Specific roles for the Ccr4-Not complex subunits in expression of the genome

In this work we used micro-array experiments to determine the role of each nonessential subunit of the conserved Ccr4-Not complex in the control of gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The study was performed with cells growing exponentially in high glucose and with cells grown to glucose depletion. Specific patterns of gene deregulation were observed upon deletion of any given subunit, revealing the specificity of each subunit''s function. Consistently, the purification of the Ccr4-Not complex through Caf40p by tandem affinity purification from wild-type cells or cells lacking individual subunits of the Ccr4-Not complex revealed that each subunit had a particular impact on complex integrity. Furthermore, the micro-arrays revealed that the role of each subunit was specific to the growth conditions. From the study of only two different growth conditions, revealing an impact of the Ccr4-Not complex on more than 85% of all studied genes, we can infer that the Ccr4-Not complex is important for expression of most of the yeast genome.     

裂殖酵母SAGA各亚基亚细胞荧光定位分析

SAGA(Spt-Ada-Gcn5 Acetyltransferase complex)是一个多亚基保守的转录复合物, 在裂殖酵母(Schizosaccharomyces pombe)里由19个亚基组成, 调控体内10%基因的转录。文章通过构建原位整合荧光菌株, 完整地分析了SAGA所有亚基的亚细胞荧光定位。荧光数据显示这些亚基的定位可分为4种类型, 提示SAGA亚基除共同参与转录调控之外, 可能还有其他功能。SAGA亚基Sgf73是联系去泛素化模块与SAGA其他模块的桥梁, 它的缺失不仅明显减少了去泛素化亚基Ubp8、Sgf11、Sus1核内的定位, 同时也影响了乙酰化亚基Gcn5、Sgf29、Ngg1以及核心结构亚基Spt7在细胞核内的定位, 这提示Sgf73对维持SAGA的酶学功能和稳定性至关重要。另外, sgf73+的缺失还造成了胞质分裂的缺陷, 导致细胞出现多核多膈膜表型。在△sgf73里过量表达膈膜降解途径中的关键基因ace2+和mid2+的回补结果表明, ace2+不能回补sgf73+缺失造成的缺陷, 而mid2+也仅能部分回补, 提示Sgf73可能还通过其他途径影响了胞质分裂。