Genetic analysis of spontaneous suppressors of the pho85 mutation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Chaperones are known to play an important role in complexation of cyclin-dependent kinases with cyclins. In yeast cells growing in the presence of phosphate, cyclin-dependent kinase Pho85p and cyclin Pho80p form a complex and phosphorylate activator Pho4p. As a result, Pho4p is exported from the nucleus, and the PHO5 gene is not transcribed. The mutations suppressing the pho85 mutation were analyzed in order to identify genes which code for chaperones involved in the formation of the Pho80p-Pho85p complex in the presence of environmental phosphate. Dominant mutations DSP1, DSP2, and DSP4-6 were found. It is shown that the DSP1 gene is 2.1 cM away from the PHO85 gene on chromosome XVI and probably coincides with the EGD1 gene coding for a chaperone.     

Genetic Analysis of Spontaneous Suppressors of the pho85 Mutation in Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Chaperones are known to play an important role in complexation of cyclin-dependent kinases with cyclins. In yeast cells growing in the presence of phosphate, cyclin-dependent kinase Pho85p and cyclin Pho80p form a complex and phosphorylate activator Pho4p. As a result, Pho4p is exported from the nucleus, and the PHO5 gene is not transcribed. The mutations suppressing thepho85 mutation were analyzed in order to identify genes which code for chaperones involved in the formation of the Pho80p–Pho85p complex in the presence of environmental phosphate. Dominant mutations DSP1, DSP2, and DSP4–6 were found. It is shown that the DSP1gene is 2.1 cM away from thePHO85 gene on chromosome XVI and probably coincides with the EGD1 gene coding for a chaperone.     

酵母PHO2与PHO4蛋白的激活活性的分析及两者的相互作用

ＰＨＯ２与ＰＨＯ４是酵母ＰＨＯ５基因的两个正调控因子,本文发现,ＰＨＯ２与酵母转录因子ＧＡＬ４的ＤＮＡ结合功能域融合后就能激活报道基因ｌａｃＺ的表达,其激活力受高低磷影响,表明ＰＨＯ２蛋白上存在酸性转录激活区。ＰＨＯ２蛋白上酸性氨基酸丰富的２８７－３２６肽段并非ＰＨＯ２的激活区。在ＰＨＯ２蛋白上２３０位Ｓｅｒ处于磷酸化状态２ＰＨＯ２才有激活作用,表明了这一磷酸化位点可能与ＰＨＯ２的转录激活能力有关     

Transcription regulation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PHO5 gene by the Ino2p and Ino4p basic helix-loop-helix proteins

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PHO5 gene product accounts for a majority of the acid phosphatase activity. Its expression is induced by the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein, Pho4p, in response to phosphate depletion. Pho4p binds predominantly to two UAS elements (UASp1 at -356 and UASp2 at -247) in the PHO5 promoter. Previous studies from our lab have shown cross-regulation of different biological processes by bHLH proteins. This study tested the ability of all yeast bHLH proteins to regulate PHO5 expression and identified inositol-mediated regulation via the Ino2p/Ino4p bHLH proteins. Ino2p/Ino4p are known regulators of phospholipid biosynthetic genes. Genetic epistasis experiments showed that regulation by inositol required a third UAS site (UASp3 at -194). ChIP assays showed that Ino2p:Ino4p bind the PHO5 promoter and that this binding is dependent on Pho4p binding. These results demonstrate that phospholipid biosynthesis is co-ordinated with phosphate utilization via the bHLH proteins.