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Genetics

Title:		Substitutions in the pheromone-responsive Gbeta protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae confer a defect in recovery from pheromone treatment
Author(s):		Li E; Meldrum E; Stratton HF; Stone DE;
Address:		"Laboratory for Molecular Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60607, USA"
Journal Title:		Genetics
Year:		1998
Volume:		148
Issue:		3
Page Number:		947 - 961
DOI:		10.1093/genetics/148.3.947
ISSN/ISBN:		0016-6731 (Print) 0016-6731 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The pheromone-responsive Galpha protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Gpa1p, stimulates an adaptive mechanism that downregulates the mating signal. In a genetic screen designed to identify signaling elements required for Gpa1p-mediated adaptation, a large collection of adaptive-defective (Adp-) mutants were recovered. Of the 49 mutants characterized thus far, approximately three-quarters exhibit a dominant defect in the negative regulation of the pheromone response. Eight of the dominant Adp- mutations showed tight linkage to the gene encoding the pheromone-responsive Gbeta, STE4. Sequence analysis of the STE4 locus in the relevant mutant strains revealed seven novel STE4 alleles, each of which was shown to disrupt proper regulation of the pheromone response. Although the STE4 mutations had only minor effects on basal mating pathway activity, the mutant forms of Gbeta dramatically affected the ability of the cell to turn off the mating response after exposure to pheromone. Moreover, the signaling activity of the aberrant Gbetagamma subunits was suppressed by G322E, a mutant form of Gpa1p that blocks the pheromone response by sequestering Gbetagamma, but not by E364K, a hyperadaptive form of Gpa1p. On the basis of these observations, we propose that Gpa1p-mediated adaptation involves the binding of an unknown negative regulator to Gbetagamma"
Keywords:		"Adaptation, Physiological Fungal Proteins/genetics *GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11 *GTP-Binding Protein beta Subunits GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry/drug effects/*genetics/metabolism *Heterotrimeric GTP-Bindi;"
Notes:		"MedlineLi, E Meldrum, E Stratton, H F Stone, D E eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1998/04/16 Genetics. 1998 Mar; 148(3):947-61. doi: 10.1093/genetics/148.3.947"