GCS1, an Arf guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is required for normal actin cytoskeletal organization in vivo and stimulates actin polymerization in vitro.
Recent cloning of a rat brain phosphatidylinositol 3,4, 5-trisphosphate binding protein, centaurin alpha, identified a novel gene family based on homology to an amino-terminal zinc-binding domain. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the protein with the highest homology to centaurin alpha is Gcs1p, the product of the GCS1 gene. GCS1 was originally identified ... as a gene conditionally required for the reentry of cells into the cell cycle after stationary phase growth. Gcs1p was previously characterized as a guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein for the small guanosine triphosphatase Arf1, and gcs1 mutants displayed vesicle-trafficking defects. Here, we have shown that similar to centaurin alpha, recombinant Gcs1p bound phosphoinositide-based affinity resins with high affinity and specificity. A novel GCS1 disruption strain (gcs1Delta) exhibited morphological defects, as well as mislocalization of cortical actin patches. gcs1Delta was hypersensitive to the actin monomer-sequestering drug, latrunculin-B. Synthetic lethality was observed between null alleles of GCS1 and SLA2, the gene encoding a protein involved in stabilization of the actin cytoskeleton. In addition, synthetic growth defects were observed between null alleles of GCS1 and SAC6, the gene encoding the yeast fimbrin homologue. Recombinant Gcs1p bound to actin filaments, stimulated actin polymerization, and inhibited actin depolymerization in vitro. These data provide in vivo and in vitro evidence that Gcs1p interacts directly with the actin cytoskeleton in S. cerevisiae.
Mesh Terms:
ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1, ADP-Ribosylation Factors, Actins, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Carrier Proteins, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Cytoskeleton, DNA-Binding Proteins, Fungal Proteins, GTP-Binding Proteins, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Gene Deletion, Membrane Glycoproteins, Microfilament Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Phosphatidylinositols, Rats, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Zinc, Zinc Fingers
ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1, ADP-Ribosylation Factors, Actins, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Carrier Proteins, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Cytoskeleton, DNA-Binding Proteins, Fungal Proteins, GTP-Binding Proteins, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Gene Deletion, Membrane Glycoproteins, Microfilament Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Phosphatidylinositols, Rats, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Zinc, Zinc Fingers
Mol. Biol. Cell
Date: Mar. 01, 1999
PubMed ID: 10069805
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