, Hintze S, Schüller HJ. Opi1 mediates repression of phospholipid biosynthesis by phosphate limitation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2016; 34:67-81. [PMID: 27743455 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3215] [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] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Structural genes of phospholipid biosynthesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are transcribed when precursor molecules inositol and choline (IC) are limiting. Gene expression is stimulated by the heterodimeric activator Ino2/Ino4, which binds to ICRE (inositol/choline-responsive element) promoter sequences. Activation is prevented by repressor Opi1, counteracting Ino2 when high concentrations of IC are available. Here we show that ICRE-dependent gene activation is repressed not only by an excess of IC but also under conditions of phosphate starvation. While PHO5 is activated by phosphate limitation, INO1 expression is repressed about 10-fold. Repression of ICRE-dependent genes by low phosphate is no longer observed in an opi1 mutant while repression is still effective in mutants of the PHO regulon (pho4, pho80, pho81 and pho85). In contrast, gene expression with high phosphate is reduced in the absence of pleiotropic sensor protein kinase Pho85. We could demonstrate that Pho85 binds to Opi1 in vitro and in vivo and that this interaction is increased in the presence of high concentrations of phosphate. Interestingly, Pho85 binds to two separate domains of Opi1 which have been previously shown to recruit pleiotropic corepressor Sin3 and activator Ino2, respectively. We postulate that Pho85 positively influences ICRE-dependent gene expression by phosphorylation-dependent weakening of Opi1 repressor, affecting its functional domains required for promoter recruitment and corepressor interaction. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Felix Kliewe
- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Jahnstr. 15a, D-17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Jahnstr. 15a, D-17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Jahnstr. 15a, D-17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Jahnstr. 15a, D-17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Jahnstr. 15a, D-17487, Greifswald, Germany
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Transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to low temperature during wine fermentation. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1029-48. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-015-0395-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Korber P, Barbaric S. The yeast PHO5 promoter: from single locus to systems biology of a paradigm for gene regulation through chromatin. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10888-902. [PMID: 25190457 PMCID: PMC4176169 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Chromatin dynamics crucially contributes to gene regulation. Studies of the yeast PHO5 promoter were key to establish this nowadays accepted view and continuously provide mechanistic insight in chromatin remodeling and promoter regulation, both on single locus as well as on systems level. The PHO5 promoter is a context independent chromatin switch module where in the repressed state positioned nucleosomes occlude transcription factor sites such that nucleosome remodeling is a prerequisite for and not consequence of induced gene transcription. This massive chromatin transition from positioned nucleosomes to an extensive hypersensitive site, together with respective transitions at the co-regulated PHO8 and PHO84 promoters, became a prime model for dissecting how remodelers, histone modifiers and chaperones co-operate in nucleosome remodeling upon gene induction. This revealed a surprisingly complex cofactor network at the PHO5 promoter, including five remodeler ATPases (SWI/SNF, RSC, INO80, Isw1, Chd1), and demonstrated for the first time histone eviction in trans as remodeling mode in vivo. Recently, the PHO5 promoter and the whole PHO regulon were harnessed for quantitative analyses and computational modeling of remodeling, transcription factor binding and promoter input-output relations such that this rewarding single-locus model becomes a paradigm also for theoretical and systems approaches to gene regulatory networks.
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- Philipp Korber
- Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, Molecular Biology, University of Munich, Munich 80336, Germany
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
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Breeding of wastewater treatment yeasts that accumulate high concentrations of phosphorus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 80:331-8. [PMID: 18604532 PMCID: PMC2491421 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1529-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2008] [Revised: 05/01/2008] [Accepted: 05/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Inorganic phosphate is an essential nutrient. In general, microorganisms take up phosphorus when the extracellular phosphorus concentration is low, but not when it is high. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the major phosphate transporters, such as Pho84p, and acid phosphatases (APases), such as Pho5p, are regulated in parallel by the phosphate signal transduction pathway (PHO pathway). We found that PHO mutants expressing PHO84 and PHO5, even under high-P conditions, could take up phosphorus at twice the rate of the wild-type strain. The regulatory pathway for phosphorus accumulation in two wastewater treatment yeasts, Hansenula fabianii J640 and Hansenula anomala J224-1, was found to be similar to that in S. cerevisiae. We screened for mutants of these yeasts that constitutively expressed APase. Such mutants formed blue colonies on high phosphorus concentration agar plates containing 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolylphosphate (X-phosphate). We found four mutants of H. fabianii J640 and one mutant of H. anomala J224-1 that accumulated from 2.2 to 3.5 times more phosphorus than the parent strains. The growth rates and abilities to remove dissolved total nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon of the mutants were similar to those of the parent strains. In addition, the mutants removed 95% of dissolved total phosphorus from shochu wastewater, while the parent strain removed only 50%.
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Auesukaree C, Fuchigami I, Homma T, Kaneko Y, Harashima S. Ddi1p and Rad23p play a cooperative role as negative regulators in the PHO pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 365:821-5. [PMID: 18035052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2007] [Accepted: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the PHO pathway regulates expression of phosphate-responsive genes such as PHO5, which encodes repressible acid phosphatase (rAPase). In this pathway, Pho81p functions as an inhibitor of the cyclin-cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) complex Pho80p-Pho85p. However, the mechanism regulating the inhibitory activity of Pho81p is poorly understood. Through use of the yeast two-hybrid system, we identified the UbL-UbA protein Ddi1p as a Pho81p-binding protein. Further, Pho81p levels were found to be low under high-phosphate condition and high during phosphate starvation, indicating that Pho81p is regulated by phosphate concentration. However, our results revealed that Ddi1p and its associated protein Rad23p are not involved in the decrease in Pho81p level under high-phosphate condition. Significantly, the Deltaddi1Deltarad23 strain exhibited a remarkable increase in rAPase activity at an intermediate-phosphate concentration of 0.4mM, suggesting that Ddi1p and Rad23p play a cooperative role as negative regulators in the PHO pathway.
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- Choowong Auesukaree
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Piskacek S, Gregor M, Nemethova M, Grabner M, Kovarik P, Piskacek M. Nine-amino-acid transactivation domain: Establishment and prediction utilities. Genomics 2007; 89:756-68. [PMID: 17467953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2006] [Revised: 02/20/2007] [Accepted: 02/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Here we describe the establishment and prediction utilities for a novel nine-amino-acid transactivation domain, 9aa TAD, that is common to the transactivation domains of a large number of yeast and animal transcription factors. We show that the 9aa TAD motif is required for the function of the transactivation domain of Gal4 and the related transcription factors Oaf1 and Pip2. The 9aa TAD possesses an autonomous transactivation activity in yeast and mammalian cells. Using sequence alignment and experimental data we derived a pattern that can be used for 9aa TAD prediction. The pattern allows the identification of 9aa TAD in other Gal4 family members or unrelated yeast, animal, and viral transcription factors. Thus, the 9aa TAD represents the smallest known denominator for a broad range of transcription factors. The wide occurrence of the 9aa TAD suggests that this domain mediates conserved interactions with general transcriptional cofactors. A computational search for the 9aa TAD is available online from National EMBnet-Node Austria at http://www.at.embnet.org/toolbox/9aatad/.
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- Simona Piskacek
- Simopharm, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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We wish to understand the role of electrostatics in DNA stiffness and bending. The DNA charge collapse model suggests that mutual electrostatic repulsions between neighboring phosphates significantly contribute to DNA stiffness. According to this model, placement of fixed charges near the negatively charged DNA surface should induce bending through asymmetric reduction or enhancement of these inter-phosphate repulsive forces. We have reported previously that charged variants of the elongated basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) domain of Gcn4p bend DNA in a manner consistent with this charge collapse model. To extend this result to a more globular protein, we present an investigation of the dimeric basic-helix–loop–helix (bHLH) domain of Pho4p. The 62 amino acid bHLH domain has been modified to position charged amino acid residues near one face of the DNA double helix. As observed for bZIP charge variants, DNA bending toward appended cations (away from the protein:DNA interface) is observed. However, unlike bZIP proteins, DNA is not bent away from bHLH anionic charges. This finding can be explained by the structure of the more globular bHLH domain which, in contrast to bZIP proteins, makes extensive DNA contacts along the binding face.
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- Robert J. McDonald
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of MarylandCollege Park, MD 20742-2021, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 507 284 9041; Fax: +1 507 284 2053;
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Jessen WJ, Hoose SA, Kilgore JA, Kladde MP. Active PHO5 chromatin encompasses variable numbers of nucleosomes at individual promoters. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2006; 13:256-63. [PMID: 16491089 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2005] [Accepted: 12/29/2005] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Transcriptional activation is often associated with chromatin remodeling. However, little is known about the dynamics of remodeling of nucleosome arrays in vivo. Upon induction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae PHO5, a novel kinetic assay of DNA methyltransferase accessibility showed that nucleosomes adjacent to the histone-free upstream activating sequence (UASp1) are disrupted earlier and at higher frequency in the cell population than are those more distal. Individually cloned molecules, each representing the chromatin state of a full promoter from a single cell, revealed multiple promoter classes with either no remodeling or variable numbers of disrupted nucleosomes. Individual promoters in the remodeled fraction were highly enriched for contiguous blocks of disrupted nucleosomes, the majority of which overlapped the UAS region. These results support a probabilistic model in which chromatin remodeling at PHO5 spreads from sites of transactivator association with DNA and attenuates with distance.
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- Walter J Jessen
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 2128 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-2128, USA
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Auesukaree C, Homma T, Tochio H, Shirakawa M, Kaneko Y, Harashima S. Intracellular phosphate serves as a signal for the regulation of the PHO pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:17289-94. [PMID: 14966138 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312202200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the phosphate signal transduction pathway (PHO pathway) is known to regulate the expression of several phosphate-responsive genes, such as PHO5 and PHO84. However, the fundamental issue of whether cells sense intracellular or extracellular phosphate remains unresolved. To address this issue, we have directly measured intracellular phosphate concentrations by (31)P NMR spectroscopy. We find that PHO5 expression is strongly correlated with the levels of both intracellular orthophosphate and intracellular polyphosphate and that the signaling defect in the Deltapho84 strain is likely to result from insufficient intracellular phosphate caused by a defect in phosphate uptake. Furthermore, the Deltaphm1Deltaphm2, Deltaphm3, and Deltaphm4 strains, which lack intracellular polyphosphate, have higher intracellular orthophosphate levels and lower expression of PHO5 than the wild-type strain. By contrast, the Deltaphm5 strain, which has lower intracellular orthophosphate and higher polyphosphate levels than the wild-type strain, shows repressed expression of PHO5, similar to the wild-type strain. These observations suggest that PHO5 expression is under the regulation of intracellular orthophosphate, although orthophosphate is not the sole signaling molecule. Moreover, the disruption of PHM3, PHM4, or of both PHM1 and PHM2 in the Deltapho84 strain suppresses, although not completely, the PHO5 constitutive phenotype by increasing intracellular orthophosphate, suggesting that Pho84p affects phosphate signaling largely by functioning as a transporter.
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- Choowong Auesukaree
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871
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Byrne M, Miller N, Springer M, O'Shea EK. A distal, high-affinity binding site on the cyclin-CDK substrate Pho4 is important for its phosphorylation and regulation. J Mol Biol 2004; 335:57-70. [PMID: 14659740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are key components of signaling pathways essential for cell growth and survival. The cyclin-CDK Pho80-Pho85 inactivates the transcription factor Pho4 in budding yeast by phosphorylating it on five sites. We isolated seven single amino acid substitutions outside of the phosphorylation sites that cause Pho4 to be constitutively active. The substitutions decrease the amount of Pho4 phosphorylation in vivo, and they increase the apparent K(M) of the in vitro phosphorylation reaction by an order of magnitude but do not alter k(cat) substantially. These data suggest that the substituted residues are part of a cyclin-CDK-binding site that is distal to the phosphorylation sites. Further analysis revealed that all of Pho4 variants were phosphorylated by Pho80-Pho85 in a more distributive manner than the wild-type protein, further supporting the idea that binding at a distal, high-affinity binding site is important in determining the processivity of Pho4 phosphorylation. In addition, computational modeling of the Pho4 phosphorylation reactions shows that the K(D) of binding between the Pho4 mutants and Pho80-Pho85 increases, confirming that the mutations are located in a relatively high-affinity "docking site" for the kinase. Interestingly, the K(D) derived from the in vitro data correlates well with the strength of the in vivo phenotypes, demonstrating that the in vitro data are relevant to the in vivo regulation of Pho4.
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- Meghan Byrne
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 600 16th Street, Genentech Hall Room S472D, San Francisco, CA 94143-2240, USA
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Springer M, Wykoff DD, Miller N, O'Shea EK. Partially phosphorylated Pho4 activates transcription of a subset of phosphate-responsive genes. PLoS Biol 2003; 1:E28. [PMID: 14624238 PMCID: PMC261874 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0000028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [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: 05/19/2003] [Accepted: 08/18/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A cell's ability to generate different responses to different levels of stimulus is an important component of an adaptive environmental response. Transcriptional responses are frequently controlled by transcription factors regulated by phosphorylation. We demonstrate that differential phosphorylation of the budding yeast transcription factor Pho4 contributes to differential gene expression. When yeast cells are grown in high-phosphate growth medium, Pho4 is phosphorylated on four critical residues by the cyclin-CDK complex Pho80-Pho85 and is inactivated. When yeast cells are starved for phosphate, Pho4 is dephosphorylated and fully active. In intermediate-phosphate conditions, a form of Pho4 preferentially phosphorylated on one of the four sites accumulates and activates transcription of a subset of phosphate-responsive genes. This Pho4 phosphoform binds differentially to phosphate-responsive promoters and helps to trigger differential gene expression. Our results demonstrate that three transcriptional outputs can be generated by a pathway whose regulation is controlled by one kinase, Pho80-Pho85, and one transcription factor, Pho4. Differential phosphorylation of Pho4 by Pho80-Pho85 produces phosphorylated forms of Pho4 that differ in their ability to activate transcription, contributing to multiple outputs.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
- Culture Media/chemistry
- Culture Media/metabolism
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/genetics
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/physiology
- Cyclins/genetics
- Cyclins/physiology
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Genes, Fungal
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Models, Biological
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Phosphates/chemistry
- Phosphopeptides/chemistry
- Phosphorylation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Repressor Proteins/genetics
- Repressor Proteins/physiology
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/physiology
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/physiology
- Transcription, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael Springer
- 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States of America
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- 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States of America
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- 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States of America
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- 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States of America
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Auesukaree C, Homma T, Kaneko Y, Harashima S. Transcriptional regulation of phosphate-responsive genes in low-affinity phosphate-transporter-defective mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 306:843-50. [PMID: 12821119 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)01068-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, two systems have been shown to be involved in the active transport of inorganic phosphate (P(i)) across the plasma membrane, the high-affinity system and the low-affinity system. The high-affinity system consists of Pho84p and Pho89p. The low-affinity system has recently been shown to be composed of Pho87p, Pho90p, and Pho91p. In this study, we found that the Deltapho87Deltapho90Deltapho91 strain which shows repressed PHO5 expression under high-P(i) condition has, unlike the wild-type strain, increased levels of PHO5 expression at an intermediate P(i) concentration of 0.5mM, whereas it is not defective in terms of P(i) uptake under the same conditions. Moreover, we observed that the transcription levels of PHO84 and PHO89 are also increased in low-affinity P(i)-transporter-defective mutants, indicating that the inactivation of low-affinity P(i) transporters leads to the activation of the PHO pathway. In contrast to that of PHO5, PHO84, and PHO89, the transcription of PHO87, PHO90, and PHO91 genes is independent of P(i) concentration and Pho4p activity, and the increased expression level of these transporters does not occur when other transporters including PHO84 are inactivated. The fact that low-affinity P(i)-transporter-defective mutants exhibit a derepression of P(i)-responsive genes suggests that low-affinity transporters play a role not only in P(i) transport but also in the regulation of the P(i) signal transduction pathway.
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- Choowong Auesukaree
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Liu Y, Shi Z, Silveira A, Liu J, Sawadogo M, Yang H, Feng X. Involvement of upstream stimulatory factors 1 and 2 in RANKL-induced transcription of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase gene during osteoclast differentiation. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:20603-11. [PMID: 12663664 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212093200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) plays an important role in bone resorption. TRAP expression in osteoclasts is regulated by receptor activator of NF-kappaB (RANKL), a potent activator of osteoclast differentiation. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the RANKL-induced TRAP expression remains unknown. Here we show that two regions in the mouse TRAP promoter (one at -1858 to -1239 and the other at -1239 to -1039, relative to the translation start site) are implicated in RANKL-induced TRAP transcription in RAW264.7 cells. A detailed characterization of the region at -1239 to -1039 identifies a 12-bp sequence, AGCCACGTGGTG, that specifically binds nuclear proteins from RAW264.7 cells and primary bone marrow macrophages (BMMs) in an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). Moreover, the binding is significantly enhanced in EMSA with nuclear extracts from RANKL-treated RAW264.7 cells and BMMs, suggesting that the 12-bp sequence may be involved in RANKL-induced TRAP transcription. Various assays reveal that nuclear proteins binding to the 12-bp sequence are upstream stimulatory factors (USF) 1 and 2. Importantly, mutation of the USF-binding site partially blocks RANKL-induced TRAP transcription in RAW264.7 cells, confirming that USF1 and USF2 are functionally involved in RANKL-induced TRAP transcription. In summary, our data show that USF1 and USF2 play a functional role in RANKL-dependent TRAP expression during osteoclast differentiation.
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- Yi Liu
- Department of Pathology, the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
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Dietary phosphate (Pi) is an important regulator for renal Pi reabsorption. The type II sodium-dependent phosphate (Na/Pi) cotransporters (NPT2) are located at the apical membranes of renal proximal tubular cells and major functional transporters associated with renal Pi reabsorption. The yeast one-hybrid system was used to clone a transcription factor that binds to a specific sequence (Pi response element) in the promoter of the NPT2 gene. Two cDNA clones that encoded protein of the mouse transcription factor mu E3 (TFE3) were isolated. TFE3 may participate in the transcriptional regulation of the NPT2 gene by dietary Pi.
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- K I Miyamoto
- Department of Nutritional Science, School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima City,
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Moreno-Herrero F, Herrero P, Colchero J, Baró AM, Moreno F. Imaging and mapping protein-binding sites on DNA regulatory regions with atomic force microscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280:151-7. [PMID: 11162492 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Regulation of gene expression is fundamental in biological systems. A systematic search for protein binding sites in gene promoters has been done in recent years. Biochemical techniques are easy and reliable when analysing protein interactions with short pieces of DNA, but are difficult and tedious when long pieces of DNA have to be analysed. Here we propose AFM as a reliable and easy technique for identifying protein interaction sites in long DNA molecules like gene promoters. We support this idea using a well-known model: the interaction of the Pho4 protein with the PHO5 gene promoter. We have also applied the technique to demonstrate that Mig1 protein binds to two motifs in the promoter of HXK2 gene. Our results allow us to define Mig1p as a new factor probably contributing to the carbon source-dependent transcription regulation of HXK2 gene.
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- F Moreno-Herrero
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología de Asturias, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Cave JW, Kremer W, Wemmer DE. Backbone dynamics of sequence specific recognition and binding by the yeast Pho4 bHLH domain probed by NMR. Protein Sci 2000; 9:2354-65. [PMID: 11206057 PMCID: PMC2144533 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.12.2354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Backbone dynamics of the basic/helix-loop-helix domain of Pho4 from Saccharomyces cerevisae have been probed by NMR techniques, in the absence of DNA, nonspecifically bound to DNA and bound to cognate DNA. Alpha proton chemical shift indices and nuclear Overhauser effect patterns were used to elucidate the secondary structure in these states. These secondary structures are compared to the co-crystal complex of Pho4 bound to a cognate DNA sequence (Shimizu T. Toumoto A, Ihara K, Shimizu M, Kyogou Y, Ogawa N, Oshima Y, Hakoshima T, 1997, EMBO J 15: 4689-4697). The dynamic information provides insight into the nature of this DNA binding domain as it progresses from free in solution to a specifically bound DNA complex. Relative to the unbound form, we show that formation of either the nonspecific and cognate DNA bound complexes involves a large change in conformation and backbone dynamics of the basic region. The nonspecific and cognate complexes, however, have nearly identical secondary structure and backbone dynamics. We also present evidence for conformational flexibility at a highly conserved glutamate basic region residue. These results are discussed in relation to the mechanism of sequence specific recognition and binding.
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- J W Cave
- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA
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Ogawa N, DeRisi J, Brown PO. New components of a system for phosphate accumulation and polyphosphate metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed by genomic expression analysis. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:4309-21. [PMID: 11102525 PMCID: PMC15074 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.12.4309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 363] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The PHO regulatory pathway is involved in the acquisition of phosphate (P(i)) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. When extracellular P(i) concentrations are low, several genes are transcriptionally induced by this pathway, which includes the Pho4 transcriptional activator, the Pho80-Pho85 cyclin-CDK pair, and the Pho81 CDK inhibitor. In an attempt to identify all the components regulated by this system, a whole-genome DNA microarray analysis was employed, and 22 PHO-regulated genes were identified. The promoter regions of 21 of these genes contained at least one copy of a sequence that matched the Pho4 recognition site. Eight of these genes, PHM1-PHM8, had no previously defined function in phosphate metabolism. The amino acid sequences of PHM1 (YFL004w), PHM2 (YPL019c), PHM3 (YJL012c), and PHM4 (YER072w) are 32-56% identical. The phm3 and phm4 single mutants and the phm1 phm2 double mutant were each severely deficient in accumulation of inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) and P(i). The phenotype of the phm5 mutant suggests that PHM5 (YDR452w) is essential for normal catabolism of polyP in the yeast vacuole. Taken together, the results reveal important new features of a genetic system that plays a critical role in P(i) acquisition and polyP metabolism in yeast.
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- N Ogawa
- Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5307, USA
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Lee M, O'Regan S, Moreau JL, Johnson AL, Johnston LH, Goding CR. Regulation of the Pcl7-Pho85 cyclin-cdk complex by Pho81. Mol Microbiol 2000; 38:411-22. [PMID: 11069666 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains lacking a functional Pho85 cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) exhibit a complex phenotype, including deregulation of phosphatase genes controlled by the transcription factor Pho4, slow growth on rich media, failure to grow using galactose, lactate or glycerol as a carbon source and hyperaccumulation of glycogen. The ability of Pho85 to regulate the transcription factor Pho4 is mediated by its association the Pho80 cyclin. Some other regulatory functions of the Pho85 cdk have been shown to be mediated via its interaction with a recently identified family of Pho80-related cyclins (Pcls). Here, we show that the poorly characterized Pho80-like protein Pcl7 forms a functional kinase complex with the Pho85 cdk, and that the activity of this complex is inhibited in response to phosphate starvation. Additionally, we show that Pcl7 interacts with the phosphate-regulated cyclin-cdk inhibitor Pho81, and that the regulation of the Pcl7-Pho85 complex in response to changes in phosphate levels is dependent on Pho81. Thus, we demonstrate for the first time that the Pho81 regulator is not dedicated to regulating Pho80, but may act to co-ordinate the activity of both the Pho80-Pho85 and Pcl7-Pho85 cyclin-cdk complexes in response to phosphate levels. We also demonstrate that expression of Pcl7 is cell cycle regulated, with maximal activity occurring in mid to late S-phase, perhaps suggesting a role for Pcl7 in cell cycle progression. Finally, we describe the phenotype of pcl7Delta and pcl6Delta yeast strains that have defects in carbon source utilization.
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- M Lee
- Eukaryotic Transcription Laboratory, Marie Curie Research Institute, The Chart, Oxted, Surrey RH8 OTL, UK
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To cope with low nutrient availability in nature, organisms have evolved inducible systems that enable them to scavenge and efficiently utilize the limiting nutrient. Furthermore, organisms must have the capacity to adjust their rate of metabolism and make specific alterations in metabolic pathways that favor survival when the potential for cell growth and division is reduced. In this article I will focus on the acclimation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a unicellular, eukaryotic green alga to conditions of nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus deprivation. This organism has a distinguished history as a model for classical genetic analyses, but it has recently been developed for exploitation using an array of molecular and genomic tools. The application of these tools to the analyses of nutrient limitation responses (and other biological processes) is revealing mechanisms that enable Chlamydomonas to survive harsh environmental conditions and establishing relationships between the responses of this morphologically simple, photosynthetic eukaryote and those of both nonphotosynthetic organisms and vascular plants.
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Persson BL, Petersson J, Fristedt U, Weinander R, Berhe A, Pattison J. Phosphate permeases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: structure, function and regulation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1422:255-72. [PMID: 10548719 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(99)00010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- B L Persson
- Department of Engineering, Växjö University, S-351 95, Växjö, Sweden.
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Kido S, Miyamoto K, Mizobuchi H, Taketani Y, Ohkido I, Ogawa N, Kaneko Y, Harashima S, Takeda E. Identification of Regulatory Sequences and Binding Proteins in the Type II Sodium/Phosphate Cotransporter NPT2 Gene Responsive to Dietary Phosphate. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:28256-63. [PMID: 10497181 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.40.28256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dietary phosphate (P(i)) is a most important regulator for renal P(i) reabsorption. The type II sodium-dependent phosphate (Na/P(i)) cotransporters (NPT2) are located at the apical membranes of renal proximal tubular cells and major functional transporters associated with renal P(i) reabsorption. The consumption of a low-P(i) diet induces the synthesis of NPT2, whereas a high P(i) diet decreases it. The molecular mechanisms of regulation by dietary P(i) are not yet known. In this report, in weaning mice fed a low-P(i) diet for 4 days, the NPT2 mRNA level was increased 1.8-fold compared with mice fed a normal P(i) diet. This increase was due to an elevation of the transcriptional activity. In the NPT2 gene promoter, the DNA footprint analysis showed that six regions were masked by the binding protein, but at the position -1010 to -985 upstream of the transcription start site, the binding clearly responded to the levels of dietary P(i). The phosphate response element (PRE) of the NPT2 gene was found to consist of the motif related to the E box, 5'-CACGTG-3'. A yeast one-hybrid system was used to clone a transcription factor that binds to the PRE sequences in the proximal promoter of the NPT2 gene. Two cDNA clones that encoded protein of the mouse transcription factor muE3 (TFE3) were isolated. This is a DNA-binding protein that activates transcription through the muE3 site of the immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer. TFE3 antibody completely inhibited the binding to the PRE. The coexpression of TFE3 in COS-7 cells transfected with the NPT2 gene promoter markedly stimulated the transcriptional activity. The feeding of a low P(i) diet significantly increased the amount of TFE3 mRNA in the kidney. These findings suggest that TFE3 may participate in the transcriptional regulation of the NPT2 gene by dietary P(i).
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- S Kido
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Kuramoto-Cho 3, Tokushima City 770, Japan
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Hasegawa J, Osatomi K, Wu RF, Uyeda K. A novel factor binding to the glucose response elements of liver pyruvate kinase and fatty acid synthase genes. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:1100-7. [PMID: 9873057 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.2.1100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transcription of the liver type pyruvate kinase and lipogenesis enzyme genes is induced by high carbohydrate in liver. We have found a novel protein factor in rat liver nuclei that binds to the glucose response element (CACGTG motifs) of the pyruvate kinase gene (Liu, Z. , Thompson, K. S., and Towle, H. C. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 12787-12795) and the "insulin response element" of fatty acid synthase gene. The amounts of this DNA-binding protein, termed "glucose response element binding protein" (GRBP) in the nuclear extract, were increased in liver by a high carbohydrate diet and decreased by starvation, high fat, and high protein diet. GRBP also occurs in cytosols of liver and is dependent on carbohydrate. Both the nuclear and the cytosolic GRBP showed similar properties, except the former was more resistant to thermal inactivation than the latter. Kinetics of glucose activation of the cytosolic GRBP in a primary culture of hepatocytes indicated that a half-maximum activation was achieved after 6 h, and glucose concentration required for the maximum activation of the GRBP was approximately 12 mM. Dibutyryl-cAMP, okadaic acid, and forskolin inhibited glucose activation of both GRBP and liver pyruvate kinase transcription. These results suggested that GRBP may be a factor that recognizes the glucose response motif site and may be involved in mediating carbohydrate response of the pyruvate kinase gene.
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- J Hasegawa
- Research and Development, Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75216, USA
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Purnelle B, Coster F, Goffeau A. The sequence of 55 kb on the left arm of yeast chromosome XVI identifies a small nuclear RNA, a new putative protein kinase and two new putative regulators. Yeast 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199611)12:14<1483::aid-yea34>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Aerne BL, Johnson AL, Toyn JH, Johnston LH. Swi5 controls a novel wave of cyclin synthesis in late mitosis. Mol Biol Cell 1998; 9:945-56. [PMID: 9529390 PMCID: PMC25320 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.4.945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We have shown previously that the Swi5 transcription factor regulates the expression of the SIC1 Cdk inhibitor in late mitosis. This suggests that Swi5 might control other genes with roles in ending mitosis. We identified a gene with a Swi5-binding site in the promoter that encoded a protein with high homology to Pcl2, a cyclin-like protein that associates with the Cdk Pho85. This gene, PCL9, is indeed regulated by Swi5 in late M phase, the only cyclin known to be expressed at this point in the cell cycle. The Pcl9 protein is associated with a Pho85-dependent protein kinase activity, and the protein is unstable with peak levels occurring in late M phase. PCL2 is already known to be expressed in late G1 and we find that, in addition, it is also regulated by Swi5 in telophase. The expression of PCL2 and PCL9 at this stage of the cell cycle implies a role for the Pho85 Cdk at the end of mitosis. Consistent with this a synthetic interaction was observed between pho85delta and strains deleted for SIC1, SWI5, and SPO12. These and other studies support the notion that the M/G1 switch is a major cell cycle transition.
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- B L Aerne
- Division of Yeast Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has at least six species of acid and alkaline phosphatases with different cellular localizations, as well as inorganic phosphate (Pi) transporters. Most of the genes encoding these enzymes are coordinately repressed and derepressed depending on the Pi concentration in the growth medium. The Pi signals are conveyed to these genes through a regulatory circuit consisting of a set of positive and negative regulatory proteins. This phosphatase system is interested as one of the best systems for studying gene regulation in S. cerevisiae due to the simplicity of phenotype determination in genetic analysis. With this methodological advantage, considerable amounts of genetic and molecular evidence in phosphatase regulation have been accumulated in the past twenty-five years. This article summarizes the current progress of research into this subject.
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- Y Oshima
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
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Magbanua JP, Fujisawa K, Ogawa N, Oshima Y. The homeodomain protein Pho2p binds at an A/T-rich segment flanking the binding site of the basic-helix-loop-helix protein Pho4p in the yeast PHO promoters. Yeast 1997; 13:1299-308. [PMID: 9392074 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199711)13:14<1299::aid-yea178>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Transcription of the genomic PHO5, PHO81 and PHO84 genes of the PHO regulon requires Pho4p and Pho2p activity, whereas transcription of PHO8 is directed by Pho4p alone. Pho4p binds to two 9-bp motifs, 5'-GCACGTGGG-3' (type 1. e.g. UASp2 of PHO5 and site D of PHO84) and 5'-GCACGTTTT-3' (type 2, e.g. UASp1 of PHO5 and site E of PHO84) in the PHO promoter. Experiments were performed to evaluate the ability of these 9-bp motifs to function as upstream activation sites (UASs) by insertion of various 36-bp fragments bearing the 9-bp motif in a CYC1-lacZ fusion gene. No expression of the lacZ gene was detected with the 36-bp fragment bearing UASp2 of PHO5, whereas similar 36-bp fragments bearing UASp1 of PHO5 and sites D and E of PHO84 showed UAS activity in response to Pi concentration in the medium and to the pho2 mutation. The Pho2p-responsive UASs are flanked by one or two copies of an A/T-rich segment, whereas UASp2 is not. Gel retardation and competition experiments performed using a T7-Pho2p-His chimeric protein showed that Pho2p binds to the 36-bp fragments bearing A/T-rich segment(s) but not appreciably to the 36-bp fragments not bearing such segment(s). Thus, the A/T segments flanking the PHO UASs are Pho2p binding sites and play an important role in PHO regulation.
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- J P Magbanua
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Uchiyama K, Morimoto M, Yokoyama Y, Shioya S. Cell cycle dependency of rice α-amylase production in a recombinant yeast. Biotechnol Bioeng 1997; 54:262-71. [PMID: 18634092 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19970505)54:3<262::aid-bit7>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- K Uchiyama
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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The recruitment model for gene activation stipulates that an activator works by bringing the transcriptional machinery to the DNA. Recent experiments in bacteria and yeast indicate that many genes can be activated by this mechanism. These findings have implications for our understanding of the nature of activating regions and their targets, and for the role of histones in gene regulation.
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- M Ptashne
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Kaytor EN, Shih H, Towle HC. Carbohydrate regulation of hepatic gene expression. Evidence against a role for the upstream stimulatory factor. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:7525-31. [PMID: 9054457 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.11.7525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Hepatic expression of the genes encoding L-type pyruvate kinase (L-PK) and S14 is induced in rats upon feeding them a high carbohydrate, low fat diet. A carbohydrate response element (ChoRE) containing two CACGTG-type E boxes has been mapped in the 5'-flanking region of both of these genes. The nature of the ChoRE suggests that a member of the basic/helix-loop-helix/leucine zipper family of proteins may be responsible for mediating the response to carbohydrate. Indeed, the upstream stimulatory factor (USF), a ubiquitous basic/helix-loop-helix/leucine zipper protein, is present in hepatic nuclear extracts and binds to the ChoREs of L-PK and S14 in vitro. We have conducted experiments to determine whether USF is involved in the carbohydrate-mediated regulation of L-PK and S14. For this purpose, dominant negative forms of USF that are capable of heterodimerizing with endogenous USF but not of binding to DNA were expressed in primary hepatocytes. Expression of these forms did not block either S14 or L-PK induction by glucose. In addition, we have constructed mutant ChoREs that retain their carbohydrate responsiveness but have lost the ability to bind USF. Together, these data suggest that USF is not the carbohydrate-responsive factor that stimulates S14 and L-PK expression and that a distinct hepatic factor is likely to be responsible for the transcriptional response.
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- E N Kaytor
- Department of Biochemistry and Institute of Human Genetics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Oshima Y, Ogawa N, Harashima S. Regulation of phosphatase synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae--a review. Gene X 1996; 179:171-7. [PMID: 8955644 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00425-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Transcription of the genes encoding acid and alkaline phosphatases and the inorganic phosphate (Pi) transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are coordinately repressed and derepressed depending on the Pi concentration in the culture medium. This phosphatase system is particularly suited for the study of regulatory mechanisms, because the acid phosphatase activity of each colony on a plate is easily detected by specific staining methods and there is a 500-fold difference between the repressed and derepressed levels of acid phosphatase activity. With these advantages, considerable amounts of genetic and molecular evidence have been accumulated in the past two decades. This article summarizes our current knowledge on this subject.
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- Y Oshima
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Purnelle B, Coster F, Goffeau A. The sequence of 55 kb on the left arm of yeast chromosome XVI identifies a small nuclear RNA, a new putative protein kinase and two new putative regulators. Yeast 1996; 12:1483-92. [PMID: 8948103 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(199611)12:14%3c1483::aid-yea34%3e3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We have sequenced and analysed a 55786 bp fragment located on the left arm of chromosome XVI of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The sequence contains 29 non-overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) longer than 300 bp, among which 12 genes have previously been sequenced: OYE3, REV3, SVS1, BEM4, CDC60, KIP2, PEP4, SPK1, PAL1, KES1, SNR17B and RPL37A. Three new ORFs, P2591, P2594 and P2597 are highly homologous to the human phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activator PTPA, to the pleiotropic regulator PRL1 of PP1 and PP2a protein phosphatases in plants and to the protein kinase PAR-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans, respectively. Three other ORFs, P2545, P2567 and P2578 have significant homology with ORFs of unknown function located on yeast chromosomes VIII, XVI and IV respectively.
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- B Purnelle
- Unité de Biochimie Physiologique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Yompakdee C, Ogawa N, Harashima S, Oshima Y. A putative membrane protein, Pho88p, involved in inorganic phosphate transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1996; 251:580-90. [PMID: 8709965 DOI: 10.1007/bf02173648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Transcription of a regulatory gene, PHO81, in the phosphatase regulon of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is repressed by inorganic phosphate (Pi) in the medium via that same regulatory system. The activity of Pho81p, the product of PHO81, is also inhibited by a high concentration of Pi in the medium. Increased dosage of PHO86, a gene encoding a putative membrane protein associated with a Pi transporter complex, activates the Pi-inhibited Pho81p produced under the control of the GAL1 promoter. A new gene, PHO88/ YBR106w, has now been identified as a multicopy suppressor of the rAPase- phenotype of the cells caused by the Pi inhibition of Pho81p. The pho86 disruptant expressed rAPase activity in high-Pi medium, while the pho88 disruptant did not. The delta pho86 delta pho88 double disruption resulted in enhanced synthesis of rAPase under the high-Pi condition and conferred arsenate resistance on the cells than those in single disruptants of these genes. Its hydropathy profile and the results of an analysis of its cellular localization suggested that Pho88p is a membrane protein similar to Pho86p. Both disruption and high dosage of PHO88 or PHO86 resulted in reduced Pi uptake. These findings suggest that Pho88p is also involved in Pi transport and modulates Pho81p function together with Pho86p.
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- C Yompakdee
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Shao D, Creasy CL, Bergman LW. Interaction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pho2 with Pho4 increases the accessibility of the activation domain of Pho4. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1996; 251:358-64. [PMID: 8676879 DOI: 10.1007/bf02172527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, expression of acid phosphatase, encoded by the PHO5 gene, requires two positive regulatory factors, Pho4 and Pho2 (also called Bas2 or Grf10). Using GAL4-PHO4 fusions, we demonstrate that a functional interaction between these two proteins is necessary for transcriptional activation to occur. This functional interaction between Pho4 and Pho2 is independent of the presence of the negative regulatory factor, Pho80, which also interacts with Pho4. Interestingly, truncations of Pho4 missing amino acids 252-265, which encompass the basic region of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) DNA binding motif, exhibit high transcriptional activation that is independent of the Pho2 molecule. Single amino acid mutations of highly conserved residues within this area all display this Pho2-independent phenotype. A region near the C-terminus of Pho2 appears to be critical for this interaction with Pho4. A model to account for the requirement for Pho2 in Pho4-dependent transcriptional activation is proposed.
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- D Shao
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19102, USA
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Yompakdee C, Bun-ya M, Shikata K, Ogawa N, Harashima S, Oshima Y. A putative new membrane protein, Pho86p, in the inorganic phosphate uptake system of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gene 1996; 171:41-7. [PMID: 8675028 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The PHO84 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes the P(i) transporter Pho84p. The other three genes, GTR1, PHO86 and PHO87, are also suggested to be involved in the P(i) uptake system. We cloned and sequenced PHO86 and found that it encodes a 34-kDa protein consisting of 311 amino acid residues with two strongly hydrophobic segments in its N-terminal half. Western blotting analysis of cell extracts revealed that Pho86p, tagged with c-Myc, was fractionated into a water-insoluble fraction. Disruption of PHO86 did not affect cell viability even in combination with the pho84 and/or pho87 disruptions. The triple disruptants showed high levels of constitutive rAPase synthesis and arsenate resistance similar to the pho84 mutant, but showed slower cell growth than the pho84 mutant. PHO86 has two putative binding sites for the transcriptional activator, Pho4p, at nucleotide positions -191 and -497 relative to the ATG start codon, and showed substantial levels of transcription under high-P(i) conditions and more enhanced levels in low-P(i) medium.
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- C Yompakdee
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Ogawa N, Saitoh H, Miura K, Magbanua JP, Bun-ya M, Harashima S, Oshima Y. Structure and distribution of specific cis-elements for transcriptional regulation of PHO84 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1995; 249:406-16. [PMID: 8552045 DOI: 10.1007/bf00287102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Transcription of the PHO84 gene encoding a Pi transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is regulated by the Pi concentration in the medium. The promoter region of PHO84 bears five copies of the motif 5'-CACGT(G/T)-3', a candidate for the upstream activation site (UAS) that binds the transcriptional activator protein of the phosphatase regulon, Pho4p. These motifs are found at nucleotides -880 (site A), -587 (B), -436 (C), -414 (D), and -262 (E) relative to the putative ATG codon of PHO84. The Pho4p binds to all five 6-bp motifs with various affinities. Deletion analysis of the PHO84 promoter using a PHO84-lacZ fusion gene and base substitutions in the 6-bp motif revealed that two copies of the 6-bp motif, either C or D, and E, are necessary and sufficient for full regulation of the PHO84 gene. Results of expression studies with a CYC1-lacZ fusion gene with various 36-bp oligonucleotides including the 30-bp sequences around site D or E, or with modified sequences, inserted in the CYC1 promoter region indicated that the 6-bps motif flanked by a thymine nucleotide at its 5' end is much less effective as a UAS site for Pho4p in vivo than other versions. Thus, the consensus sequences for phosphatase regulation are 5'-GCACGTGGG-3' and 5'-GCACGTTTT-3' which differ from the binding sequences for the Cpflp protein required for transcription of the genes in methionine biosynthesis and for centromere function. However, Pho4p binding in vitro was unaffected by modification of the 5' or 3' flanking sites of the 6-bp motif, while modification inside the 6-bp motif affected it severely. The UAS function of the GCACGTTTT motif with respect to the Pi signal depends on its orientation in the promoter sequence.
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- N Ogawa
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Svetlov VV, Cooper TG. Review: compilation and characteristics of dedicated transcription factors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 1995; 11:1439-84. [PMID: 8750235 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320111502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- V V Svetlov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 36163, USA
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Bachhawat N, Ouyang Q, Henry SA. Functional characterization of an inositol-sensitive upstream activation sequence in yeast. A cis-regulatory element responsible for inositol-choline mediated regulation of phospholipid biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:25087-95. [PMID: 7559640 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.42.25087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A repeated element, the inositol-sensitive upstream activation sequence (UASINO), having the consensus sequence, 5'-CATGTGAAAT-3', is present in the promoters of genes encoding enzymes of phospholipid biosynthesis that are regulated in response to the phospholipid precursors, inositol and choline. None of the naturally occurring variants of the UASINO element exactly recapitulates the consensus (for review, see Carman, G. M., and Henry, S. A. (1989) Annu. Rev. Biochem. 58, 635-669 and Paltauf, F., Kolwhein, S., and Henry, S. A. (1992) in Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Broach, J., Jones, E., and Pringle, J., eds) Vol. 2, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY). The first six bases of the UASINO element are homologous with canonical binding motif for proteins of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family. Two bHLH regulatory proteins, Ino2p and Ino4p from yeast, were previously shown to bind to promoter fragments containing this element. In the present study, an extensive analysis of UASINO function has been conducted. We report that any base substitution within the putative bHLH binding site resulted either in a dramatic reduction or in a complete obliteration of UASINO function as tested in an expression assay in vivo. Base substitutions in the 5' region that flanks the 10-base pair repeat, as well as sequences within the repeat itself at its 3' end outside the bHLH core, were also assessed. The two bases immediately flanking the 5' end of the element proved to be very important to its function as a UAS element as did the two bases immediately 3' of the bHLH core motif. Substitutions of the final two bases of the original ten base pair consensus (i.e. 5'-CATGTGAAAT-3') had less dramatic effects. We also tested a subset of the altered elements for their ability to serve as competitors in an assay of Ino2p x Ino4p binding. The strength of any given sequence as a UASINO element, as assayed in vivo, was strongly correlated with its strength as a competitor for Ino2p x Ino4p binding. We also tested a subset of the modified UASINO elements for their effects on expression in vivo in a strain carrying an opi1 mutation. The opi1 mutation renders the coregulated enzymes of phospholipid synthesis constitutive in the presence of phospholipid precursors. All elements that retained some residual UASINO activity when tested in the wild-type strain were constitutively expressed at a level comparable with the wild-type derepressed level when tested in the opi1 mutant.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- N Bachhawat
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Harashima S, Mizuno T, Mabuchi H, Yoshimitsu S, Ramesh R, Hasebe M, Tanaka A, Oshima Y. Mutations causing high basal level transcription that is independent of transcriptional activators but dependent on chromosomal position in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1995; 247:716-25. [PMID: 7616963 DOI: 10.1007/bf00290403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Two single (bel2 and bel4) and two double (bel3 bel7 and bel5 be16) mutations causing enhanced transcription of a gene fusion, consisting of the open reading frame of PHO5 connected to the HIS5 promoter (HIS5p) integrated at the ura3 or leu2 locus, were isolated from a gcn4-disrupted mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The PHO5 gene, encoding repressible acid phosphatase, in the HIS5p-PHO5 construct was derepressed under amino acid starved conditions by the action of the transcriptional activator Gcn4p. The bel mutants showed temperature-sensitive cell growth and/or cell aggregation. All the mutants except bel4 also showed high levels of transcription of an intact PHO5 DNA integrated at the URA3 locus in the absence of the cognate transcriptional activator, Pho4p, and in the absence of upstream activating sequences of PHO5. The HIS5 and PHO5 genes at their original chromosomal positions were, however, not affected by the bel2 mutation. The BEL2 gene was found to be identical with SIN4/TSF3, mutations in which cause high levels of transcription of the HO and GAL genes in the absence of their respective transcriptional activators, Swi5p and Gal4p. The effect of the bel2/sin4/tsf3 mutation on PHO5 transcription was additive with the Pho4p function. Thus the effect of the bel2/sin4/tsf3 mutation is dependent on the position of PHO5 in the chromosome and independent of Pho4p and Gen4p activation.
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- S Harashima
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Ambroziak J, Henry S. INO2 and INO4 gene products, positive regulators of phospholipid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, form a complex that binds to the INO1 promoter. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36612-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Nikoloff D, Henry S. Functional characterization of the INO2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A positive regulator of phospholipid biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37299-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Shih H, Towle H. Definition of the carbohydrate response element of the rat S14 gene. Context of the CACGTG motif determines the specificity of carbohydrate regulation. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37119-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The NUC-1 regulatory protein directly controls the transcription of these genes and how the activity enzymes in Neurospora crassa. To understand how NUC-1 regulates the transcription of these genes and how the activity of NUC-1 is modulated by other regulatory proteins, two putative functional domains of NUC-1 were analysed: the DNA-binding domain and the regulatory domain. The DNA-binding activity of NUC-1 has not been directly demonstrated; however, results of deletion analysis, sequence analysis of the nuc-1 mutant alleles, and strong sequence similarity with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PHO4 protein strongly suggest that the basic helix-loop-helix motif of NUC-1 forms a DNA-binding domain. Deletion and mutant analyses revealed that 39 amino acid (aa) residues (aa 463 to 501), or fewer, of NUC-1 are interacting with the negative regulatory factor(s), the PREG and/or PGOV proteins.
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- S Kang
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53705
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Araki H, Awane K, Irie K, Kaisho Y, Naito A, Oshima Y. A specific host factor binds at a cis-acting transcriptionally silent locus required for stability control of yeast plasmid pSR1. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 238:120-8. [PMID: 8479419 DOI: 10.1007/bf00279538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A cis-acting locus, Z, of plasmid pSR1 functions in stable maintenance of the plasmid in the native host, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. The Z locus was shown to be located in a 482 bp sequence in the 5' upstream region of an open reading frame, P, by subcloning various DNA fragments in a plasmid replicating via the ARS1 sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome. Northern analysis revealed that the Z region is not transcribed in either the native host Z. rouxii or the heterologous host S. cerevisiae. The Z region is protected from micrococcal nuclease attack in Z. rouxii but not in S. cerevisiae, its protection depending on the product of the S gene encoded by pSR1. Gel retardation assays suggested that a factor present in nuclear extracts of Z. rouxii cells, irrespective of the presence or absence of a resident pSR1 plasmid, binds to a 111 bp RsaI-SacII sequence in the Z region. These findings suggest that a host protein binds to the Z locus and that the S product interacts with this DNA-protein complex and stabilizes pSR1.
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- H Araki
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Ogawa N, Noguchi K, Yamashita Y, Yasuhara T, Hayashi N, Yoshida K, Oshima Y. Promoter analysis of the PHO81 gene encoding a 134 kDa protein bearing ankyrin repeats in the phosphatase regulon of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 238:444-54. [PMID: 8492812 DOI: 10.1007/bf00292004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The PHO81 gene encoding one of the regulators of the phosphatase regulon in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was mapped 9.8 centimorgans distal from the ser2 locus on the right arm of chromosome VII. Determination of the nucleotide sequence of cloned PHO81 DNA revealed a 3537 bp open reading frame encoding a 134 kDa protein. This protein has six repeats of a 33-amino acid sequence homologous to the ankyrin repeat and an asparagine-rich region. Transcription of PHO81 is activated by Pho4 protein in cooperation with Pho2 (i.e., Bas2/Grf10) protein under the influence of the inorganic phosphate (Pi) concentration in the medium, through the PHO regulatory system. Major transcription initiation sites of PHO81, determined by primer extension analysis, are at nucleotide positions -66 and -65 relative to the ATG codon. Deletion analysis showed that a 95 bp region from nucleotide position -385 to -291 is essential for response to the Pi signals. Purified Pho4 protein protected a 19 bp region (positions -350 to -332) in the 95 bp fragment from DNase I digestion in vitro and the protected region includes the core sequence 5'-CACGTG-3', which is also observed in other genes of phosphate metabolism.
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- N Ogawa
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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