| Title: | Analysis of random PCR-originated mutants of the yeast Ste2 and Ste3 receptors |
| Author(s): | Gastaldi S; Zamboni M; Bolasco G; Di Segni G; Tocchini-Valentini GP; |
| Address: | "CNR, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology (IBCN), Monterotondo (Rome), 00015, Italy. EMBL, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Monterotondo (Rome), 00015, Italy" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2045-8827 (Electronic) 2045-8827 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The G protein-coupled receptors Ste2 and Ste3 bind alpha- and a-factor, respectively, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These receptors share a similar conformation, with seven transmembrane segments, three intracellular loops, a C-terminus tail, and three extracellular loops. However, the amino acid sequences of these two receptors bear no resemblance to each other. Coincidently the two ligands, alpha- and a-factor, have different sequences. Both receptors activate the same G protein. To identify amino acid residues that are important for signal transduction, the STE2 and STE3 genes were mutagenized by a random PCR-based method. Mutant receptors were analyzed in MATalpha cells mutated in the ITC1 gene, whose product represses transcription of a-specific genes in MATalpha. Expression of STE2 or STE3 in these cells results in autocrine activation of the mating pathway, since this strain produces the Ste2 receptor in addition to its specific ligand, alpha-factor. It also produces a-factor in addition to its specific receptor, Ste3. Therefore, this strain provides a convenient model to analyze mutants of both receptors in the same background. Many hyperactive mutations were found in STE3, whereas none was detected in STE2. This result is consistent with the different strategies that the two genes have adopted to be expressed" |
| Keywords: | "Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence DNA, Fungal/genetics Genes, Fungal Homeodomain Proteins/genetics Mating Factor/metabolism Polymerase Chain Reaction Receptors, Mating Factor/*genetics Repressor Proteins/genetics Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*genetics/*metabo;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGastaldi, Serena Zamboni, Michela Bolasco, Giulia Di Segni, Gianfranco Tocchini-Valentini, Glauco P eng England 2016/05/07 Microbiologyopen. 2016 Aug; 5(4):670-86. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.361. Epub 2016 May 5" |
