title: Movement of yeast 1,3-beta-glucan synthase is essential for uniform cell wall synthesis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The cell wall has an important role in maintaining cell shape. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the major filamentous component of the cell wall responsible for its rigidity is 1,3-beta-glucan and is synthesized by 1,3-beta-glucan synthase (GS), localized on the plasma membrane.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Observations of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-conjugated Fks1p, a catalytic subunit of GS, revealed that it is co-localized with cortical actin patches and moves on the cell surface at the sites of cell wall remodelling. Mutants with impaired actin patch movement show immobility of Fks1p-GFP spots, indicating that actin patch motility is required for the movement of Fks1p. Cells with immobilized Fks1p exhibit defective cell wall structure and function. The cell wall thickness of the mutants becomes irregular, eventually leading to cell lysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We propose that GS movement is necessary for proper cell wall remodelling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bldg. FSB-101, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture 277-8562 Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Utsugi
authors.forename: Masayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minemura
authors.forename: Aiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohya
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism*; D054714:Echinocandins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005936:Glucans / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000502:physiology*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D054714:Echinocandins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005936:Glucans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C020570:1,3-beta-glucan synthase; C091618:FKS1 protein, S cerevisiae