title: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ras/cAMP pathway controls post-diauxic shift element-dependent transcription through the zinc finger protein Gis1.
abstract: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein kinase Rim15 was identified previously as a component of the Ras/cAMP pathway acting immediately downstream of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAPK) to control a broad range of adaptations in response to nutrient limitation. Here, we show that the zinc finger protein Gis1 acts as a dosage-dependent suppressor of the rim15Delta defect in nutrient limitation-induced transcriptional derepression of SSA3. Loss of Gis1 results in a defect in transcriptional derepression upon nutrient limitation of various genes that are negatively regulated by the Ras/cAMP pathway (e.g. SSA3, HSP12 and HSP26). Tests of epistasis as well as transcriptional analyses of Gis1-dependent expression indicate that Gis1 acts in this pathway downstream of Rim15 to mediate transcription from the previously identified post-diauxic shift (PDS) element. Accordingly, deletion of GIS1 partially suppresses, and overexpression of GIS1 exacerbates the growth defect of mutant cells that are compromised for cAPK activity. Moreover, PDS element-driven expression, which is negatively regulated by the Ras/cAMP pathway and which is induced upon nutrient limitation, is almost entirely dependent on the presence of Gis1.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Universität, Hebelstrasse 1, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pedruzzi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bürckert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Virgilio
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D002455:Cell Division; D003470:Culture Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004843:Epistasis, Genetic; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018628:Gene Dosage; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D056466:Histone Demethylases; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000099160:LexA Repressor Protein
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D056466:Histone Demethylases; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D018631:ras Proteins; D000099160:LexA Repressor Protein; C097076:SOK2 protein, S cerevisiae; C090869:SSA3 protein, S cerevisiae; C400297:GIS1 protein, S cerevisiae; C410736:Rim15 protein, S cerevisiae