Genetic characterization of genes encoding enzymes catalyzing addition of phospho-ethanolamine to the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genes Genet Syst. 2002 Oct;77(5):309-22. doi: 10.1266/ggs.77.309.

Abstract

MPC1/GPI13/YLL031C, one of the genes involved in the addition of phospho-ethanolamine to the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor core, is an essential gene. Three available temperature-sensitive mutant alleles, mpc1-3, mpc1-4, and mpc1-5, displayed different phenotypes to each other and, correspondingly, these mutants were found to have different mutations in the MPC1 ORF. Temperature-sensitivity of mpc1-5 mutants was suppressed by 5 mM ZnSO(4) and by 5 mM MnCl(2). Multicopy suppressors were isolated from mpc1-5 mutant. Suppressors commonly effective to mpc1-4 and mpc1-5 mutations are PSD1, encoding phosphatidylserine decarboxylase, and ECM33, which were found to suppress the temperature-sensitive phenotype shown by the fsr2-1 and las21delta mutants, those of which have defects in the GPI anchor synthesis. PSD2, encoding another phosphatidylserine decarboxylase that is localized in Golgi/vacuole, was found to be able to serve as a multicopy suppressor of mpc1 and fsr2-1 mutants but not of the las21 delta mutant. In contrast to psd1delta, psd2delta showed a synthetic growth defect with mpc1 mutants but not with fsr2-1 or las21delta. Furthermore, psd1delta psd2delta mpc1 triple mutants did not form colonies on nutrient medium unless ethanolamine was supplied to the medium, whereas psd1delta psd2 delta fsr2-1 or psd1delta psd2 delta las21delta triple mutants grew on nutrient medium without supplementation of ethanolamine. These observations suggest that Mpc1 preferentially utilizes phosphatidylethanolamine produced by Psd2 that is localized in Golgi/vacuole. fsr2-1 dpl1 Delta psd1delta strains showed slower growth than fsr2-1 dpl1delta psd2 delta, suggesting that Fsr2 enzyme depends more on Dpl1 and Psd1 for production of phosphatidylethanolamine. Las21 did not show preference for the metabolic pathway to produce phosphatidylethanolamine.

MeSH terms

  • Carboxy-Lyases / genetics
  • Carboxy-Lyases / metabolism
  • Ethanolamines / metabolism*
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / physiology
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Mutation
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Ethanolamines
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • phosphorylethanolamine
  • GPI13 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
  • Carboxy-Lyases
  • phosphatidylserine decarboxylase