title: Protein phosphatase type 1 directs chitin synthesis at the bud neck in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Yeast chitin synthase III (CSIII) is targeted to the bud neck, where it is thought to be tethered by the septin-associated protein Bni4. Bni4 also associates with the yeast protein phosphatase (PP1) catalytic subunit, Glc7. To identify regions of Bni4 necessary for its targeting functions, we created a collection of 23 deletion mutants throughout the length of Bni4. Among the deletion variants that retain the ability to associate with the bud neck, only those deficient in Glc7 binding fail to target CSIII to the neck. A chimeric protein composed of the septin Cdc10 and the C-terminal Glc7-binding domain of Bni4 complements the defects of a bni4Delta mutant, indicating that the C-terminus of Bni4 is necessary and sufficient to target Glc7 and CSIII to the bud neck. A Cdc10-Glc7 chimera fails to target CSIII to the bud neck but is functional in the presence of the C-terminal Glc7-binding domain of Bni4. The conserved C-terminal PP1-binding domain of mammalian Phactr-1 can functionally substitute for the C-terminus of Bni4. These results suggest that the essential role of Bni4 is to target Glc7 to the neck and activate it toward substrates necessary for CSIII recruitment and synthesis of chitin at the bud neck.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Jennifer P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bharucha
authors.forename: Shantelle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceaser
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salamon
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Segalit M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatchell
mesh_terms: D020134:Catalytic Domain; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D002686:Chitin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002687:Chitin Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C494956:Bni4p protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D002686:Chitin; D002687:Chitin Synthase; C092048:GLC7 protein, S cerevisiae; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1