Life-span extension by a metacaspase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Single-cell species harbor ancestral structural homologs of caspase proteases, although the evolutionary benefit of such apoptosis-related proteins in unicellular organisms is unclear. Here, we found that the yeast metacaspase Mca1 is recruited to the insoluble protein deposit (IPOD) and juxtanuclear-quality control compartment (JUNQ) during aging and proteostatic stress. Elevating MCA1 ... expression counteracted accumulation of unfolded proteins and aggregates and extended life span in an Hsp104 disaggregase and proteasome-dependent manner. Consistent with a role in protein quality control, genetic interaction analysis revealed that MCA1 buffers against deficiencies in the Hsp40 chaperone YDJ1 in a caspase cysteine-dependent manner. Life-span extension and aggregate management by Mca1 was only partly dependent on its conserved catalytic cysteine, which suggests that Mca1 harbors both caspase-dependent and independent functions related to life-span control.
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Date: May. 22, 2014
PubMed ID: 24855027
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