Differential sensitivity between Fks1p and Fks2p against a novel beta -1,3-glucan synthase inhibitor, aerothricin3 [corrected].
Fks1p and Fks2p are catalytic subunits of beta-1,3-glucan synthase, which synthesize beta-1,3-glucan, a main component of the cell wall in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although Fks1p and Fks2p are highly homologous, sharing 88.1% identity, it has been shown that Fks2p is more sensitive than Fks1p to one of echinocandin derivatives, which inhibits beta-1,3-glucan synthase activity. Here we show a similar differential sensitivity between Fks1p and Fks2p to a novel beta-1,3-glucan synthase inhibitor, aerothricin3 [corrected]. To investigate the molecular mechanism of this differential sensitivity, we constructed a series of chimeric genes of FKSs and examined their sensitivity to aerothricin3 [corrected]. As a result, it was shown that a region around the fourth extracellular domain of Fks2p, containing 10 different amino acid residues from those of Fks1p, provided Fks1p aerothricin3 [corrected] sensitivity when the region was replaced with a corresponding region of Fks1p. In order to identify essential amino acid residues responsible for the sensitivity, each of the 10 non-conserved amino acids of Fks1p was substituted into the corresponding amino acid of Fks2p by site-directed mutagenesis. Surprisingly, only one amino acid substitution of Fks1p (K1336I) conferred Fks1p hypersensitivity to aerothricin3 [corrected]. On the other hand, reverse substitution of the corresponding amino acid of Fks2p (I1355K) resulted in loss of hypersensitivity to aerothricin3 [corrected]. These results suggest that the 1355th isoleucine of Fks2p plays a key role in aerothricin3 [corrected] sensitivity.
Department of Mycology, Nippon Roche Research Center, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-8530, Japan. osamu.kondoh@roche.com
Osamu
O
Kondoh
Tsuyoshi
T
Takasuka
Mikio
M
Arisawa
Yuko
Y
Aoki
Takahide
T
Watanabe
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D054714:Echinocandins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry; D005936:Glucans / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D047071:beta-Glucans
D054714:Echinocandins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005936:Glucans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D047071:beta-Glucans; C033363:beta-1,3-glucan; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C040232:glucan synthase; C091618:FKS1 protein, S cerevisiae; C095724:GSC2 protein, S cerevisiae