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J Bacteriol

Title:		Saccharomyces cerevisiae mid2p is a potential cell wall stress sensor and upstream activator of the PKC1-MPK1 cell integrity pathway
Author(s):		Ketela T; Green R; Bussey H;
Address:		"Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1"
Journal Title:		J Bacteriol
Year:		1999
Volume:		181
Issue:		11
Page Number:		3330 - 3340
DOI:		10.1128/JB.181.11.3330-3340.1999
ISSN/ISBN:		0021-9193 (Print) 1098-5530 (Electronic) 0021-9193 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The MID2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a protein with structural features indicative of a plasma membrane-associated cell wall sensor. MID2 was isolated as a multicopy activator of the Skn7p transcription factor. Deletion of MID2 causes resistance to calcofluor white, diminished production of stress-induced cell wall chitin under a variety of conditions, and changes in growth rate and viability in a number of different cell wall biosynthesis mutants. Overexpression of MID2 causes hyperaccumulation of chitin and increased sensitivity to calcofluor white. alpha-Factor hypersensitivity of mid2Delta mutants can be suppressed by overexpression of upstream elements of the cell integrity pathway, including PKC1, RHO1, WSC1, and WSC2. Mid2p and Wsc1p appear to have overlapping roles in maintaining cell integrity since mid2Delta wsc1Delta mutants are inviable on medium that does not contain osmotic support. A role for MID2 in the cell integrity pathway is further supported by the finding that MID2 is required for induction of Mpk1p tyrosine phosphorylation during exposure to alpha-factor, calcofluor white, or high temperature. Our data are consistent with a role for Mid2p in sensing cell wall stress and in activation of a response that includes both increased chitin synthesis and the Mpk1p mitogen-activated protein kinase cell integrity pathway. In addition, we have identified an open reading frame, MTL1, which encodes a protein with both structural and functional similarity to Mid2p"
Keywords:		"Benzenesulfonates/pharmacology Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism/*physiology Cell Wall/drug effects/genetics/*metabolism Chitin/biosynthesis/metabolism DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics Enzyme Induction Epistasis, Genetic F;"
Notes:		"MedlineKetela, T Green, R Bussey, H eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1999/05/29 J Bacteriol. 1999 Jun; 181(11):3330-40. doi: 10.1128/JB.181.11.3330-3340.1999"