The WASp homologue Las17p functions with the WIP homologue End5p/verprolin and is essential for endocytosis in yeast.

Several end mutations that block the internalisation step of endocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae also affect the cortical actin cytoskeleton [1]. END5 encodes a proline-rich protein (End5p or verprolin) required for a polarised cortical actin cytoskeleton and endocytosis [2,3]. End5p interacts with actin [4], but its exact function is not yet ...
known. To help elucidate End5p function, we sought other End5p-interacting proteins and identified the LAS17/BEE1 gene (encoding the yeast homologue of the human Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein, WASp) as a high-copy-number suppressor of the temperature-sensitive growth and endocytic defects of end5-1 cells (carrying a frameshift mutation affecting the last 213 residues of End5p). LAS17 is unable to suppress a full deletion of END5 (end5 delta), however, suggesting that the defective End5-1p in end5-1 mutants may be stabilised by Las17p. The amino terminus of Las17p interacts with the carboxyl terminus of End5p in the yeast two-hybrid system and similar interactions have been shown between WASp and a mammalian End5p homologue, WASp-interacting protein (WIP) [5]. As las17 delta deletion mutants are blocked in endocytosis, we conclude that Las17p and End5p interact and are essential for endocytosis.
Mesh Terms:
Carrier Proteins, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Endocytosis, Frameshift Mutation, Fungal Proteins, Gene Dosage, Genes, Fungal, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Microfilament Proteins, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Deletion, Suppression, Genetic, Temperature, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein, Neuronal
Curr. Biol.
Date: Aug. 27, 1998
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