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Mol Cell Biol

Title:		Akr1p and the type I casein kinases act prior to the ubiquitination step of yeast endocytosis: Akr1p is required for kinase localization to the plasma membrane
Author(s):		Feng Y; Davis NG;
Address:		"Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA"
Journal Title:		Mol Cell Biol
Year:		2000
Volume:		20
Issue:		14
Page Number:		5350 - 5359
DOI:		10.1128/MCB.20.14.5350-5359.2000
ISSN/ISBN:		0270-7306 (Print) 1098-5549 (Electronic) 0270-7306 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Ubiquitination of the plasma membrane-localized yeast a-factor receptor (Ste3p) triggers a rapid, ligand-independent endocytosis leading to its vacuolar degradation. This report identifies two mutants that block uptake by blocking ubiquitination, these being mutant either for the ankyrin repeat protein Akr1p or for the redundant type I casein kinases Yck1p and Yck2p. While no obvious defect was seen for wild-type Ste3p phosphorylation in akr1 or yck mutant backgrounds, examination of the Delta320-413 Ste3p deletion mutant phosphorylation did reveal a clear defect in both mutants. The Delta320-413 deletion removes 18 Ser-Thr residues (possible YCK-independent phosphorylation sites) yet retains the 15 Ser-Thr residues of the Ste3p PEST-like ubiquitination-endocytosis signal. Two other phenotypes link akr1 and yck mutants: both are defective in phosphorylation of wild-type alpha-factor receptor, and while both are defective for Ste3p constitutive internalization, both remain partially competent for the Ste3p ligand-dependent uptake mode. Yck1p-Yck2p may be the function responsible in phosphorylation of the PEST-like ubiquitination-endocytosis signal. Akr1p appears to function in localizing Yck1p-Yck2p to the plasma membrane, a localization that depends on prenylation of C-terminal dicysteinyl motifs. In akr1Delta cells, Yck2p is mislocalized, showing a diffuse cytoplasmic localization identical to that seen for a Yck2p mutant that lacks the C-terminal Cys-Cys, indicating a likely Akr1p requirement for the lipid modification of Yck2p, for prenylation, or possibly for palmitoylation"
Keywords:		"Acyltransferases Casein Kinases Cell Membrane/*metabolism Cytoplasm/metabolism *Endocytosis Fungal Proteins/genetics/*metabolism Mutation Phosphorylation Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism Protein Prenylation Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics/metabolism;"
Notes:		"MedlineFeng, Y Davis, N G eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2000/06/24 Mol Cell Biol. 2000 Jul; 20(14):5350-9. doi: 10.1128/MCB.20.14.5350-5359.2000"