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Piotrowska J, Niemiro A, Sieńko M, Olszak M, Salamaga H, Wawrzyńska A, Sirko A. Generation and characterization of single and multigene Arabidopsis thaliana mutants in LSU1-4 (RESPONSE TO LOW SULFUR) genes. Plant Sci 2024; 343:112063. [PMID: 38467282 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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In Arabidopsis thaliana, there are four members of the LSU (RESPONSE TO LOW SULFUR) gene family which are tandemly located on chromosomes 3 (LSU1 and LSU3) and 5 (LSU2 and LSU4). The LSU proteins are small, with coiled-coil structures, and they are able to form homo- and heterodimers. LSUs are involved in plant responses to environmental challenges, such as sulfur deficiency, and plant immune responses. Assessment of the role and function of these proteins was challenging due to the absence of deletion mutants. Our work fulfills this gap through the construction of a set of LSU deletion mutants (single, double, triple, and quadruple) by CRISPR/Cas9 technology. The genomic deletion regions in the obtained lines were mapped and the level of expression of each LSUs was assayed in each mutant. All lines were viable and capable of seed production. Their growth and development were compared at several different stages with the wild-type. No significant and consistent differences in seedlings' growth and plant development were observed in the optimal conditions. In sulfur deficiency, the roots of 12-day-old wild-type seedlings exhibited increased length compared to optimal conditions; however, this difference in root length was not observed in the majority of lsu-KO mutants.
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- Justyna Piotrowska
- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, Warsaw 02-106, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, Warsaw 02-106, Poland.
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Sirko A, Wawrzyńska A, Brzywczy J, Sieńko M. Control of ABA Signaling and Crosstalk with Other Hormones by the Selective Degradation of Pathway Components. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:4638. [PMID: 33924944 PMCID: PMC8125534 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A rapid and appropriate genetic and metabolic acclimation, which is crucial for plants' survival in a changing environment, is maintained due to the coordinated action of plant hormones and cellular degradation mechanisms influencing proteostasis. The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) rapidly accumulates in plants in response to environmental stress and plays a pivotal role in the reaction to various stimuli. Increasing evidence demonstrates a significant role of autophagy in controlling ABA signaling. This field has been extensively investigated and new discoveries are constantly being provided. We present updated information on the components of the ABA signaling pathway, particularly on transcription factors modified by different E3 ligases. Then, we focus on the role of selective autophagy in ABA pathway control and review novel evidence on the involvement of autophagy in different parts of the ABA signaling pathway that are important for crosstalk with other hormones, particularly cytokinins and brassinosteroids.
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- Agnieszka Sirko
- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (J.B.); (M.S.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Protein Homeostasis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (J.B.); (M.S.)
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Yu Z, Gao J, Igbalajobi O, Skoneczny M, Sieńko M, Maciejewska AM, Brzywczy J, Fischer R. The sulfur metabolism regulator MetR is a global regulator controlling phytochrome-dependent light responses in Aspergillus nidulans. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2021; 66:592-602. [PMID: 36654429 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Phytochrome-dependent light signaling has been studied in several fungi. In Aspergillus nidulans light-stimulated phytochrome activates the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) signaling pathway and thereby controls the expression of a large number of genes, many of which are related to stress responses. In a genome-wide expression analysis in A. nidulans we found that phytochrome, fphA, is under strict expression control of the central regulator of the sulfur-starvation response, MetR. This transcriptional regulator is required for the expression of genes involved in inorganic sulfur assimilation. In the presence of organic sulfur, MetR is probably ubiquitinated and possibly degraded and the transcription of sulfur-assimilation genes, e.g., sulfate permease, is turned off. The expression analysis described here revealed, however, that MetR additionally controls the expression of hundreds of genes, many of which are required for secondary metabolite production. We also show that metR mutation phenocopies fphA deletion, and five other histidine-hybrid kinases are down-regulated in the metR1 mutant. Furthermore, we found that light and phytochrome regulate the expression of at least three carbon-sulfur hydrolases. This work is a further step towards understanding the interplay between light sensing and metabolic pathways.
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- Zhenzhong Yu
- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany; Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany; Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia VGT 1Z4, Canada
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany.
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Niemiro A, Cysewski D, Brzywczy J, Wawrzyńska A, Sieńko M, Poznański J, Sirko A. Similar but Not Identical-Binding Properties of LSU (Response to Low Sulfur) Proteins From Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:1246. [PMID: 32922422 PMCID: PMC7456924 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Members of the plant-specific LSU (RESPONSE TO LOW SULFUR) family are strongly induced during sulfur starvation. The molecular functions of these proteins are unknown; however, they were identified as important stress-related hubs in several studies. In Arabidopsis thaliana, there are four members of the LSU family (LSU1-4). These proteins are small (approximately 100 amino acids), with coiled-coil structures. In this work, we investigated interactions between different monomers of LSU1-4. Differences in homo- and heterodimer formation were observed. Our structural models of LSU1-4 homo- and heterodimers were in agreement with our experimental observations and may help understand their binding properties. LSU proteins are involved in multiple protein-protein interactions, with the literature suggesting they can integrate abiotic and biotic stress responses. Previously, LSU partners were identified using the yeast two hybrid approach, therefore we sought to determine proteins co-purifying with LSU family members using protein extracts isolated from plants ectopically expressing TAP-tagged LSU1-4 constructs. These experiments revealed 46 new candidates for LSU partners. We tested four of them (and two other proteins, CAT2 and NBR1) for interaction with LSU1-4 by other methods. Binding of all six proteins with LSU1-4 was confirmed by Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation, while only three of them were interacting with LSUs in yeast-two-hybrid. Additionally, we conducted network analysis of LSU interactome and revealed novel clues for the possible cellular function of these proteins.
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- Anna Niemiro
- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- *Correspondence: Agnieszka Sirko,
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Pilsyk S, Sieńko M, Perlińska-Lenart U, Brzywczy J, Golan MP, Kruszewska JS. Molecular characterization of central cytoplasmic loop in Aspergillus nidulans AstA transporter. Acta Biochim Pol 2018; 65:545-554. [PMID: 30427324 DOI: 10.18388/abp.2018_2620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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AstA (alternative sulfate transporter) belongs to a large, but poorly characterized, Dal5 family of allantoate permeases of the Major Facilitator Superfamily. The astA gene has been cloned from an IAM 2006 Japanese strain of Aspergillus nidulans by complementation of a sulfate permease-deficient mutant. In this study we show that conserved lysine residues in Central Cytoplasmic Loop (CCL) of the AstA protein may participate in anion selectivity, and control kinetic properties of the AstA transporter. A three-dimensional model containing four clustered lysine residues was created, showing a novel substrate-interacting structure in Major Facilitator Superfamily transporters. The assimilation constant (Kτ) of wild type AstA protein is 85 μM, while Vmax/mg of DW of AstA is twice that of the main sulfate transporter SB per mg of dry weight (DW) of mycelium (1.53 vs. 0.85 nmol/min, respectively). Amino acid substitutions in CCL did not abolish sulfate uptake, but affected its kinetic parameters. Mutants affected in the lysine residues forming the postulated sulfate-interacting pocket in AstA were able to grow and uptake sulfate, indicating that CCL is not crucial for sulfate transportation. However, these mutants exhibited altered values of Kτ and Vmax, suggesting that CCL is involved in control of the transporter activity.
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- Sebastian Pilsyk
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawinskiego str. 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, POLAND
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawinskiego str. 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, POLAND
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawinskiego str. 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, POLAND
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Natkańska U, Skoneczna A, Sieńko M, Skoneczny M. The budding yeast orthologue of Parkinson's disease-associated DJ-1 is a multi-stress response protein protecting cells against toxic glycolytic products. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research 2017; 1864:39-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Romanyuk D, Polak A, Maleszewska A, Sieńko M, Grynberg M, Żołądek T. Human hAtg2A protein expressed in yeast is recruited to preautophagosomal structure but does not complement autophagy defects of atg2Δ strain. Acta Biochim Pol 2011; 58:365-374. [PMID: 21887408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2011] [Revised: 06/02/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Yeast Atg2, an autophagy-related protein, is highly conserved in other fungi and has two homologues in humans, one of which is hAtg2A encoded by the hATG2A/KIAA0404 gene. Region of homology between Atg2 and hAtg2A proteins comprises the C-terminal domain. We used yeast atg2D strain to express the GFP-KIAA0404 gene, its fragment or fusions with yeast ATG2, and study their effects on autophagy. The GFP-hAtg2A protein localized to punctate structures, some of which colocalized with Ape1-RFP-marked preautophagosomal structure (PAS), but it did not restore autophagy in atg2Δ cells. N-terminal fragment of Atg2 and N-terminal fragment of hAtg2A were sufficient for PAS recruitment but were not sufficient to function in autophagy. Neither a fusion of the N-terminal fragment of hAtg2A with C-terminal domain of Atg2 nor a reciprocal fusion were functional in autophagy. hAtg2A, in contrast to yeast Atg2, did not show interaction with the yeast autophagy protein Atg9 but both Atg2 proteins showed interaction with Atg18, a phospholipid-binding protein, in two-hybrid system. Moreover, deletion of ATG18 abrogated PAS recruitment of hAtg2A. Our results show that human hAtg2A can not function in autophagy in yeast, however, it is recruited to the PAS, possibly due to the interaction with Atg18.
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- Daria Romanyuk
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
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Romanyuk D, Polak A, Maleszewska A, Sieńko M, Grynberg M, Żołądek T. Human hAtg2A protein expressed in yeast is recruited to preautophagosomal structure but does not complement autophagy defects of atg2Δ strain. Acta Biochim Pol 2011. [DOI: 10.18388/abp.2011_2248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Yeast Atg2, an autophagy-related protein, is highly conserved in other fungi and has two homologues in humans, one of which is hAtg2A encoded by the hATG2A/KIAA0404 gene. Region of homology between Atg2 and hAtg2A proteins comprises the C-terminal domain. We used yeast atg2D strain to express the GFP-KIAA0404 gene, its fragment or fusions with yeast ATG2, and study their effects on autophagy. The GFP-hAtg2A protein localized to punctate structures, some of which colocalized with Ape1-RFP-marked preautophagosomal structure (PAS), but it did not restore autophagy in atg2Δ cells. N-terminal fragment of Atg2 and N-terminal fragment of hAtg2A were sufficient for PAS recruitment but were not sufficient to function in autophagy. Neither a fusion of the N-terminal fragment of hAtg2A with C-terminal domain of Atg2 nor a reciprocal fusion were functional in autophagy. hAtg2A, in contrast to yeast Atg2, did not show interaction with the yeast autophagy protein Atg9 but both Atg2 proteins showed interaction with Atg18, a phospholipid-binding protein, in two-hybrid system. Moreover, deletion of ATG18 abrogated PAS recruitment of hAtg2A. Our results show that human hAtg2A can not function in autophagy in yeast, however, it is recruited to the PAS, possibly due to the interaction with Atg18.
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Sieńko M, Natorff R, Owczarek S, Olewiecki I, Paszewski A. Aspergillus nidulans genes encoding reverse transsulfuration enzymes belong to homocysteine regulon. Curr Genet 2009; 55:561-70. [PMID: 19685245 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0269-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 07/29/2009] [Accepted: 07/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Homocysteine is an intermediate in methionine synthesis in Aspergillus nidulans, but it can also be converted to cysteine by the reverse transsulfuration pathway involving cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine gamma-lyase (CGL). Because homocysteine is toxic to the cell at high concentrations, this pathway also functions as a means of removal of its excess. We found that the transcription of the mecA and mecB genes encoding CBS and CGL was upregulated by excess of homocysteine as well as by shortage of cysteine. Homocysteine induced transcription of both genes when added to the growth medium or overproduced in a regulatory mutant. The derepressing effect of cysteine shortage was observed in some mutants and in the wild-type strain during sulfur starvation. An increase in the level of mecA or mecB transcript roughly parallel with the elevation of the respective enzyme activity. On the basis of the mode of mecA and mecB regulation by homocysteine, these genes may be classified in a group of genes upregulated directly or indirectly by this amino acid. We call this group of genes the "homocysteine regulon".
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- Marzena Sieńko
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5A Pawińskiego Str, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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Brzywczy J, Natorff R, Sieńko M, Paszewski A. Multiple fungal enzymes possess cysteine synthase activity in vitro. Res Microbiol 2007; 158:428-36. [PMID: 17482430 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2006] [Revised: 03/06/2007] [Accepted: 03/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We present evidence that there are at least three Aspergillus nidulans enzymes which catalyze in vitro the reaction of O-acetylserine (OAS) with sulfide forming cysteine. This activity is shared by cysteine synthase (CS) encoded by the cysB gene, homocysteine synthase encoded by cysD and by at least one more enzyme. Moreover, arginine, histidine or proline starvation leads to derepression of CS activity even in the cysB,cysD double mutant strains, while neither cysB nor cysD gene transcription is derepressed by amino acid starvation. Using a cpcA mutant, we show that starvation-inducible CS activity is under control of cross-pathway regulation. We identify CysF as a putative CS in A. nidulans. However, cysF gene transcription is not elevated by amino acid starvation. Therefore, it seems that there exists yet another enzyme, thus far unidentified, which possesses CS activity. Using mutants impaired during various steps of cysteine synthesis we prove that the cysB-encoded enzyme is the only CS of physiological importance in the studied fungus. Similar results were obtained with Schizosaccharomyces pombe mutant strains impaired in cysteine synthesis, indicating that the presence of multiple enzymes with in vitro CS activity may be a common feature of many fungal species.
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- Jerzy Brzywczy
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5A Pawińskiego Street, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland.
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Piłsyk S, Natorff R, Sieńko M, Paszewski A. Sulfate transport in Aspergillus nidulans: a novel gene encoding alternative sulfate transporter. Fungal Genet Biol 2007; 44:715-25. [PMID: 17223367 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2006] [Revised: 11/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In Aspergillus nidulans sulfate is taken up by sulfate permease encoded by the sB gene. A unique tight auxotrophic mutant with an impaired promoter region of the sulfate permease gene, sB1(pr), was isolated. Three suppressor genes were cloned by complementation of this mutation. One of them, described here, is the astA gene (alternative sulfate transporter) derived from a genomic library of the Japanese A. nidulans IAM 2006 strain. In the reference strain of Glasgow origin the astA gene was found to be a pseudogene having several nucleotide deletions in ORF. The gene encodes a novel type of sulfate transporter which is distinct from other known sulfate permeases forming the SulP family. The putative ASTA protein belongs to an extensive and poorly characterized Dal5 allantoate permease family of fungal organic anion transporters. We have shown that ASTA is a physiological sulfate transporter. We also report cloning and characterization of the sB gene in this work. Both genes, sB and astA, are regulated at the transcriptional level by sulfur metabolite repression (SMR).
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- Sebastian Piłsyk
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Genetics, 5A Pawińskiego Str, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland
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Sieńko M, Natorff R, Zieliński Z, Hejduk A, Paszewski A. Two Aspergillus nidulans genes encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate reductases are up-regulated by homocysteine. Fungal Genet Biol 2006; 44:691-700. [PMID: 17257865 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2006] [Revised: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) catalyzes the reduction of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, a co-substrate in the synthesis of methionine from homocysteine. We have cloned and characterized two Aspergillus nidulans genes encoding MTHFRs: metA and metF. Mutations in either gene result in methionine requirement; the metA-encoded enzyme is responsible for only 10-15% of total MTHFR activity. These two enzymes belong to different classes of MTHFRs. Mutations in metA but not in the metF gene are suppressed by mutations resulting in enhancement of homocysteine synthesis. The expression of both genes is up-regulated by homocysteine.
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- Marzena Sieńko
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS, Department of Genetics, 5A Pawińskiego Str, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland.
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Natorff R, Sieńko M, Brzywczy J, Paszewski A. The Aspergillus nidulans metR gene encodes a bZIP protein which activates transcription of sulphur metabolism genes. Mol Microbiol 2003; 49:1081-94. [PMID: 12890030 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The identification, isolation and characterization of a new Aspergillus nidulans positive-acting gene metR, which encodes a transcriptional activator of sulphur metabolism, is reported. metR mutants are tight auxotrophs requiring methionine or homocysteine for growth. Mutations in the metR gene are epistatic to mutations in the negative-acting sulphur regulatory scon genes. The metR coding sequence is interrupted by a single intron of 492 bp which is unusually long for fungi. Aspergillus nidulans METR is a member of bZIP family of DNA-binding proteins. The bZIP domains of METR and the Neurospora crassa CYS3 transcriptional activator of sulphur genes are highly similar. Although Neurospora cys-3 gene does not substitute for the metR function, a chimeric metR gene with a cys-3 bZIP domain is able to transform the DeltametR mutant to methionine prototrophy. This indicates that METR recognizes the same regulatory sequence as CYS3. The metR gene is not essential, as deletion mutants are viable and have similar phenotype as point mutants. In contrast to the Neurospora cys-3, transcription of the metR gene was found to be regulated neither by METR protein nor by sulphur source. Transcription of metR gene is derepressed in the sconB2 mutant. Transcription of genes encoding sulphate permease, homocysteine synthase, cysteine synthase, ATP-sulphurylase, and sulphur controller--sconB is strongly regulated by the metR gene product and depends on the character of the metR mutation and sulphur supplementation.
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- Renata Natorff
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5A Pawińskiego Str., 02-106 Warszawa, Poland.
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Brzywczy J, Sieńko M, Kucharska A, Paszewski A. Sulphur amino acid synthesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe represents a specific variant of sulphur metabolism in fungi. Yeast 2002; 19:29-35. [PMID: 11754480 DOI: 10.1002/yea.798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe, in contrast to Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus nidulans, lacks cystathionine beta-synthase and cystathionine gamma-lyase, two enzymes in the pathway from methionine to cysteine. As a consequence, methionine cannot serve as an efficient sulphur source for the fungus and does not bring about repression of sulphur assimilation, which is under control of the cysteine-mediated sulphur metabolite repression system. This system operates at the transcriptional level, as was shown for the homocysteine synthase encoding gene. Our results corroborate the growing evidence that cysteine is the major low-molecular-weight effector in the regulation of sulphur metabolism in bacteria, fungi and plants.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jerzy Brzywczy
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland
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The metG gene of Aspergillus nidulans encoding cystathionine beta-lyase, an enzyme of the main pathway of methionine synthesis, was cloned by complementation of a metG mutation. A comparison of metG genomic DNA and a cDNA copy derived from different A. nidulans strains revealed a marked DNA sequence polymorphism manifested mostly by silent point mutations. cDNA of the A. nidulans metG gene complemented the Escherichia coli metC69 mutation impairing cystathionine beta-lyase. This gene contains two introns and codes for a protein of 439 amino acids. The protein shows homology with bacterial, yeast and plant cystathionine beta-lyases, as well as with other enzymes belonging to a large family of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate binding proteins. Transcription of the metG gene is not appreciably regulated by the concentration of sulphur source in the growth medium.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Aspergillus nidulans/chemistry
- Aspergillus nidulans/enzymology
- Aspergillus nidulans/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Genes, Fungal/genetics
- Lyases/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Affiliation(s)
- M Sieńko
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5 a, PL-02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
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The A. nidulans cysD gene encoding homocysteine synthase (O-acetyl-L-homoserine sulphydrylase) has been isolated by functional complementation of a cysD11 mutation. The gene contains five short introns and codes for a protein of 437 amino acids. The protein shows homology with bacterial and yeast O-acetyl- and O-succinyl-homoserine sulphydrylases, particularly from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces lactis. The cysD cDNA is able to complement a S. cerevisiae mutation impairing homocysteine synthase. Synthesis of the cysD mRNA is down-regulated by a high concentration of methionine in growth medium without sulphate and up-regulated under sulphur limitation. A comparison of cysD genomic and cDNA copies, derived from different A. nidulans strains, revealed a marked DNA-sequence polymorphism manifested mostly by silent point mutations. There was, however, much less polymorphism in the protein sequence.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Sieńko
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawi'nskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Sieńko M, Stepień PP, Paszewski A. Generation of genetic recombinants in Trichosporon cutaneum by spontaneous segregation of protoplast fusants. J Gen Microbiol 1992; 138:1409-12. [PMID: 1512572 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-138-7-1409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Auxotrophic mutants were isolated in two strains of Trichosporon cutaneum. Complementing auxotrophs were hybridized by protoplast fusion. Some of the fusants were apparently transient diploids and segregated to give recombinant marker combinations.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Sieńko
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
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