title: Catabolite inactivation of wild-type and mutant maltose transport proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The maltose transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is subject to rapid, irreversible inactivation in the presence of glucose. Loss of transport function was paralleled by a decrease in amount of transporter protein and most likely involves endocytosis and degradation of the protein in the vacuole. This (catabolite) inactivation of Mal61p was triggered not only by glucose but also by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, which cannot be metabolized beyond 2-deoxy-D-glucose phosphate. The signal that targets membrane proteins specifically for catabolite inactivation is unknown. To investigate whether or not specific modification of Mal61p triggers the inactivation, putative protein kinase A and C phosphorylation sites were removed, and the transport activities and levels of the mutant proteins upon addition of glucose were followed in time. Three Mal61p mutants, i.e. S295A, T363A, and S487A, exhibited significantly reduced rates of inactivation in the presence of glucose. Likewise, in wild-type Mal61p the rate of inactivation and degradation of the protein paralleled each other in the case of T363A. On the contrary, for the S295A and S487A mutants the rates of protein degradation were slowed down more profoundly than was the loss of transport activity. These observations indicate that (i) some form of modification (e.g. phosphorylation) of the protein precedes breakdown, (ii) the modification inactivates Mal61p, and (iii) the inactivation of Mal61p is not necessarily followed by proteolytic degradation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Brondijk
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: van der Rest
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pluim
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stingl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poolman
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Konings
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D027981:Symporters
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D027981:Symporters; C067575:maltose transport system, S cerevisiae; D008320:Maltose; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C