Glycolytic enzyme GAPDH promotes peroxide stress signaling through multistep phosphorelay to a MAPK cascade

Mol Cell. 2008 Apr 11;30(1):108-13. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.01.017.

Abstract

Phosphorelay signaling of environmental stimuli by two-component systems is prevailing in bacteria and also utilized by fungi and plants. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, peroxide stress signals are transmitted from the Mak2/3 sensor kinases to the Mpr1 histidine-containing phosphotransfer (HPt) protein and finally to the Mcs4 response regulator, which activates a MAP kinase cascade. Here we show that, unexpectedly, the glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) physically associates with the Mcs4 response regulator and stress-responsive MAP kinase kinase kinases (MAPKKKs). In response to H2O2 stress, Cys-152 of the Tdh1 GAPDH is transiently oxidized, which enhances the association of Tdh1 with Mcs4. Furthermore, Tdh1 is essential for the interaction between the Mpr1 HPt protein and the Mcs4 response regulator and thus for phosphorelay signaling. These results demonstrate that the glycolytic enzyme GAPDH plays an essential role in the phosphorelay signaling, where its redox-sensitive cysteine residue may provide additional input signals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / genetics
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism
  • Cysteine / metabolism
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / genetics
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / metabolism*
  • MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases / genetics
  • MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases / metabolism
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System / physiology*
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism*
  • Oxidants / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxidative Stress*
  • Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Schizosaccharomyces / enzymology*
  • Schizosaccharomyces / genetics
  • Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / genetics
  • Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / metabolism*
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques

Substances

  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Mcs4 protein, S pombe
  • Oxidants
  • Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases
  • Protein Kinases
  • Mpr1 protein, S pombe
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases
  • Cysteine