title: Plasma membrane compartmentalization in yeast by messenger RNA transport and a septin diffusion barrier.
abstract: Asymmetric localization of proteins plays a key role in many cellular processes, including cell polarity and cell fate determination. Using DNA microarray analysis, we identified a plasma membrane protein-encoding mRNA (IST2) that is transported to the bud tip by an actomyosin-based process. mRNA localization created a higher concentration of IST2 protein in the bud compared with that of the mother cell, and this asymmetry was maintained by a septin-mediated membrane diffusion barrier at the mother-bud neck. These results indicate that yeast creates distinct plasma membrane compartments, as has been described in neurons and epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: DeRisi
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Vale
mesh_terms: D000205:Actomyosin / Q000378:metabolism; D001692:Biological Transport; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002453:Cell Cycle; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004058:Diffusion; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains; D024701:Myosin Type V; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013696:Temperature; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C098733:ASH1 protein, S cerevisiae; C099504:CDC12 protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C098732:Myo4 protein, S cerevisiae; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000205:Actomyosin; D024701:Myosin Type V; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains; D009218:Myosins