title: Functional correlation between the nuclear localization of Fht1p and its flocculation and heat tolerance activities in budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Fht1p is involved in the flocculation and heat tolerance machinery of budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Despite knowledge of its involvement in those phenotypes, a precise mechanism has yet to be discovered. To this end, we monitored the relationship between subcellular localization of Fht1p and its flocculation or heat tolerance function using newly developed expression vectors with a recombinant green fluorescent protein (GFP; S65T/S147P) of Aequorea victoria added at both the N- and C-terminus of Fht1p. The main fluorescent signal of the GFP tagged with either a wild-type Fht1p or mutants which preserve their flocculation function was detected in the nucleus, whereas signals of functionless mutants were dispersed to the cytoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan. hiha@swallow.res.yamanashi-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iha
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsurugi
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm; D005427:Flocculation; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C097841:GTS1 protein, S cerevisiae; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins