Schizosaccharomyces pombe glucose/cAMP signaling requires the Hsp90/Git10 chaperone and the Git7 co-chaperone
by Alaamery, Manal, Ph.D., BOSTON COLLEGE, 2008, 253 pages; 3318122

Abstract:

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe senses environmental glucose through a cAMP-signaling pathway. Elevated cAMP levels activate protein kinase A (PKA) to inhibit transcription of genes involved in sexual development and gluconeogenesis, including the fbp1+ gene, which encodes fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Glucose-mediated activation of PKA requires the function of nine git genes (git =glucose insensitive transcription), encoding adenylate cyclase, the PKA catalytic subunit and seven “upstream” proteins required for glucose-triggered adenylate cyclase activation. This thesis describes the cloning and characterization of the git10+ gene, which is identical to swo1+ and encodes the S. pombe Hsp90 chaperone protein. This discovery is consistent with the previous identification of the Git7 protein as a member of the Sgt1 Hsp90 co-chaperone family. Glucose repression of fbp1 + transcription is impaired by both hsp90 - and git7- mutant alleles, as well as by chemical inhibition of Hsp90 activity and temperature stress. Unlike the swo1- and git7 - ts mutant alleles, the git10-201 allele and git7-93 allele support cell growth at 37° and show no cytokinesis defect, while severely reducing glucose repression of an fbp1-lacZ reporter, suggesting a separation-of-function defect. A physical interaction between Git7 and Hsp90 in S. pombe was also detected and findings in this thesis suggest their involvement in the initial assembly of the cAMP complex.

 
AdviserCharles Hoffman
SchoolBOSTON COLLEGE
SourceDAI/B 69-06, p. , Sep 2008
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsMolecular biology; Genetics; Cellular biology
Publication Number3318122
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