Characterization of synthetic-lethal mutants reveals a role for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae guanine-nucleotide exchange factor Cdc24p in vacuole function and Na+ tolerance.

Cdc24p is the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor for the Cdc42p GTPase, which controls cell polarity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To identify new genes that may affect cell polarity, we characterized six UV-induced csl (CDC24 synthetic-lethal) mutants that exhibited synthetic-lethality with cdc24-4ls at 23 degrees. Five mutants were not complemented by plasmid-borne CDC42, ...
RSR1, BUD5, BEM1, BEM2, BEM3 or CLA4 genes, which are known to play a role in cell polarity. The csl3 mutant displayed phenotypes similar to those observed with calcium-sensitive, Pet- vna mutants defective in vacuole function. CSL5 was allelic to VMA5, the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase subunit C, and one third of csl5 cdc24-4ls cells were elongated or had misshapen buds. A cdc24-4ls delta vma5::LEU2 double mutant did not exhibit synthetic lethality, suggesting that the csl5/vma5 cdc24-4ls synthetic-lethality was not simply due to altered vacuole function. The cdc24-4ls mutant, like delta vma5::LEU2 and csl3 mutants, was sensitive to high levels of Ca2+ as well as Na+ in the growth media, which did not appear to be a result of a fragile cell wall because the phenotypes were not remedied by 1 M sorbitol. Our results indicated that Cdc24p was required in one V-ATPase mutant and another mutant affecting vacuole morphology, and also implicated Cdc24p in Na+ tolerance.
Mesh Terms:
Calcium Chloride, Carboxy-Lyases, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cell Polarity, Crosses, Genetic, Genes, Fungal, Genes, Lethal, Genetic Complementation Test, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Mutation, Phenotype, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Proton-Translocating ATPases, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sodium Chloride, Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases, Vacuoles
Genetics
Date: Sep. 01, 1997
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