title: Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase and the proton ATPase Pma1p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: In eukaryotes, the Cu/Zn containing superoxide dismutase (SOD1) plays a critical role in oxidative stress protection as well as in signaling. We recently demonstrated a function for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sod1p in signaling through CK1γ casein kinases and identified the essential proton ATPase Pma1p as one likely target. The connection between Sod1p and Pma1p was explored further by testing the impact of sod1Δ mutations on cells expressing mutant alleles of Pma1p that alter activity and/or post-translational regulation of this ATPase. We report here that sod1Δ mutations are lethal when combined with the T912D allele of Pma1p in the C-terminal regulatory domain. This "synthetic lethality" was reversed by intragenic suppressor mutations in Pma1p, including an A906G substitution that lies within the C-terminal regulatory domain and hyper-activates Pma1p. Surprisingly the effect of sod1Δ mutations on Pma1-T912D is not mediated through the Sod1p signaling pathway involving the CK1γ casein kinases. Rather, Sod1p sustains life of cells expressing Pma1-T912D through oxidative stress protection. The synthetic lethality of sod1Δ Pma1-T912D cells is suppressed by growing cells under low oxygen conditions or by treatments with manganese-based antioxidants. We now propose a model in which Sod1p maximizes Pma1p activity in two ways: one involving signaling through CK1γ casein kinases and an independent role for Sod1p in oxidative stress protection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins U. Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: J Allen
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins U. Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Janice S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins U. Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: vculott1@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: Valeria C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Culotta
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D047389:Casein Kinase I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072105:Superoxide Dismutase-1
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D000072105:Superoxide Dismutase-1; D000217:Acyltransferases; C107846:AKR1 protein, S cerevisiae; D047389:Casein Kinase I; C479664:YCK1 protein, S cerevisiae; C092477:PMA1 protein, S cerevisiae; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases
keywords: Casein kinase; Oxidative stress; PMA1; Reactive oxygen species; SOD1; Yeast