title: Sit4p protein phosphatase is required for sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin.
abstract: We have identified two Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes that, in high copy, confer resistance to Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin, an inhibitor that blocks cells in the G(1) phase of the cell cycle prior to budding and DNA replication. One gene (GRX3) encodes a glutaredoxin and is likely to act at the level of zymocin entry into sensitive cells, while the other encodes Sap155p, one of a family of four related proteins that function positively and interdependently with the Sit4p protein phosphatase. Increased SAP155 dosage protects cells by influencing the sensitivity of the intracellular target and is unique among the four SAP genes in conferring zymocin resistance in high copy, but is antagonized by high-copy SAP185 or SAP190. Since cells lacking SIT4 or deleted for both SAP185 and SAP190 are also zymocin resistant, our data support a model whereby high-copy SAP155 promotes resistance by competition with the endogenous levels of SAP185 and SAP190 expression. Zymocin sensitivity therefore requires a Sap185p/Sap190p-dependent function of Sit4p protein phosphatase. Mutations affecting the RNA polymerase II Elongator complex also confer K. lactis zymocin resistance. Since sit4Delta and SAP-deficient strains share in common several other phenotypes associated with Elongator mutants, Elongator function may be a Sit4p-dependent process.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genetik, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle (Salle), Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jablonowski
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fichtner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schaffrath
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016193:G1 Phase; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005838:Genotype; D055646:Killer Factors, Yeast; D007716:Kluyveromyces / Q000378:metabolism*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D055646:Killer Factors, Yeast; D009183:Mycotoxins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C058975:zymocin; D012319:RNA Polymerase II; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; C104343:SIT4 protein, S cerevisiae