title: Interfering with glycolysis causes Sir2-dependent hyper-recombination of Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasmids.
abstract: Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a key metabolic regulator implicated in a variety of cellular processes. It functions as a glycolytic enzyme, a protein kinase, and a metabolic switch under oxidative stress. Its enzymatic inactivation causes a major shift in the primary carbohydrate flux. Furthermore, the protein is implicated in regulating transcription, ER-to-Golgi transport, and apoptosis. We found that Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells null for all GAPDH paralogues (Tdh1, Tdh2, and Tdh3) survived the counter-selection of a GAPDH-encoding plasmid when the NAD(+) metabolizing deacetylase Sir2 was overexpressed. This phenotype required a fully functional copy of SIR2 and resulted from hyper-recombination between S. cerevisiae plasmids. In the wild-type background, GAPDH overexpression increased the plasmid recombination rate in a growth-condition dependent manner. We conclude that GAPDH influences yeast episome stability via Sir2 and propose a model for the interplay of Sir2, GAPDH, and the glycolytic flux.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany. ralser@molgen.mpg.de
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ralser
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zeidler
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehrach
mesh_terms: D024581:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating) / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000235:genetics*; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D056565:Sirtuin 2; D037761:Sirtuins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D024581:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating); C465224:TDH1 protein, S cerevisiae; C465225:TDH2 protein, S cerevisiae; C465226:TDH3 protein, S cerevisiae; C087778:SIR2 protein, S cerevisiae; D056565:Sirtuin 2; D037761:Sirtuins; D006655:Histone Deacetylases