title: Repressors Nrg1 and Nrg2 regulate a set of stress-responsive genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae responds to environmental stress by rapidly altering the expression of large sets of genes. We report evidence that the transcriptional repressors Nrg1 and Nrg2 (Nrg1/Nrg2), which were previously implicated in glucose repression, regulate a set of stress-responsive genes. Genome-wide expression analysis identified 150 genes that were upregulated in nrg1Delta nrg2Delta double mutant cells, relative to wild-type cells, during growth in glucose. We found that many of these genes are regulated by glucose repression. Stress response elements (STREs) and STRE-like elements are overrepresented in the promoters of these genes, and a search of available expression data sets showed that many are regulated in response to a variety of environmental stress signals. In accord with these findings, mutation of NRG1 and NRG2 enhanced the resistance of cells to salt and oxidative stress and decreased tolerance to freezing. We present evidence that Nrg1/Nrg2 not only contribute to repression of target genes in the absence of stress but also limit induction in response to salt stress. We suggest that Nrg1/Nrg2 fine-tune the regulation of a set of stress-responsive genes.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular and Biophysical Studies, Columbia University, 701 W. 168th Street, HSC922, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Valmik K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Cristin D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Berkey
authors.forename: Takenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyao
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020218:Response Elements; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012492:Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C117881:NRG1 protein, S cerevisiae; C435344:Nrg2 protein, S cerevisiae; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012492:Salts; C071570:SNF1-related protein kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D005947:Glucose