title: CDC25-dependent induction of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by nitrogen.
abstract: The addition of ammonium sulfate to starved yeast cells leads to a 3- to 4-fold rapid increase of the second messengers inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol (DAG), the products of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC). This response is reduced by dissecting the RAS-activating Cdc25 protein, and is completely abolished by the cdc25-1 mutation even at permissive temperature. Starved cdc25-1 mutant cells have a strongly reduced IP3 content, but an at least 10-fold increased DAG level compared to the isogenic wild-type strain. NH4 does not stimulate cAMP synthesis, and glucose does not induce IP3 and DAG. Our data suggest that the Cdc25 protein controls a nitrogen-specific signalling pathway involving the effector PI-PLC, in addition to the glucose-induced activation of adenylyl cyclase (AC).
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schomerus
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Küntzel
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020666:ras-GRF1
chemical_list: C011439:1,2-diacylglycerol; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004075:Diglycerides; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020666:ras-GRF1; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D009584:Nitrogen