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Essadik I, Boucher C, Bobée C, Cabet É, Gautier V, Lalucque H, Silar P, Chapeland-Leclerc F, Ruprich-Robert G. Mutations in Podospora anserina MCM1 and VelC Trigger Spontaneous Development of Barren Fruiting Bodies. J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:79. [PMID: 38276025 PMCID: PMC10819945 DOI: 10.3390/jof10010079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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The ascomycete Podospora anserina is a heterothallic filamentous fungus found mainly on herbivore dung. It is commonly used in laboratories as a model system, and its complete life cycle lasting eight days is well mastered in vitro. The main objective of our team is to understand better the global process of fruiting body development, named perithecia, induced normally in this species by fertilization. Three allelic mutants, named pfd3, pfd9, and pfd23 (for "promoting fruiting body development") obtained by UV mutagenesis, were selected in view of their abilities to promote barren perithecium development without fertilization. By complete genome sequencing of pfd3 and pfd9, and mutant complementation, we identified point mutations in the mcm1 gene as responsible for spontaneous perithecium development. MCM1 proteins are MADS box transcription factors that control diverse developmental processes in plants, metazoans, and fungi. We also identified using the same methods a mutation in the VelC gene as responsible for spontaneous perithecium development in the vacua mutant. The VelC protein belongs to the velvet family of regulators involved in the control of development and secondary metabolite production. A key role of MCM1 and VelC in coordinating the development of P. anserina perithecia with gamete formation and fertilization is highlighted.
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR 8236—LIED, F-75013 Paris, France (C.B.); (É.C.); (V.G.); (H.L.); (F.C.-L.)
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Zhou P, Wang Z, Li Y, Zhou Q. Identification and Expression of the MADS-box Gene Family in Different Versions of the Ginkgo biloba Genome. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3334. [PMID: 37765498 PMCID: PMC10535167 DOI: 10.3390/plants12183334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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MADS-box transcription factors play important roles in many organisms. These transcription factors are involved in processes such as the formation of the flower organ structure and the seed development of plants. Ginkgo biloba has two genome versions (version 2019 and version 2021), and there is no analysis or comparison of the MADS-box gene family in these two genomes. In this study, 26 and 20 MADS-box genes were identified from the two genomes of Ginkgo, of which 12 pairs of genes reached more than 80% similarity. According to our phylogenetic analysis results, we divided these genes into type I (Mα and Mγ subfamilies) and type II (MIKC and Mδ subfamilies) members. We found that both sets of genomes lacked the Mβ gene, while the MIKC gene was the most numerous. Further analysis of the gene structure showed that the MIKC genes in the two genomes had extralong introns (≥20 kb); these introns had different splicing patterns, and their expression might be more abundant. The gene expression analysis proved that GbMADS genes were expressed to varying degrees in eight Ginkgo biological tissues. Type II GbMADS genes not only were found to be related to female flower bud differentiation and development but also are important in seed development. Therefore, MADS-box genes may play important roles in the development of Ginkgo reproductive organs, which may suggest a genetic role in sexual differentiation. This study further contributes to the research on MADS-box genes and provides new insights into sex determination in Ginkgo.
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- Pengyan Zhou
- Zhejiang Academy of Forestry, 399 Liuhe Road, Hangzhou 310023, China; (P.Z.); (Y.L.)
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
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- Zhejiang Academy of Forestry, 399 Liuhe Road, Hangzhou 310023, China; (P.Z.); (Y.L.)
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- Zhejiang Academy of Forestry, 399 Liuhe Road, Hangzhou 310023, China; (P.Z.); (Y.L.)
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Raza Q, Riaz A, Atif RM, Hussain B, Rana IA, Ali Z, Budak H, Alaraidh IA. Genome-Wide Diversity of MADS-Box Genes in Bread Wheat is Associated with its Rapid Global Adaptability. Front Genet 2022; 12:818880. [PMID: 35111207 PMCID: PMC8801776 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.818880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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MADS-box gene family members play multifarious roles in regulating the growth and development of crop plants and hold enormous promise for bolstering grain yield potential under changing global environments. Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a key stable food crop around the globe. Until now, the available information concerning MADS-box genes in the wheat genome has been insufficient. Here, a comprehensive genome-wide analysis identified 300 high confidence MADS-box genes from the publicly available reference genome of wheat. Comparative phylogenetic analyses with Arabidopsis and rice MADS-box genes classified the wheat genes into 16 distinct subfamilies. Gene duplications were mainly identified in subfamilies containing unbalanced homeologs, pointing towards a potential mechanism for gene family expansion. Moreover, a more rapid evolution was inferred for M-type genes, as compared with MIKC-type genes, indicating their significance in understanding the evolutionary history of the wheat genome. We speculate that subfamily-specific distal telomeric duplications in unbalanced homeologs facilitate the rapid adaptation of wheat to changing environments. Furthermore, our in-silico expression data strongly proposed MADS-box genes as active guardians of plants against pathogen insurgency and harsh environmental conditions. In conclusion, we provide an entire complement of MADS-box genes identified in the wheat genome that could accelerate functional genomics efforts and possibly facilitate bridging gaps between genotype-to-phenotype relationships through fine-tuning of agronomically important traits.
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- Qasim Raza
- Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Qasim Raza, ; Ibrahim A. Alaraidh,
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- Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Precision Agriculture and Analytics Lab, National Centre for Big Data and Cloud Computing, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
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- Montana BioAgriculture, Inc., Missoula, MT, United States
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- *Correspondence: Qasim Raza, ; Ibrahim A. Alaraidh,
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A mitogen-activated protein kinase PoxMK1 mediates regulation of the production of plant-biomass-degrading enzymes, vegetative growth, and pigment biosynthesis in Penicillium oxalicum. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:661-678. [PMID: 33409610 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-11020-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are broadly conserved and play essential roles in multiple cellular processes, including fungal development, pathogenicity, and secondary metabolism. Their function, however, also exhibits species and strain specificity. Penicillium oxalicum secretes plant-biomass-degrading enzymes (PBDEs) that contribute to the carbon cycle in the natural environment and to utilization of lignocellulose in industrial processes. However, knowledge of the MAPK pathway in P. oxalicum has been relatively limited. In this study, comparative transcriptomic analysis of P. oxalicum, cultured on different carbon sources, found ten putative kinase genes with significantly modified transcriptional levels. Six of these putative kinase genes were knocked out in the parental strain ∆PoxKu70, and deletion of the gene, Fus3/Kss1-like PoxMK1 (POX00158), resulted in the largest reduction (91.1%) in filter paper cellulase production. Further tests revealed that the mutant ∆PoxMK1 lost 37.1 to 92.2% of PBDE production, under both submerged- and solid-state fermentation conditions, compared with ∆PoxKu70. In addition, the mutant ∆PoxMK1 had reduced vegetative growth and increased pigment biosynthesis. Comparative transcriptomic analysis showed that PoxMK1 deletion from P. oxalicum downregulated the expression of major PBDE genes and known regulatory genes such as PoxClrB and PoxCxrB, whereas the transcription of pigment biosynthesis-related genes was upregulated. Comparative phosphoproteomic analysis revealed that PoxMK1 deletion considerably modified phosphorylation of key transcription- and signal transduction-associated proteins, including transcription factors Mcm1 and Atf1, RNA polymerase II subunits Rpb1 and Rpb9, MAPK-associated Hog1 and Ste7, and cyclin-dependent kinase Kin28. These findings provide novel insights into understanding signal transduction and regulation of PBDE gene expression in fungi.Key points• PoxMK1 is involved in expression of PBDE- and pigment synthesis-related genes.• PoxMK1 is required for vegetative growth of P. oxalicum.• PoxMK1 is involved in phosphorylation of key TFs, kinases, and RNA polymerase II.
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Chew SY, Brown AJP, Lau BYC, Cheah YK, Ho KL, Sandai D, Yahaya H, Than LTL. Transcriptomic and proteomic profiling revealed reprogramming of carbon metabolism in acetate-grown human pathogen Candida glabrata. J Biomed Sci 2021; 28:1. [PMID: 33388061 PMCID: PMC7778802 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-020-00700-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Emergence of Candida glabrata, which causes potential life-threatening invasive candidiasis, has been widely associated with high morbidity and mortality. In order to cause disease in vivo, a robust and highly efficient metabolic adaptation is crucial for the survival of this fungal pathogen in human host. In fact, reprogramming of the carbon metabolism is believed to be indispensable for phagocytosed C. glabrata within glucose deprivation condition during infection. METHODS In this study, the metabolic responses of C. glabrata under acetate growth condition was explored using high-throughput transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. RESULTS Collectively, a total of 1482 transcripts (26.96%) and 242 proteins (24.69%) were significantly up- or down-regulated. Both transcriptome and proteome data revealed that the regulation of alternative carbon metabolism in C. glabrata resembled other fungal pathogens such as Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans, with up-regulation of many proteins and transcripts from the glyoxylate cycle and gluconeogenesis, namely isocitrate lyase (ICL1), malate synthase (MLS1), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK1) and fructose 1,6-biphosphatase (FBP1). In the absence of glucose, C. glabrata shifted its metabolism from glucose catabolism to anabolism of glucose intermediates from the available carbon source. This observation essentially suggests that the glyoxylate cycle and gluconeogenesis are potentially critical for the survival of phagocytosed C. glabrata within the glucose-deficient macrophages. CONCLUSION Here, we presented the first global metabolic responses of C. glabrata to alternative carbon source using transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. These findings implicated that reprogramming of the alternative carbon metabolism during glucose deprivation could enhance the survival and persistence of C. glabrata within the host.
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- Shu Yih Chew
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD UK
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- Proteomics and Metabolomics (PROMET) Group, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
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- Infectomics Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200 Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
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Dubey S, Saxena S, Chauhan AS, Mathur P, Rani V, Chakrabaroty D. Identification and expression analysis of conserved microRNAs during short and prolonged chromium stress in rice (Oryza sativa). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:380-390. [PMID: 31792790 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06760-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are one of the most critical epigenetic regulators of gene expression which modulate a spectrum of development and defence response processes in plants. Chromium (Cr) contamination in rice imposes a serious concern to human health as rice is used as staple food throughout the world. Although several studies have established the differential response of miRNAs in rice during heavy metal (arsenic, cadmium) and heat or cold stress, no report is available about the response of miRNAs during Cr stress. In the present study, we identified 512 and 568 known miRNAs from Cr treated and untreated samples, respectively. Expression analysis revealed that 13 conserved miRNAs (miR156, miR159, miR160, miR166, miR169, miR171, miR396, miR397, miR408, miR444, miR1883, miR2877, miR5072) depicted preferential up- or down-regulation (> 4-fold change; P value < 0.05). Target gene prediction of differentially expressed miRNAs and their functional annotation suggested the important role of miRNAs in defence and detoxification of Cr though ATP-binding cassette transporters (ABC transporters), transcription factors, heat shock proteins, auxin response, and metal ion transport. Real-time PCR analysis validated the differential expression of selected miRNAs and their putative target genes. In conclusion, our study identifies and predicts miRNA-mediated regulation of signalling pathway in rice during Cr stress.
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- Sonali Dubey
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, U.P, 201313, India.
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- Transcriptome Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Diseases, Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A-10, Sector-62, Noida, U.P, 201307, India
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Transcriptome Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Diseases, Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A-10, Sector-62, Noida, U.P, 201307, India
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- Transcriptome Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Diseases, Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A-10, Sector-62, Noida, U.P, 201307, India.
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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Identification of essential yeast genes involved in polyamine resistance. Gene 2018; 677:361-369. [PMID: 30153484 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.08.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ma J, Yang Y, Luo W, Yang C, Ding P, Liu Y, Qiao L, Chang Z, Geng H, Wang P, Jiang Q, Wang J, Chen G, Wei Y, Zheng Y, Lan X. Genome-wide identification and analysis of the MADS-box gene family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181443. [PMID: 28742823 PMCID: PMC5526560 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The MADS-box genes encode transcription factors with key roles in plant growth and development. A comprehensive analysis of the MADS-box gene family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has not yet been conducted, and our understanding of their roles in stress is rather limited. Here, we report the identification and characterization of the MADS-box gene family in wheat. A total of 180 MADS-box genes classified as 32 Mα, 5 Mγ, 5 Mδ, and 138 MIKC types were identified. Evolutionary analysis of the orthologs among T. urartu, Aegilops tauschii and wheat as well as homeologous sequences analysis among the three sub-genomes in wheat revealed that gene loss and chromosomal rearrangements occurred during and/or after the origin of bread wheat. Forty wheat MADS-box genes that were expressed throughout the investigated tissues and development stages were identified. The genes that were regulated in response to both abiotic stresses (i.e., phosphorus deficiency, drought, heat, and combined drought and heat) and biotic stresses (i.e., Fusarium graminearum, Septoria tritici, stripe rust and powdery mildew) were detected as well. A few notable MADS-box genes were specifically expressed in a single tissue and those showed relatively higher expression differences between the stress and control treatment. The expression patterns of considerable MADS-box genes differed from those of their orthologs in Brachypodium, rice, and Arabidopsis. Collectively, the present study provides new insights into the possible roles of MADS-box genes in response to stresses and will be valuable for further functional studies of important candidate MADS-box genes.
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- Jian Ma
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Molecular Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Molecular Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, China
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch WA, Australia
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Conservation and diversity of the regulators of cellulolytic enzyme genes in Ascomycete fungi. Curr Genet 2017; 63:951-958. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0695-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Revised: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Li N, Kunitake E, Aoyama M, Ogawa M, Kanamaru K, Kimura M, Koyama Y, Kobayashi T. McmA-dependent and -independent regulatory systems governing expression of ClrB-regulated cellulase and hemicellulase genes in Aspergillus nidulans. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:810-826. [PMID: 27588830 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Fungal cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes are promising tools for industrial hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass; however, the regulatory network underlying their production is not well understood. The recent discovery of the transcriptional activators ClrB and McmA in Aspergillus nidulans implied a novel regulatory mechanism driven by their interaction, experimental evidence for which was obtained from transcriptional and DNA-binding analyses in this study. It was found that ClrB was essential for induced expression of all the genes examined in this study, while McmA dependency of their expression was gene-dependent. DNA-binding studies revealed McmA assisted in the recruitment of ClrB to the cellulose-responsive element (CeRE) in the promoters of eglA and eglB, expression of which was significantly reduced in the mcmA mutant. The CCG triplet within the CeRE served as the recognition sequence for the ClrB monomer. In contrast, ClrB did not require McmA for binding as a homodimer to the CGGN8 CCG sequences in the promoter of mndB, expression of which was affected less in the mcmA mutant than in all other examined genes. Thus, there are two types of ClrB-mediated regulation: McmA-assisted and McmA-independent. This novel McmA-ClrB synergistic system provides new insights into the complex regulatory network involved in cellulase and hemicellulase production.
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- Nuo Li
- Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Noda Institute for Scientific Research, 399 Noda, Noda City, Chiba, 278-0037, Japan
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- Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Noda Institute for Scientific Research, 399 Noda, Noda City, Chiba, 278-0037, Japan
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- Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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Katiyar A, Smita S, Chinnusamy V, Pandey DM, Bansal K. Identification of miRNAs in sorghum by using bioinformatics approach. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2012; 7:246-59. [PMID: 22415044 PMCID: PMC3405690 DOI: 10.4161/psb.18914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression mainly by post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) and in some cases by transcriptional genes silencing (TGS). miRNAs play critical roles in developmental processes, nutrient homeostasis, abiotic stress and pathogen responses of plants. In contrast to the large number of miRNAs predicted in cereal model plant rice, only 148 miRNAs were predicted in sorghum till date (miRBase release 17). This suggested that miRNAs identified in sorghum is far from saturation. Hence, we developed a bioinformatics pipeline using an in-house PERL script and publicly available structure prediction tools to identify miRNAs and their target genes from publically available Expressed Sequence Tags (EST) and Genomic Survey Sequence (GSS). About 1379 known and unique plant miRNAs from 33 different crops were used to predict new miRNAs in sorghum. We identified 31 new miRNAs belonging to 10 different miRNA families. We predicted 72 potential target genes for 31 miRNAs, and most of these target genes are predicted to be involved in plant growth and development.These newly identified miRNAs add to the growing database of miRNA and lay the foundation for further understanding of miRNA function in sorghum plant development.
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- Amit Katiyar
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology; Indian Agricultural Research Institute Campus; New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology; Indian Agricultural Research Institute Campus; New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Birla Institute of Technology; Mesra; Ranchi; Jharkhand, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology; Indian Agricultural Research Institute Campus; New Delhi, India
- Correspondence to: Kailash Bansal,
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Homma K, Fukuchi S, Nishikawa K, Sakamoto S, Sugawara H. Intrinsically disordered regions have specific functions in mitochondrial and nuclear proteins. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2011; 8:247-55. [PMID: 21866296 DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05208j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Proteins in general consist not only of globular structural domains (SDs), but also of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), i.e. those that do not assume unique three-dimensional structures by themselves. Although IDRs are especially prevalent in eukaryotic proteins, the functions are mostly unknown. To elucidate the functions of IDRs, we first divided eukaryotic proteins into subcellular localizations, identified IDRs by the DICHOT system that accurately divides entire proteins into SDs and IDRs, and examined charge and hydropathy characteristics. On average, mitochondrial proteins have IDRs more positively charged than SDs. Comparison of mitochondrial proteins with orthologous prokaryotic proteins showed that mitochondrial proteins tend to have segments attached at both N and C termini, high fractions of which are IDRs. Segments added to the N-terminus of mitochondrial proteins contain not only signal sequences but also mature proteins and exhibit a positive charge gradient, with the magnitude increasing toward the N-terminus. This finding is consistent with the notion that positively charged residues are added to the N-terminus of proteobacterial proteins so that the extended proteins can be chromosomally encoded and efficiently transported to mitochondria after translation. By contrast, nuclear proteins generally have positively charged SDs and negatively charged IDRs. Among nuclear proteins, DNA-binding proteins have enhanced charge tendencies. We propose that SDs in nuclear proteins tend to be positively charged because of the need to bind to negatively charged nucleotides, while IDRs tend to be negatively charged to interact with other proteins or other regions of the same proteins to avoid premature proteasomal degradation.
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- Keiichi Homma
- Center for Information Biology-DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Ding Y, Chen Z, Zhu C. Microarray-based analysis of cadmium-responsive microRNAs in rice (Oryza sativa). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:3563-73. [PMID: 21362738 PMCID: PMC3130178 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate specific target mRNAs at the post-transcriptional level. Plant miRNAs have been implicated in developmental processes and adaptations to environmental stresses. Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential heavy metal that is highly toxic to plants. To investigate the responsive functions of miRNAs under Cd stress, miRNA expression in Cd-stressed rice (Oryza sativa) was profiled using a microarray assay. A total of 19 Cd-responsive miRNAs were identified, of which six were further validated experimentally. Target genes were also predicted for these Cd-responsive miRNAs, which encoded transcription factors, and proteins associated with metabolic processes or stress responses. In addition, the mRNA levels of several targets were negatively correlated with the corresponding miRNAs under Cd stress. Promoter analysis showed that metal stress-responsive cis-elements tended to occur more frequently in the promoter regions of Cd-responsive miRNAs. These findings suggested that miRNAs played an important role in Cd tolerance in rice, and highlighted a novel molecular mechanism of heavy metal tolerance in plants.
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- Yanfei Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China JiLiang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China JiLiang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Zhou X, Liu W, Wang C, Xu Q, Wang Y, Ding S, Xu JR. A MADS-box transcription factor MoMcm1 is required for male fertility, microconidium production and virulence in Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol Microbiol 2011; 80:33-53. [PMID: 21276092 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07556.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Appressorium formation is a key step in the infection cycle of Magnaporthe oryzae. Mst12 is a transcription factor essential for appressorium penetration and invasive growth. In this study we used the affinity purification approach to identify proteins that physically associate with Mst12. One of the Mst12-interacting genes identified was MoMCM1, which encodes a MADS-box protein orthologous to yeast Mcm1. MoMcm1 interacted with both Mst12 and Mata-1 in yeast two-hybrid assays. Deletion of MoMCM1 resulted in the loss of male fertility and microconidium production. The Momcm1 mutant was defective in appressorium penetration and formed narrower invasive hyphae, which may be responsible for its reduced virulence. In transformants expressing MoMCM1-eGFP fusion, GFP signals were observed in the nucleus. We also generated the Momcm1 mst12 double mutant, which was defective in penetration and non-pathogenic. On hydrophilic surfaces, germ tubes produced by the double mutant were severely curved, and 20% of them formed appressoria. In contrast, the Momcm1 or mst12 mutant did not form appressoria on hydrophilic surfaces. These results suggest that MoMCM1 and MST12 have overlapping functions to suppress appressorium formation under non-conducive conditions. MoMcm1 may interact with Mst12 and MatA-1 to regulate germ tube identity and male fertility respectively.
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- Xiaoying Zhou
- Purdue-NWAFU Joint Research Center, Department Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Robertson M, Helliwell CA, Dennis ES. Post-translational modifications of the endogenous and transgenic FLC protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 49:1859-1866. [PMID: 18988635 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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FLC is a MADS box transcription factor that acts as a dosage-dependent repressor of flowering. We carried out a 2D gel analysis and showed that the majority of endogenous FLC and overexpressed FLC-FLAG proteins are post-translationally modified. The endogenous and transgenic proteins have different floral repressor activities; however, they have similar, if not the same, profiles of post-translational modifications. The protein modification profile was also not changed by vernalization treatment. The activities of other MADS box proteins have been shown to be affected by phosphorylation and we found that both the endogenous FLC and the transgenic FLC-FLAG protein are phosphorylated. When eight potential serine kinase target sites in FLC were changed to mimic phosphorylated residues, expression of the mutant FLC-FLAG protein led to early flowering, suggesting that the repressive function was abolished. When the same eight serine residues were changed to non-phosphorylatable residues, expression of the resulting protein gave the same weak flowering repression as overexpressed unmodified FLC-FLAG. The non-phosphorylatable variant of FLC-FLAG showed a similar spectrum of post-translational modifications to unmodified FLC-FLAG, indicating that modifications other than the predicted phosphorylations occur. Our data provide evidence for a post-translational regulation of FLC function.
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- Masumi Robertson
- CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia.
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Riggle PJ, Kumamoto CA. Transcriptional regulation of MDR1, encoding a drug efflux determinant, in fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans strains through an Mcm1p binding site. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2006; 5:1957-68. [PMID: 17041190 PMCID: PMC1694824 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00243-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Constitutive, high-level transcription of the gene encoding the drug efflux facilitator Mdr1p is commonly observed in laboratory and clinical strains of Candida albicans that are resistant to the antifungal drug fluconazole (FLC). In five independently isolated FLC(R) laboratory strains, introduction of a wild-type MDR1 promoter fragment fused to the yeast enhanced green fluorescent protein (yEGFP) reporter gene resulted in high-level expression of GFP, demonstrating that overexpression of MDR1 is dependent on a trans-acting factor. This study identified a 35-bp MDR1 promoter element, termed the MDRE, that mediates high-level MDR1 transcription. When inserted into a heterologous promoter, the MDRE was sufficient to mediate high-level expression of the yEGFP reporter gene specifically in MDR1 trans-activation strains. The MDRE promoted transcription in an orientation-independent and dosage-dependent manner. Deletion of the MDRE in the full-length promoter did not abolish MDR1 trans-activation, indicating that elements upstream of the MDRE also contribute to transcription of MDR1 in these overexpression strains. Analysis of the MDRE sequence indicated that it contains an Mcm1p binding site very similar in organization to the site seen upstream of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MFA1 and STE2 genes. Electrophoretic mobility shift analysis demonstrated that both wild-type, FLC-sensitive and MDR1 trans-activated, FLC-resistant strains contain a factor that binds the MDRE. Depletion of Mcm1p, by use of a strain in which MCM1 expression is under the control of a regulated promoter (44), resulted in a loss of MDRE binding activity. Thus, the general transcription factor Mcm1p participates in the regulation of MDR1 expression.
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- Perry J Riggle
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Nolting N, Pöggeler S. A STE12 homologue of the homothallic ascomyceteSordaria macrosporainteracts with the MADS box protein MCM1 and is required for ascosporogenesis. Mol Microbiol 2006; 62:853-68. [PMID: 16999832 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05415.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The MADS box protein MCM1 controls diverse developmental processes and is essential for fruiting body formation in the homothallic ascomycete Sordaria macrospora. MADS box proteins derive their regulatory specificity from a wide range of different protein interactions. We have recently shown that the S. macrospora MCM1 is able to interact with the alpha-domain mating-type protein SMTA-1. To further evaluate the functional roles of MCM1, we used the yeast two-hybrid approach to identify MCM1-interacting proteins. From this screen, we isolated a protein with a putative N-terminal homeodomain and C-terminal C2/H2-Zn2+ finger domains. The protein is a member of the highly conserved fungal STE12 transcription factor family of proteins and was therefore termed STE12. Furthermore, we demonstrate by means of two-hybrid and far western analysis that in addition to MCM1, the S. macrospora STE12 protein is able to interact with the mating-type protein SMTA-1. Unlike the situation in the closely related heterothallic ascomycete Neurospora crassa, deletion (Delta) of the ste12 gene in S. macrospora neither affects vegetative growth nor fruiting body formation. However, ascus and ascospore development are highly impaired by the Deltaste12 mutation. Our data provide another example of the functional divergence within the fungal STE12 transcription factor family.
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- Nicole Nolting
- Department of General and Molecular Botany, Ruhr University of Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Abraham DS, Vershon AK. N-terminal arm of Mcm1 is required for transcription of a subset of genes involved in maintenance of the cell wall. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2006; 4:1808-19. [PMID: 16278448 PMCID: PMC1287865 DOI: 10.1128/ec.4.11.1808-1819.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The yeast Mcm1 protein is a member of the MADS box family of transcription factors that interacts with several cofactors to differentially regulate genes involved in cell-type determination, mating, cell cycle control and arginine metabolism. Residues 18 to 96 of the protein, which form the core DNA-binding domain of Mcm1, are sufficient to carry out many Mcm1-dependent functions. However, deletion of residues 2 to 17, which form the nonessential N-terminal (NT) arm, confers a salt-sensitive phenotype, suggesting that the NT arm is required for the activation of salt response genes. We used a strategy that combined information from the mutational analysis of the Mcm1-binding site with microarray expression data under salt stress conditions to identify a new subset of Mcm1-regulated genes. Northern blot analysis showed that the transcript levels of several genes encoding associated with the cell wall, especially YGP1, decrease significantly upon deletion of the Mcm1 NT arm. Deletion of the Mcm1 NT arm results in a calcofluor white-sensitive phenotype, which is often associated with defects in transcription of cell wall genes. In addition, the deletion makes cells sensitive to CaCl2 and alkaline pH. We found that the defect caused by removal of the NT arm is not due to changes in Mcm1 protein level, stability, DNA-binding affinity, or DNA bending. This suggests that residues 2 to 17 of Mcm1 may be involved in recruiting a cofactor to the promoters of these genes to activate transcription.
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- Deepu S Abraham
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology and Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, 190 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020, USA
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Calcagno AM, Bignell E, Warn P, Jones MD, Denning DW, Mühlschlegel FA, Rogers TR, Haynes K. Candida glabrata STE12 is required for wild-type levels of virulence and nitrogen starvation induced filamentation. Mol Microbiol 2004; 50:1309-18. [PMID: 14622417 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03755.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The highly conserved fungal Ste12 transcription factor family of proteins play critical roles in the regulation of many cellular processes including mating, cell wall biosynthesis, filamentation and invasive growth. They are also important mediators of fungal virulence. The Candida glabrata STE12 homologue was cloned. The encoded protein has a single DNA binding homeodomain but lacks both a C2H2 zinc finger DNA binding domain and an apparent Dig1/Dig2 regulatory motif. Candida glabrata STE12 can functionally complement the nitrogen starvation induced filamentation and mating defects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ste12 mutants. We also show that C. glabrata STE12 is required for nitrogen starvation-induced filamentation as ste12 mutants rarely produce pseudohyphae on nitrogen depleted media. Finally we describe a novel murine model of C. glabrata systemic disease and use this to demonstrate that C. glabrata ste12 mutants, although still able to cause disease, are attenuated for virulence compared with STE12 reconstituted strains. Candida glabrata STE12 is therefore the first virulence factor encoding gene to be described in this increasingly important fungal pathogen.
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- Ana-Maria Calcagno
- Department of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Carr EA, Mead J, Vershon AK. Alpha1-induced DNA bending is required for transcriptional activation by the Mcm1-alpha1 complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:2298-305. [PMID: 15118075 PMCID: PMC419449 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The yeast Mcm1 protein is a founding member of the MADS-box family of transcription factors that is involved in the regulation of diverse sets of genes through interactions with distinct cofactor proteins. Mcm1 interacts with the Matalpha1 protein to activate the expression of the alpha-cell type-specific genes. To understand the requirement of the cofactor alpha1 for Mcm1-alpha1-dependent transcriptional activation we analyzed the recruitment of Mcm1 to the promoters of alpha-specific genes in vivo and found that Mcm1 is able to bind to the promoters of alpha-specific genes in the absence of alpha1. This suggests the function of alpha1 is more complex than simply recruiting Mcm1. Several MADS-box transcription factors, including Mcm1, induce DNA bending and there is evidence the proper bend may be required for transcriptional activation. We analyzed Mcm1-dependent bending of a Mcm1-alpha1 binding site in the presence and absence of alpha1 and found that Mcm1 alone shows a reduced DNA-bend at this site compared with other Mcm1 binding sites. However, the addition of alpha1 markedly increases the DNA-bend and we present evidence this bend is required for full transcriptional activation. These results support a model in which proper DNA-bending by the Mcm1-alpha1 complex is required for transcriptional activation.
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- Edward A Carr
- Waksman Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Messenguy F, Dubois E. Role of MADS box proteins and their cofactors in combinatorial control of gene expression and cell development. Gene 2003; 316:1-21. [PMID: 14563547 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(03)00747-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In all organisms, correct development, growth and function depends on the precise and integrated control of the expression of their genes. Often, gene regulation depends upon the cooperative binding of proteins to DNA and upon protein-protein interactions. Eukaryotes have widely exploited combinatorial strategies to create gene regulatory networks. MADS box proteins constitute the perfect example of cellular coordinators. These proteins belong to a large family of transcription factors present in most eukaryotic organisms and are involved in diverse and important biological functions. MADS box proteins are combinatorial transcription factors in that they often derive their regulatory specificity from other DNA binding or accessory factors. This review is aimed at analyzing how MADS box proteins combine with a variety of cofactors to achieve functional diversity.
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- Francine Messenguy
- Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J-M Wiame, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue Emile Gryzon 1, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Van Slyke C, Grayhack EJ. The essential transcription factor Reb1p interacts with the CLB2 UAS outside of the G2/M control region. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:4597-607. [PMID: 12888520 PMCID: PMC169905 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Regulation of CLB2 is important both for completion of the normal vegetative cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and for departure from the vegetative cell cycle upon nitrogen deprivation. Cell cycle-regulated transcription of CLB2 in the G2/M phase is known to be brought about by a set of proteins including Mcm1p, Fkh2/1p and Ndd1p that associate with a 35 bp G2/M-specific sequence common to a set of co-regulated genes. CLB2 transcription is regulated by additional signals, including by nitrogen levels, by positive feedback from the Clb2-Cdc28 kinase, and by osmotic stress, but the corresponding regulatory sequences and proteins have not been identified. We have found that the essential Reb1 transcription factor binds with high affinity to a sequence upstream of CLB2, within a region implicated previously by others in regulated expression, but upstream of the known G2/M-specific site. CLB2 sequence from the region around the Reb1p site blocks activation by the Gal4 protein when positioned downstream of the Gal4-binding site. Since a mutation in the Reb1p site abrogates this effect, we suggest that Reb1p is likely to occupy this site in vivo.
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- Ceri Van Slyke
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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El Alami M, Messenguy F, Scherens B, Dubois E. Arg82p is a bifunctional protein whose inositol polyphosphate kinase activity is essential for nitrogen and PHO gene expression but not for Mcm1p chaperoning in yeast. Mol Microbiol 2003; 49:457-68. [PMID: 12828642 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the synthesis of inositol pyrophosphates is essential for vacuole biogenesis and the cell's response to certain environmental stresses. The kinase activity of Arg82p and Kcs1p is required for the production of soluble inositol phosphates. To define physiologically relevant targets of the catalytic products of Arg82p and Kcs1p, we used DNA microarray technology. In arg82delta or kcs1delta cells, we observed a derepressed expression of genes regulated by phosphate (PHO) on high phosphate medium and a strong decrease in the expression of genes regulated by the quality of nitrogen source (NCR). Arg82p and Kcs1p are required for activation of NCR-regulated genes in response to nitrogen availability, mainly through Nil1p, and for repression of PHO genes by phosphate. Only the catalytic activity of both kinases was required for PHO gene repression by phosphate and for NCR gene activation in response to nitrogen availability, indicating a role for inositol pyrophosphates in these controls. Arg82p also controls expression of arginine-responsive genes by interacting with Arg80p and Mcm1p, and expression of Mcm1-dependent genes by interacting with Mcm1p. We show here that Mcm1p and Arg80p chaperoning by Arg82p does not involve the inositol polyphosphate kinase activity of Arg82p, but requires its polyaspartate domain. Our results indicate that Arg82p is a bifunctional protein whose inositol kinase activity plays a role in multiple signalling cascades, and whose acidic domain protects two MADS-box proteins against degradation.
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- Mohamed El Alami
- Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J-M Wiame, Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1 avenue Emile Gryzon, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Barz T, Ackermann K, Dubois G, Eils R, Pyerin W. Genome-wide expression screens indicate a global role for protein kinase CK2 in chromatin remodeling. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:1563-77. [PMID: 12640040 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Protein kinase CK2, a vital, pleiotropic and highly conserved serine/threonine phosphotransferase is involved in transcription-directed signaling, gene control and cell cycle regulation and is suspected to play a role in global processes. Searching for these global roles, we analyzed the involvement of CK2 in gene expression at cell cycle entry by using genome-wide screens. Comparing expression profiles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae wild-type strains with strains with regulatory or catalytic subunits of CK2 deleted, we found significant alterations in the expression of genes at all cell cycle phases and often in a subunit- and isoform-specific manner. Roughly a quarter of the genes known to be regulated by the cell cycle are affected. Functionally, the genes are involved with cell cycle entry, progression and exit, including spindle pole body formation and dynamics. Strikingly, most CK2-affected genes exhibit no common transcriptional control features, and a considerable proportion of temporarily altered genes encodes proteins involved in chromatin remodeling and modification, including chromatin assembly, (anti-)silencing and histone (de-)acetylation. In addition, various metabolic pathway and nutritional supply genes are affected. Our data are compatible with the idea that CK2 acts at different levels of cellular organization and that CK2 has a global role in transcription-related chromatin remodeling.
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- Thomas Barz
- Biochemische Zellphysiologie (B0200) and Intelligente Bioinformatiksysteme (H0900), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Rottmann M, Dieter S, Brunner H, Rupp S. A screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae identified CaMCM1, an essential gene in Candida albicans crucial for morphogenesis. Mol Microbiol 2003; 47:943-59. [PMID: 12581351 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [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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Morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans is governed in part by the same molecular circuits. In S. cerevisiae, FLO11/MUC1 expression has been shown to be modulated by multiple signalling pathways required for pseudohyphal development. We have established a screen in S. cerevisiae to identify regulators of fungal development in C. albicans based on FLO11::lacZ expression as a reporter. This screen identified both known components of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade and the cAMP cascade that are important for hyphal development in C. albicans, as well as genes not yet known to be involved in morphogenesis. The Candida homologue of MCM1 is one of the novel factors identified in this screen as being important for morphogenesis. CaMcm1p levels do not vary significantly in different cell types and respond to an autoregulatory feedback mechanism, arguing that CaMcm1p activity is regulated by post-translational modifications. Both overexpression and repression of this essential gene led to the induction of hyphae. Moreover, we found that the expression of HWP1, a hyphae-specific gene, was induced by repression of CaMCM1. The changes in morphology and HWP1 expression were not the result of a change in expression levels of NRG1 or TUP1, known repressors of hyphal development. Thus, CaMcm1p is a component of a hitherto unknown regulatory mechanism of hyphal growth.
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- M Rottmann
- Fraunhofer IGB, Nobelstr. 12, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Jamai A, Dubois E, Vershon AK, Messenguy F. Swapping functional specificity of a MADS box protein: residues required for Arg80 regulation of arginine metabolism. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:5741-52. [PMID: 12138185 PMCID: PMC133979 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.16.5741-5752.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Arg80 and Mcm1, two members of the MADS box family of DNA-binding proteins, regulate the metabolism of arginine in association with Arg81, the arginine sensor. In spite of the high degree of sequence conservation between the MADS box domains of the Arg80 and Mcm1 proteins (56 of 81 amino acids), these domains are not interchangeable. To determine which amino acids define the specificity of Arg80, we swapped the amino acids in each secondary-structure element of the Arg80 MADS box domain with the corresponding amino acids of Mcm1 and assayed the ability of these chimeras to regulate arginine-metabolic genes in place of the wild-type Arg80. Also performed was the converse experiment in which each variant residue in the Mcm1 MADS box domain was swapped with the corresponding residue of Arg80 in the context of an Arg80-Mcm1 fusion protein. We show that multiple regions of Arg80 are important for its function. Interestingly, the residues which have important roles in determining the specificity of Arg80 are not those which could contact the DNA but are residues that are likely to be involved in protein interactions. Many of these residues are clustered on one side of the protein, which could serve as an interface for interaction with Arg81 or Mcm1. This interface is distinct from the region used by the Mcm1 and human serum response factor MADS box proteins to interact with their cofactors. It is possible that this alternative interface is used by other MADS box proteins to interact with their cofactors.
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- Adil Jamai
- Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J. M. Wiame and Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Mead J, Bruning AR, Gill MK, Steiner AM, Acton TB, Vershon AK. Interactions of the Mcm1 MADS box protein with cofactors that regulate mating in yeast. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:4607-21. [PMID: 12052870 PMCID: PMC133914 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.13.4607-4621.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The yeast Mcm1 protein is a member of the MADS box family of transcriptional regulatory factors, a class of DNA-binding proteins that control numerous cellular and developmental processes in yeast, Drosophila melanogaster, plants, and mammals. Although these proteins bind DNA on their own, they often combine with different cofactors to bind with increased affinity and specificity to their target sites. To understand how this class of proteins functions, we have made a series of alanine substitutions in the MADS box domain of Mcm1 and examined the effects of these mutations in combination with its cofactors that regulate mating in yeast. Our results indicate which residues of Mcm1 are essential for viability and transcriptional regulation with its cofactors in vivo. Most of the mutations in Mcm1 that are lethal affect DNA-binding affinity. Interestingly, the lethality of many of these mutations can be suppressed if the MCM1 gene is expressed from a high-copy-number plasmid. Although many of the alanine substitutions affect the ability of Mcm1 to activate transcription alone or in combination with the alpha 1 and Ste12 cofactors, most mutations have little or no effect on Mcm1-mediated repression in combination with the alpha 2 cofactor. Even nonconservative amino acid substitutions of residues in Mcm1 that directly contact alpha 2 do not significantly affect repression. These results suggest that within the same region of the Mcm1 MADS box domain, there are different requirements for interaction with alpha 2 than for interaction with either alpha1 or Ste12. Our results suggest how a small domain, the MADS box, interacts with multiple cofactors to achieve specificity in transcriptional regulation and how subtle differences in the sequences of different MADS box proteins can influence the interactions with specific cofactors while not affecting the interactions with common cofactors.
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- Janet Mead
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology and Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8020, USA
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Mai B, Miles S, Breeden LL. Characterization of the ECB binding complex responsible for the M/G(1)-specific transcription of CLN3 and SWI4. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:430-41. [PMID: 11756540 PMCID: PMC139728 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.2.430-441.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The transcription factor Mcm1 is regulated by adjacent binding of a variety of different factors regulating the expression of cell-type-specific, cell cycle-specific, and metabolic genes. In this work, we investigate a new class of Mcm1-regulated promoters that are cell cycle regulated and peak in late M-early G(1) phase of the cell cycle via a promoter element referred to as an early cell cycle box (ECB). Gel filtration experiments indicate that the ECB-specific DNA binding complex is over 200 kDa in size and includes Mcm1 and at least one additional protein. Using DNase I footprinting in vitro, we have observed protection of the ECB elements from the CLN3, SWI4, CDC6, and CDC47 promoters, which includes protection of the 16-bp palindrome to which Mcm1 dimers are known to bind as well as protection of extended flanking sequences. These flanking sequences influence the stability and the variety of complexes that form on the ECB elements, and base substitutions in the protected flank affect transcriptional activity of the element. Chromatin immunoprecipitations show that Mcm1 binds in vivo to ECB elements throughout the cell cycle and that binding is sensitive to carbon source changes.
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- Bernard Mai
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Basic Sciences, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA
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Salmon D, Montero-Lomeli M, Goldenberg S. A DnaJ-like protein homologous to the yeast co-chaperone Sis1 (TcJ6p) is involved in initiation of translation in Trypanosoma cruzi. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:43970-9. [PMID: 11551903 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102427200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, proteins homologous to the bacterial DnaJ protein are involved in regulation of the Hsp70 molecular chaperones, which are implicated in a variety of protein biogenesis pathways. We report herewith the molecular characterization of a T. cruzi DnaJ gene, termed TcJ6, encoding a protein that displays high sequence homology with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sis1 co-chaperone required for the initiation of translation. TcJ6 protein was expressed as a polypeptide of 36.5 kDa at a constant level during parasite differentiation and was associated to the cytoplasmic fraction. We showed that overexpression of TcJ6 complemented a temperature-sensitive yeast sis1 mutant. In addition, sucrose gradient sedimentation analysis of polysomes from T. cruzi and a yeast mutant overexpressing TcJ6p showed that the trypanosomal co-chaperone was closely associated with ribosomal subunits, 80 S monosomes and the smaller polysomes, as observed for Sis1p. Furthermore, in T. cruzi TcJ6p was also found to be preferentially concentrated around the nucleus, giving a speckled staining pattern. This suggests that TcJ6p is associated with the endoplasmic reticulum. Taken together, these data suggest that the trypanosomal DnaJ is involved in initiation of translation.
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- D Salmon
- Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Kanhonou R, Serrano R, Palau RR. A catalytic subunit of the sugar beet protein kinase CK2 is induced by salt stress and increases NaCl tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 47:571-9. [PMID: 11725943 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012227913356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Salinity is an important limiting factor in plant growth and development. We have cloned a catalytic subunit of the sugar beet protein kinase CK2 (BvCKA2) by functional expression in yeast of a NaCl-induced cDNA library. BvCKA2 was able to increase the yeast tolerance to NaCl and to functionally complement the cka1 cka2 yeast double mutant upon over-expression. Southern blot analysis indicated that, in sugar beet, the BCKA2 gene is a member of a multigene family. The mRNA levels of BvCKA2 were up-regulated in response to NaCl stress which suggests that protein kinase CK2 may be involved in the plant response to salt stress.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Beta vulgaris/enzymology
- Beta vulgaris/genetics
- Blotting, Southern
- Casein Kinase II
- Catalytic Domain
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cell Division/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Gene Library
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Plant Leaves/enzymology
- Plant Leaves/genetics
- Potassium/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/drug effects
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sodium/metabolism
- Sodium Chloride/pharmacology
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- R Kanhonou
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-CSIC, Spain
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Swain PK, Hicks D, Mears AJ, Apel IJ, Smith JE, John SK, Hendrickson A, Milam AH, Swaroop A. Multiple phosphorylated isoforms of NRL are expressed in rod photoreceptors. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:36824-30. [PMID: 11477108 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105855200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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NRL, a bZIP transcription factor of the Maf subfamily, interacts with the homeodomain protein CRX and synergistically regulates rhodopsin expression. Here we report that six isoforms of NRL (29-35 kDa) are generated by phosphorylation and expressed specifically in the mammalian retina. The anti-NRL antibody also cross-reacts with a cytosolic 45-kDa protein, which is detected in neuronal tissues but is not encoded by the NRL gene. In both human retinal cell cultures and sections of fetal and adult human retina, NRL is present in the nuclei of developing and mature rods but not cones. We propose that NRL regulates rod photoreceptor-specific gene expression and is involved in rod differentiation.
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- P K Swain
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
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Hollenhorst PC, Pietz G, Fox CA. Mechanisms controlling differential promoter-occupancy by the yeast forkhead proteins Fkh1p and Fkh2p: implications for regulating the cell cycle and differentiation. Genes Dev 2001; 15:2445-56. [PMID: 11562353 PMCID: PMC312786 DOI: 10.1101/gad.906201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The roles of DNA and Mcm1p interactions in determining the overlapping and distinct functions of the yeast cell cycle regulatory transcription factors Fkh1p and Fkh2p were examined. Full-length recombinant Fkh1p and Fkh2p were purified and their binding to bona fide promoters examined in vitro. Each protein bound a variety of target promoters with similar specificity in vitro, consistent with the observation that these proteins bind common promoters in vivo. However, in vivo, the Fkh1p and Fkh2p occupied different target promoters to different extents, suggesting that each was primarily responsible for controlling a different set of genes. Additional in vitro studies provided a mechanistic explanation for this differential promoter-occupancy. Specifically, the Fkh2p, but not the Fkh1p, was capable of binding cooperatively with Mcm1p. The Mcm1p-Fkh2p cooperative binding was enhanced by, but did not require, the presence of a Mcm1p-binding site within a target promoter. Consistent with these data, Mcm1p was present at Fkh-controlled promoters in vivo regardless of whether they contained Mcm1p-binding sites, suggesting a role for Mcm1p at promoters not thought previously to be under Mcm1p control. Analysis of Fkh1p and Fkh2p binding to promoter targets in vivo by use of mutant strains indicated that the two proteins compete for promoter-occupancy at a number of target promoters. We postulate that Fkh1p and a stable Fkh2p/Mcm1p complex compete for binding to target promoters and that the levels and/or binding activity of Fkh1p, but not Fkh2p, are most limiting for promoter-occupancy in vivo. Interestingly, the in vitro DNA-binding assays, using a variety of promoter targets, revealed that bona fide Fkh target promoters contained two or more Fkh-binding sites that allowed the Fkh1p and Fkh2p proteins to form multiple protein-DNA complexes in vitro. Multiple Fkh-binding sites may be a distinguishing feature of bona fide Fkh promoters in yeast and other organisms.
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- P C Hollenhorst
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Following the discovery of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate as a second messenger, many other inositol phosphates were discovered in quick succession, with some understanding of their synthesis pathways and a few guesses at their possible functions. But then it all seemed to go comparatively quiet, with an explosion of interest in the inositol lipids. Now the water-soluble phase is once again becoming a focus of interest. Old and new data point to a new vista of inositol phosphates, with functions in many diverse aspects of cell biology, such as ion-channel physiology, membrane dynamics and nuclear signalling.
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- R F Irvine
- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QJ, UK.
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Kunoh T, Kaneko Y, Harashima S. Positive regulation of transcription of homeoprotein-encoding YHP1 by the two-component regulator Sln1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 278:344-8. [PMID: 11097841 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The IME1 gene is essential for initiation of meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transcription of IME1 is induced under starvation for nitrogen and glucose and in the presence of the MATa1 and MATalpha2 gene products. We have shown in our previous work that homeoprotein Yhp1 binds to a 28-bp region between nt -702 and -675 of the IME1 promoter in vivo and in vitro. We also revealed that the 28-bp region fused with a reporter gene harbored Yhp1-dependent URS (upstream repression sequence) activity and that the transcription of YHP1 was repressed by nonfermentable carbon source. In this study, we found, using a 5'-deletion series of the YHP1 promoter fused with a reporter gene, that the URS responsible for repression of YHP1 transcription with a nonfermentable carbon source is located at a region from nt -696 to -466 of the YHP1 promoter. We also identified and delimited a UAS (upstream activation sequence), which confers activation in both fermentable and nonfermentable carbon source media, to be from nt -356 to -306 of the YHP1 promoter. The UAS of the YHP1 promoter contained an MCE (Mcm1 control element) that is a target of the general transcription factor Mcm1 and is known to be involved in positive regulation by the two-component regulator Sln1. Consistent with this fact, the YHP1 transcription level was reduced in the Deltasln1 mutant, indicating that the two-component regulator Sln1 is involved in activation of YHP1 transcription.
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- T Kunoh
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Pic A, Lim FL, Ross SJ, Veal EA, Johnson AL, Sultan MR, West AG, Johnston LH, Sharrocks AD, Morgan BA. The forkhead protein Fkh2 is a component of the yeast cell cycle transcription factor SFF. EMBO J 2000; 19:3750-61. [PMID: 10899128 PMCID: PMC313965 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2000] [Revised: 05/19/2000] [Accepted: 05/22/2000] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the MADS-box protein Mcm1, which is highly related to mammalian SRF (serum response factor), forms a ternary complex with SFF (Swi five factor) to regulate the cell cycle expression of genes such as SWI5, CLB2 and ACE2. Here we show that the forkhead protein Fkh2 is a component of SFF and is essential for ternary complex formation on the SWI5 and ACE2 promoters. Fkh2 is essential for the correct cell cycle periodicity of SWI5 and CLB2 gene expression and is phosphorylated with a timing that is consistent with a role in this expression. Furthermore, investigation of the relationship between Fkh2 and a related forkhead protein Fkh1 demonstrates that these proteins act in overlapping pathways to regulate cell morphology and cell separation. This is the first example of a eukaryotic transcription factor complex containing both a MADS-box and a forkhead protein, and it has important implications for the regulation of mammalian gene expression.
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- A Pic
- School of Biochemistry and Genetics, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Cullen PJ, Schultz J, Horecka J, Stevenson BJ, Jigami Y, Sprague GF. Defects in protein glycosylation cause SHO1-dependent activation of a STE12 signaling pathway in yeast. Genetics 2000; 155:1005-18. [PMID: 10880465 PMCID: PMC1461155 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/155.3.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In haploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mating occurs by activation of the pheromone response pathway. A genetic selection for mutants that activate this pathway uncovered a class of mutants defective in cell wall integrity. Partial loss-of-function alleles of PGI1, PMI40, PSA1, DPM1, ALG1, MNN10, SPT14, and OCH1, genes required for mannose utilization and protein glycosylation, activated a pheromone-response-pathway-dependent reporter (FUS1) in cells lacking a basal signal (ste4). Pathway activation was suppressed by the addition of mannose to hexose isomerase mutants pgi1-101 and pmi40-101, which bypassed the requirement for mannose biosynthesis in these mutants. Pathway activation was also suppressed in dpm1-101 mutants by plasmids that contained RER2 or PSA1, which produce the substrates for Dpm1. Activation of FUS1 transcription in the mannose utilization/protein glycosylation mutants required some but not all proteins from three different signaling pathways: the pheromone response, invasive growth, and HOG pathways. We specifically suggest that a Sho1 --> Ste20/Ste50 --> Ste11 --> Ste7 --> Kss1 --> Ste12 pathway is responsible for activation of FUS1 transcription in these mutants. Because loss of pheromone response pathway components leads to a synthetic growth defect in mannose utilization/protein glycosylation mutants, we suggest that the Sho1 --> Ste12 pathway contributes to maintenance of cell wall integrity in vegetative cells.
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- P J Cullen
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229, USA.
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Zheng J, Khalil M, Cannon JF. Glc7p protein phosphatase inhibits expression of glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase from GFA1. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:18070-8. [PMID: 10764753 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m000918200] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Inhibitor-1 (I-1) is a specific inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (PP1). We assayed the ability of I-1 to inhibit Saccharomyces cerevisiae PP1, Glc7p, in vivo. Glc7p like other PP1 catalytic subunits associates with a variety of noncatalytic subunits, and Glc7p holoenzymes perform distinct physiological roles. Our results show that I-1 inhibits Glc7p holoenzymes that regulate transcription and mitosis, but holoenzymes responsible for meiosis and glycogen metabolism were unaffected. Additionally, we exploited a genetic screen for mutants that were dependent on I-1 to grow. This scheme can identify processes that are negatively regulated by Glc7p-catalyzed dephosphorylation. In this paper I-1-dependent gfa1 mutations were analyzed in detail. GFA1 encodes glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase. One or more phosphorylated proteins activate GFA1 transcription because the pheromone response and Pkc1p/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways positively regulate GFA1 transcription. Our findings show that an I-1-sensitive Glc7p holoenzyme reduces GFA1 transcription. Therefore, GFA1 is a member of a growing list of genes that are negatively regulated by Glc7p dephosphorylation.
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- J Zheng
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
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Roberts CJ, Nelson B, Marton MJ, Stoughton R, Meyer MR, Bennett HA, He YD, Dai H, Walker WL, Hughes TR, Tyers M, Boone C, Friend SH. Signaling and circuitry of multiple MAPK pathways revealed by a matrix of global gene expression profiles. Science 2000; 287:873-80. [PMID: 10657304 DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5454.873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 726] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Genome-wide transcript profiling was used to monitor signal transduction during yeast pheromone response. Genetic manipulations allowed analysis of changes in gene expression underlying pheromone signaling, cell cycle control, and polarized morphogenesis. A two-dimensional hierarchical clustered matrix, covering 383 of the most highly regulated genes, was constructed from 46 diverse experimental conditions. Diagnostic subsets of coexpressed genes reflected signaling activity, cross talk, and overlap of multiple mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. Analysis of the profiles specified by two different MAPKs-Fus3p and Kss1p-revealed functional overlap of the filamentous growth and mating responses. Global transcript analysis reflects biological responses associated with the activation and perturbation of signal transduction pathways.
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- C J Roberts
- Rosetta Inpharmatics, 12040 115th Avenue Northeast, Kirkland, WA 98034, USA
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El Bakkoury M, Dubois E, Messenguy F. Recruitment of the yeast MADS-box proteins, ArgRI and Mcm1 by the pleiotropic factor ArgRIII is required for their stability. Mol Microbiol 2000; 35:15-31. [PMID: 10632874 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01665.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Regulation of arginine metabolism requires the integrity of four regulatory proteins, ArgRI, ArgRII, ArgRIII and Mcm1. To characterize further the interactions between the different proteins, we used the two-hybrid system, which showed that ArgRI and Mcm1 interact together, and with ArgRII and ArgRIII, without an arginine requirement. To define the interacting domains of ArgRI and Mcm1 with ArgRIII, we fused portions of ArgRI and Mcm1 to the DNA-binding domain of Gal4 (GBD) and created mutations in GBD-ArgRI and GBD-Mcm1. The putative alpha helix present in the MADS-box domain of ArgRI and Mcm1 is their major region of interaction with ArgRIII. Interactions between the two MADS-box proteins and ArgRIII were confirmed using affinity chromatography. The requirement for ArgRIII in the control of arginine metabolism can be bypassed in vitro as well as in vivo by overproducing ArgRI or Mcm1, which indicates that ArgRIII is not present in the protein complex formed with the 'arginine boxes'. We show that the impairment of arginine regulation in an argRIII deletant strain is a result of a lack of stability of ArgRI and Mcm1. A mutation in ArgRI, impairing its interaction with ArgRIII, leads to an unstable ArgRI protein in a wild-type strain. ArgRIII integrity is crucial for Mcm1 function, as shown by the marked decreased expression of five genes controlled by Mcm1. However, ArgRIII is likely to recruit other proteins in the yeast cell, as overexpression of Mcm1 does not compensate some physiological defects observed in an argRIII deletant strain.
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- M El Bakkoury
- Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J-M. Wiame, and Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Universit¿e Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue E. Gryzon, 1, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Osmotic regulation of DNA activity and the cell cycle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1568-1254(00)80014-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Acton TB, Mead J, Steiner AM, Vershon AK. Scanning mutagenesis of Mcm1: residues required for DNA binding, DNA bending, and transcriptional activation by a MADS-box protein. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:1-11. [PMID: 10594003 PMCID: PMC85026 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.1.1-11.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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MCM1 is an essential gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and is a member of the MADS-box family of transcriptional regulatory factors. To understand the nature of the protein-DNA interactions of this class of proteins, we have made a series of alanine substitutions in the DNA-binding domain of Mcm1 and examined the effects of these mutations in vivo and in vitro. Our results indicate which residues of Mcm1 are important for viability, transcriptional activation, and DNA binding and bending. Substitution of residues in Mcm1 which are highly conserved among the MADS-box proteins are lethal to the cell and abolish DNA binding in vitro. These positions have almost identical interactions with DNA in both the serum response factor-DNA and alpha2-Mcm1-DNA crystal structures, suggesting that these residues make up a conserved core of protein-DNA interactions responsible for docking MADS-box proteins to DNA. Substitution of residues which are not as well conserved among members of the MADS-box family play important roles in contributing to the specificity of DNA binding. These results suggest a general model of how MADS-box proteins recognize and bind DNA. We also provide evidence that the N-terminal extension of Mcm1 may have considerable conformational freedom, possibly to allow binding to different DNA sites. Finally, we have identified two mutants at positions which are critical for Mcm1-mediated DNA bending that have a slow-growth phenotype. This finding is consistent with our earlier results, indicating that DNA bending may have a role in Mcm1 function in the cell.
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- T B Acton
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Department of Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8020, USA
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Loy CJ, Lydall D, Surana U. NDD1, a high-dosage suppressor of cdc28-1N, is essential for expression of a subset of late-S-phase-specific genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:3312-27. [PMID: 10207056 PMCID: PMC84125 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.5.3312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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cdc28-1N mutants progress through the G1 and S phases normally at the restrictive temperature but fail to undergo nuclear division. We have isolated a gene, NDD1, which at a high dosage suppresses the nuclear-division defect of cdc28-1N. NDD1 (nuclear division defective) is an essential gene. Its expression during the cell cycle is tightly regulated such that NDD1 RNA is most abundant during the S phase. Cells lacking the NDD1 gene arrest with an elongated bud, a short mitotic spindle, 2N DNA content, and an undivided nucleus, suggesting that its function is required for some aspect of nuclear division. We show that overexpression of Ndd1 results in the upregulation of both CLB1 and CLB2 transcription, suggesting that the suppression of cdc28-1N by NDD1 may be due to an accumulation of these cyclins. Overproduction of Ndd1 also enhances the expression of SWI5, whose transcription, like that of CLB1 and CLB2, is activated in the late S phase. Ndd1 is essential for the expression of CLB1, CLB2, and SWI5, since none of these genes are transcribed in its absence. Both CLB2 expression and its upregulation by NDD1 are mediated by a 240-bp promoter sequence that contains four MCM1-binding sites. However, Ndd1 does not appear to be a component of any of the protein complexes assembled on this DNA fragment, as indicated by gel mobility shift assays. Instead, overexpression of NDD1 prevents the formation of one of the complexes whose appearance correlates with the termination of CLB2 expression in G1. The inability of GAL1 promoter-driven CLB2 to suppress the lethality of NDD1 null mutant suggests that, in addition to CLB1 and CLB2, NDD1 may also be required for the transcription of other genes whose functions are necessary for G2/M transition.
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- C J Loy
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117609, Singapore
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Cherkasova V, Lyons DM, Elion EA. Fus3p and Kss1p control G1 arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through a balance of distinct arrest and proliferative functions that operate in parallel with Far1p. Genetics 1999; 151:989-1004. [PMID: 10049917 PMCID: PMC1460542 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/151.3.989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mating pheromones activate two MAP kinases (MAPKs), Fus3p and Kss1p, to induce G1 arrest prior to mating. Fus3p is known to promote G1 arrest by activating Far1p, which inhibits three Clnp/Cdc28p kinases. To analyze the contribution of Fus3p and Kss1p to G1 arrest that is independent of Far1p, we constructed far1 CLN strains that undergo G1 arrest from increased activation of the mating MAP kinase pathway. We find that Fus3p and Kss1p both control G1 arrest through multiple functions that operate in parallel with Far1p. Fus3p and Kss1p together promote G1 arrest by repressing transcription of G1/S cyclin genes (CLN1, CLN2, CLB5) by a mechanism that blocks their activation by Cln3p/Cdc28p kinase. In addition, Fus3p and Kss1p counteract G1 arrest through overlapping and distinct functions. Fus3p and Kss1p together increase the expression of CLN3 and PCL2 genes that promote budding, and Kss1p inhibits the MAP kinase cascade. Strikingly, Fus3p promotes proliferation by a novel function that is not linked to reduced Ste12p activity or increased levels of Cln2p/Cdc28p kinase. Genetic analysis suggests that Fus3p promotes proliferation through activation of Mcm1p transcription factor that upregulates numerous genes in G1 phase. Thus, Fus3p and Kss1p control G1 arrest through a balance of arrest functions that inhibit the Cdc28p machinery and proliferative functions that bypass this inhibition.
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- V Cherkasova
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Lockhart SR, Nguyen M, Srikantha T, Soll DR. A MADS box protein consensus binding site is necessary and sufficient for activation of the opaque-phase-specific gene OP4 of Candida albicans. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:6607-16. [PMID: 9852005 PMCID: PMC107764 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6607-6616.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The majority of strains of Candida albicans can switch frequently and reversibly between two or more general phenotypes, a process now considered a putative virulence factor in this species. Candida albicans WO-1 switches frequently and reversibly between a white and an opaque phase, and this phenotypic transition is accompanied by the differential expression of white-phase-specific and opaque-phase-specific genes. In the opaque phase, cells differentially express the gene OP4, which encodes a putative protein 402 amino acids in length that contains a highly hydrophobic amino-terminal sequence and a carboxy-terminal sequence with a pI of 10.73. A series of deletion constructs fused to the Renilla reniformis luciferase was used to functionally characterize the OP4 promoter in order to investigate how this gene is differentially expressed in the white-opaque transition. An extremely strong 17-bp transcription activation sequence was identified between -422 and -404 bp. This sequence contained a MADS box consensus binding site, most closely related to the Mcm1 binding site of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A number of point mutations generated in the MADS box consensus binding site as well as a complete deletion of the consensus site further demonstrated that it was essential for the activation of OP4 transcription in the opaque phase. Gel mobility shift assays with the 17-bp activation sequence identified three specific complexes which formed with both white- and opaque-phase cell extracts. Competition with a putative MADS box consensus binding site from the promoter of the coordinately regulated opaque-phase-specific gene PEP1 (SAP1) and the human MADS box consensus binding site for serum response factor demonstrated that one of the three complexes formed was specific to the OP4 sequence.
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- S R Lockhart
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Gustin MC, Albertyn J, Alexander M, Davenport K. MAP kinase pathways in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1998; 62:1264-300. [PMID: 9841672 PMCID: PMC98946 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.4.1264-1300.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 703] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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A cascade of three protein kinases known as a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade is commonly found as part of the signaling pathways in eukaryotic cells. Almost two decades of genetic and biochemical experimentation plus the recently completed DNA sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome have revealed just five functionally distinct MAPK cascades in this yeast. Sexual conjugation, cell growth, and adaptation to stress, for example, all require MAPK-mediated cellular responses. A primary function of these cascades appears to be the regulation of gene expression in response to extracellular signals or as part of specific developmental processes. In addition, the MAPK cascades often appear to regulate the cell cycle and vice versa. Despite the success of the gene hunter era in revealing these pathways, there are still many significant gaps in our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms for activation of these cascades and how the cascades regulate cell function. For example, comparison of different yeast signaling pathways reveals a surprising variety of different types of upstream signaling proteins that function to activate a MAPK cascade, yet how the upstream proteins actually activate the cascade remains unclear. We also know that the yeast MAPK pathways regulate each other and interact with other signaling pathways to produce a coordinated pattern of gene expression, but the molecular mechanisms of this cross talk are poorly understood. This review is therefore an attempt to present the current knowledge of MAPK pathways in yeast and some directions for future research in this area.
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- M C Gustin
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251-1892, USA.
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Mendenhall MD, Hodge AE. Regulation of Cdc28 cyclin-dependent protein kinase activity during the cell cycle of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1998; 62:1191-243. [PMID: 9841670 PMCID: PMC98944 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.4.1191-1243.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cyclin-dependent protein kinase (CDK) encoded by CDC28 is the master regulator of cell division in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. By mechanisms that, for the most part, remain to be delineated, Cdc28 activity controls the timing of mitotic commitment, bud initiation, DNA replication, spindle formation, and chromosome separation. Environmental stimuli and progress through the cell cycle are monitored through checkpoint mechanisms that influence Cdc28 activity at key cell cycle stages. A vast body of information concerning how Cdc28 activity is timed and coordinated with various mitotic events has accrued. This article reviews that literature. Following an introduction to the properties of CDKs common to many eukaryotic species, the key influences on Cdc28 activity-cyclin-CKI binding and phosphorylation-dephosphorylation events-are examined. The processes controlling the abundance and activity of key Cdc28 regulators, especially transcriptional and proteolytic mechanisms, are then discussed in detail. Finally, the mechanisms by which environmental stimuli influence Cdc28 activity are summarized.
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- M D Mendenhall
- L. P. Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0096, USA.
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Sepulveda JL, Belaguli N, Nigam V, Chen CY, Nemer M, Schwartz RJ. GATA-4 and Nkx-2.5 coactivate Nkx-2 DNA binding targets: role for regulating early cardiac gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:3405-15. [PMID: 9584181 PMCID: PMC108922 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.6.3405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/1997] [Accepted: 03/18/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The cardiogenic homeodomain factor Nkx-2.5 and serum response factor (SRF) provide strong transcriptional coactivation of the cardiac alpha-actin (alphaCA) promoter in fibroblasts (C. Y. Chen and R. J. Schwartz, Mol. Cell. Biol. 16:6372-6384, 1996). We demonstrate here that Nkx-2.5 also cooperates with GATA-4, a dual C-4 zinc finger transcription factor expressed in early cardiac progenitor cells, to activate the alphaCA promoter and a minimal promoter, containing only multimerized Nkx-2.5 DNA binding sites (NKEs), in heterologous CV-1 fibroblasts. Transcriptional activity requires the N-terminal activation domain of Nkx-2.5 and Nkx-2.5 binding activity through its homeodomain but does not require GATA-4's activation domain. The minimal interactive regions were mapped to the homeodomain of Nkx-2.5 and the second zinc finger of GATA-4. Removal of Nkx-2.5's C-terminal inhibitory domain stimulated robust transcriptional activity, comparable to the effects of GATA-4 on wild-type Nkx-2.5, which in part facilitated Nkx-2.5 DNA binding activity. We postulate the following simple model: GATA-4 induces a conformational change in Nkx-2.5 that displaces the C-terminal inhibitory domain, thus eliciting transcriptional activation of promoters containing Nkx-2.5 DNA binding targets. Therefore, alphaCa promoter activity appears to be regulated through the combinatorial interactions of at least three cardiac tissue-enriched transcription factors, Nkx-2.5, GATA-4, and SRF.
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- J L Sepulveda
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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The structure of a complex containing the homeodomain repressor protein MATalpha2 and the MADS-box transcription factor MCM1 bound to DNA has been determined by X-ray crystallography at 2.25 A resolution. It reveals the protein-protein interactions responsible for cooperative binding of MATalpha2 and MCM1 to DNA. The otherwise flexible amino-terminal extension of the MATalpha2 homeodomain forms a beta-hairpin that grips the MCM1 surface through parallel beta-strand hydrogen bonds and close-packed, predominantly hydrophobic, side chains. DNA bending induced by MCM1 brings the two proteins closer together, facilitating their interaction. An unusual feature of the complex is that an eight-amino-acid sequence adopts an alpha-helical conformation in one of two copies of the MATalpha2 monomer and a beta-strand conformation in the other. This 'chameleon' sequence of MATalpha2 may be important for recognizing natural operator sites.
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- S Tan
- ETH-Zurich, Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, Switzerland
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