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J Cell Biol


Title:Dual roles for Ste24p in yeast a-factor maturation: NH2-terminal proteolysis and COOH-terminal CAAX processing
Author(s):Tam A; Nouvet FJ; Fujimura-Kamada K; Slunt H; Sisodia SS; Michaelis S;
Address:"Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA"
Journal Title:J Cell Biol
Year:1998
Volume:142
Issue:3
Page Number:635 - 649
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.3.635
ISSN/ISBN:0021-9525 (Print) 1540-8140 (Electronic) 0021-9525 (Linking)
Abstract:"Maturation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor precursor involves COOH-terminal CAAX processing (prenylation, AAX tripeptide proteolysis, and carboxyl methylation) followed by cleavage of an NH2-terminal extension (two sequential proteolytic processing steps). The aim of this study is to clarify the precise role of Ste24p, a membrane-spanning zinc metalloprotease, in the proteolytic processing of the a-factor precursor. We demonstrated previously that Ste24p is necessary for the first NH2-terminal processing step by analysis of radiolabeled a-factor intermediates in vivo (Fujimura-Kamada, K., F.J. Nouvet, and S. Michaelis. 1997. J. Cell Biol. 136:271-285). In contrast, using an in vitro protease assay, others showed that Ste24p (Afc1p) and another gene product, Rce1p, share partial overlapping function as COOH-terminal CAAX proteases (Boyartchuk, V.L., M.N. Ashby, and J. Rine. 1997. Science. 275:1796-1800). Here we resolve these apparently conflicting results and provide compelling in vivo evidence that Ste24p indeed functions at two steps of a-factor maturation using two methods. First, direct analysis of a-factor biosynthetic intermediates in the double mutant (ste24Delta rce1Delta) reveals a previously undetected species (P0*) that fails to be COOH terminally processed, consistent with redundant roles for Ste24p and Rce1p in COOH-terminal CAAX processing. Whereas a-factor maturation appears relatively normal in the rce1Delta single mutant, the ste24Delta single mutant accumulates an intermediate that is correctly COOH terminally processed but is defective in cleavage of the NH2-terminal extension, demonstrating that Ste24p is also involved in NH2-terminal processing. Together, these data indicate dual roles for Ste24p and a single role for Rce1p in a-factor processing. Second, by using a novel set of ubiquitin-a-factor fusions to separate the NH2- and COOH-terminal processing events of a-factor maturation, we provide independent evidence for the dual roles of Ste24p. We also report here the isolation of the human (Hs) Ste24p homologue, representing the first human CAAX protease to be cloned. We show that Hs Ste24p complements the mating defect of the yeast double mutant (ste24Delta rce1Delta) strain, implying that like yeast Ste24p, Hs Ste24p can mediate multiple types of proteolytic events"
Keywords:Amino Acid Sequence Endopeptidases/metabolism Genetic Complementation Test Humans Lipoproteins/*metabolism Membrane Proteins/genetics/*metabolism Metalloendopeptidases/genetics/*metabolism Molecular Sequence Data Mutation Phenotype Pheromones Proprotein C;
Notes:"MedlineTam, A Nouvet, F J Fujimura-Kamada, K Slunt, H Sisodia, S S Michaelis, S eng GM41223/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1998/08/12 J Cell Biol. 1998 Aug 10; 142(3):635-49. doi: 10.1083/jcb.142.3.635"

 
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