title: Incorporation of Sed1p into the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae involves KRE6.
abstract: KRE6 (YPR159W) encodes a Golgi membrane protein required for normal beta-1,6-glucan levels in the cell wall. A functional Kre6p is necessary for cell wall protein accumulation in response to changing metabolic conditions. The product of the SED1 (YDR077W) gene is a stress-induced GPI-cell wall protein. Successful incorporation of HA-tagged Sed1p into the cell wall involves KRE6. The double-mutant sed1 kre6 has a reduced growth rate, increased flocculation and increased sensitivity to Zymolyase. A similar phenotype is found in mutants defective in glycosyl-phosphatidyl-insositol (GPI) anchor assembly. These findings support the theory that Kre6p could function as a transglucosylase that allows the incorporation of proteins with a GPI anchor into the cell wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Wheals
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; C081933:KRE6 protein, S cerevisiae; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C077394:SED1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins