title: Convergence of TOR-nitrogen and Snf1-glucose signaling pathways onto Gln3.
abstract: Carbon and nitrogen are two basic nutrient sources for cellular organisms. They supply precursors for energy metabolism and metabolic biosynthesis. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, distinct sensing and signaling pathways have been described that regulate gene expression in response to the quality of carbon and nitrogen sources, respectively. Gln3 is a GATA-type transcription factor of nitrogen catabolite-repressible (NCR) genes. Previous observations indicate that the quality of nitrogen sources controls the phosphorylation and cytoplasmic retention of Gln3 via the target of rapamycin (TOR) protein. In this study, we show that glucose also regulates Gln3 phosphorylation and subcellular localization, which is mediated by Snf1, the yeast homolog of AMP-dependent protein kinase and a cytoplasmic glucose sensor. Our data show that glucose and nitrogen signaling pathways converge onto Gln3, which may be critical for both nutrient sensing and starvation responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Paula G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bertram
authors.forename: Jae H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Ting-Fung
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Wandong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: X F Steven
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005947:Glucose; D009584:Nitrogen; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C071664:GLN3 protein, S cerevisiae; C071570:SNF1-related protein kinases; C083324:TOR1 protein, S cerevisiae; C081135:TOR2 protein, S cerevisiae