title: Distinct Actin and Lipid Binding Sites in Ysc84 Are Required during Early Stages of Yeast Endocytosis.
abstract: During endocytosis in S. cerevisiae, actin polymerization is proposed to provide the driving force for invagination against the effects of turgor pressure. In previous studies, Ysc84 was demonstrated to bind actin through a conserved N-terminal domain. However, full length Ysc84 could only bind actin when its C-terminal SH3 domain also bound to the yeast WASP homologue Las17. Live cell-imaging has revealed that Ysc84 localizes to endocytic sites after Las17/WASP but before other known actin binding proteins, suggesting it is likely to function at an early stage of membrane invagination. While there are homologues of Ysc84 in other organisms, including its human homologue SH3yl-1, little is known of its mode of interaction with actin or how this interaction affects actin filament dynamics. Here we identify key residues involved both in Ysc84 actin and lipid binding, and demonstrate that its actin binding activity is negatively regulated by PI(4,5)P2. Ysc84 mutants defective in their lipid or actin-binding interaction were characterized in vivo. The abilities of Ysc84 to bind Las17 through its C-terminal SH3 domain, or to actin and lipid through the N-terminal domain were all shown to be essential in order to rescue temperature sensitive growth in a strain requiring YSC84 expression. Live cell imaging in strains with fluorescently tagged endocytic reporter proteins revealed distinct phenotypes for the mutants indicating the importance of these interactions for regulating key stages of endocytosis.
authors: Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors: Agnieszka N
authors: AN
authors: Urbanek
authors: Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors: Ellen G
authors: EG
authors: Allwood
authors: Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors: Adam P
authors: AP
authors: Smith
authors: Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors: Wesley I
authors: WI
authors: Booth
authors: Department of Biomedical Science, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors: Kathryn R
authors: KR
authors: Ayscough
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; C480361:LAS17 protein, S cerevisiae; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein; C084789:YSC84 protein, S cerevisiae; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins