title: Genetic analysis of Mps3 SUN domain mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals an interaction with the SUN-like protein Slp1.
abstract: In virtually all eukaryotic cells, protein bridges formed by the conserved inner nuclear membrane SUN (for Sad1-UNC-84) domain-containing proteins and their outer nuclear membrane binding partners span the nuclear envelope (NE) to connect the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. These linkages are important for chromosome movements within the nucleus during meiotic prophase and are essential for nuclear migration and centrosome attachment to the NE. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, MPS3 encodes the sole SUN protein. Deletion of MPS3 or the conserved SUN domain is lethal in three different genetic backgrounds. Mutations in the SUN domain result in defects in duplication of the spindle pole body, the yeast centrosome-equivalent organelle. A genome-wide screen for mutants that exhibited synthetic fitness defects in combination with mps3 SUN domain mutants yielded a large number of hits in components of the spindle apparatus and the spindle checkpoint. Mutants in lipid metabolic processes and membrane organization also exacerbated the growth defects of mps3 SUN domain mutants, pointing to a role for Mps3 in nuclear membrane organization. Deletion of SLP1 or YER140W/EMP65 (for ER membrane protein of 65 kDa) aggravated growth of mps3 SUN domain mutants. Slp1 and Emp65 form an ER-membrane associated protein complex that is not required directly for spindle pole body duplication or spindle assembly. Rather, Slp1 is involved in Mps3 localization to the NE.
authors.affiliation: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Friederichs
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Christine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Smoyer
authors.forename: Christine R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Whetstine
authors.forename: Madelaine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gogol
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Slaughter
authors.forename: Sue L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jaspersen
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D059447:Cell Cycle Checkpoints; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; C471174:Mps3 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C065454:VPS33 protein, S cerevisiae; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
keywords: Mps3; SGA; SUN protein; nuclear/ER membrane; spindle pole body duplication