title: FH3, a domain found in formins, targets the fission yeast formin Fus1 to the projection tip during conjugation.
abstract: Formins are involved in diverse aspects of morphogenesis, and share two regions of homology: FH1 and FH2. We describe a new formin homology region, FH3. FH3 is an amino-terminal domain that differs from the Rho binding site identified in Bni1p and p140mDia. The Schizosaccharomyces pombe formin Fus1 is required for conjugation, and is localized to the projection tip in cells of mating pairs. We replaced genomic fus1+ with green fluorescent protein (GFP)- tagged versions that lacked either the FH1, FH2, or FH3 domain. Deletion of any FH domain essentially abolished mating. FH3, but neither FH1 nor FH2, was required for Fus1 localization. An FH3 domain-GFP fusion protein localized to the projection tips of mating pairs. Thus, the FH3 domain alone can direct protein localization. The FH3 domains of both Fus1 and the S. pombe cytokinesis formin Cdc12 were able to localize GFP to the spindle pole body in half of the late G2 cells in a vegetatively growing population. Expression of both FH3-GFP fusions also affected cytokinesis. Overexpression of the spindle pole body component Sad1 altered the distribution of both Sad1 and the FH3-GFP domain. Together these data suggest that proteins at multiple sites can interact with FH3 domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology, OsterFarimagsgade 2A, University of Copenhagen, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark. jan0302@biobase.dk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Egel
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hagan
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000378:metabolism*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C490025:fus1 protein, S pombe; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins