title: Dual-specificity protein phosphatase Yvh1p, which is required for vegetative growth and sporulation, interacts with yeast pescadillo homolog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae dual-specificity protein phosphatase Yvh1p, identified as vaccinia VH1 homolog, regulates cell growth, sporulation, and glycogen accumulation. Transcription of YVH1 is induced by lowering temperature and nitrogen starvation. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we searched for Yvh1p-interacting proteins, including substrates and regulatory subunits of Yvh1p. Two clones were identified encoding a segment of YPH1 (yeast pescadillo homolog), which is essential for cell cycle progression in yeast. Deletion analysis revealed that the catalytic domain of Yvh1p and the BRCT domain of Yph1p are sufficient for this interaction. We found that the multicopy of YPH1 not only suppressed slow growth but also decreased IME2 expression in the yvh1 disruptant. These observations indicate that Yph1p plays a role in sporulation in addition to cell cycle progression, and is a candidate for a substrate or a regulatory subunit of Yvh1p.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harashima
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D054637:Dual-Specificity Phosphatases; D017353:Gene Deletion; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D054637:Dual-Specificity Phosphatases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C121559:YVH1 protein, S cerevisiae