title: Phosphatidylcholine transfer activity of yeast Sec14p is not essential for its function in vivo.
abstract: Yeast phosphatidylinositol (PI)/phosphatidylcholine (PC) transfer protein, Sec14p, is essential for protein transport from the Golgi apparatus and for the cell viability. It is instrumental in maintaining the lipid composition of the Golgi membranes to be compatible with vesicle biogenesis and the secretory process by coordination of PC and PI metabolism. To address the question to which extent PC transfer ability of Sec14p is required for its essential in vivo function we generated a Sec14p mutant unable to transfer PC between membranes in the in vitro assay. Yeast cells with this modified Sec14p(D115G) as a sole Sec14p were viable with improved secretory activity compared to sec14 deficient strain. Thus, in vitro PC transfer ability of Sec14p is not required for its essential function(s) in living cells, however, yeast cells having PC transfer deficient Sec14p(D115G) as a sole Sec14p display regulatory abnormalities, including increased phospholipase D mediated PC turnover.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Moyzesova 61, 900 28 Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia Republic.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tahotna
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holic
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poloncova
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simockova
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Griac
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport / Q000235:genetics; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000378:metabolism; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; C483438:SEC14 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D010739:Phospholipase D