title: Phosphorylation of the yeast phospholipid synthesis regulatory protein Opi1p by protein kinase C.
abstract: Opi1p is a negative regulator of expression of phospholipid-synthesizing enzymes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this work, we examined the phosphorylation of Opi1p by protein kinase C. Using a purified maltose-binding protein-Opi1p fusion protein as a substrate, protein kinase C activity was time- and dose-dependent, and dependent on the concentrations of Opi1p and ATP. Protein kinase C phosphorylated Opi1p on a serine residue. The Opi1p synthetic peptide GVLKQSCRQK, which contained a protein kinase C sequence motif at Ser(26), was a substrate for protein kinase C. Phosphorylation of a purified S26A mutant maltose-binding protein-Opi1p fusion protein by the kinase was reduced when compared with the wild-type protein. A major phosphopeptide present in purified wild-type Opi1p was absent from the purified S26A mutant protein. In vivo labeling experiments showed that the phosphorylation of Opi1p was physiologically relevant, and that the extent of phosphorylation of the S26A mutant protein was reduced by 50% when compared with the wild-type protein. The physiological consequence of the phosphorylation of Opi1p at Ser(26) was examined by measuring the effect of the S26A mutation on the expression of the phospholipid synthesis gene INO1. The beta-galactosidase activity driven by an INO1-CYC-lacI'Z reporter gene in opi1Delta mutant cells expressing the S26A mutant Opi1p was about 50% lower than that of cells expressing the wild-type Opi1p protein. These data supported the conclusion that phosphorylation of Opi1p at Ser(26) mediated the attenuation of the negative regulatory function of Opi1p on the expression of the INO1 gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, Cook College, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sreenivas
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Villa-Garcia
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Carman
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D017931:DNA Primers; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012694:Serine / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D000939:Epitopes; C096105:OPI1 protein, S cerevisiae; D010455:Peptides; D010743:Phospholipids; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012694:Serine; D008320:Maltose; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D001616:beta-Galactosidase