Phosphorylation of Chs2p regulates interaction with COPII.

Trafficking of the chitin synthase Chs2p from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the bud-neck in late mitosis is tightly regulated by the cell cycle via phosphorylation of serine residues in the N-terminus of the protein. Here, we describe the effects of Chs2p phosphorylation on the interaction with coat protein complex ...
II (COPII). Identification of a cdc5(ts) mutant, which fails to transport Chs2p-3xGFP to the bud-neck and instead accumulates the protein in intracellular puncta, led us to discover that Chs2p-3xGFP accumulates at ER exit sites in metaphase-arrested wild-type cells. Using an in vitro ER vesicle formation assay we showed that phosphorylation of Chs2p by the cyclin-dependent kinase CDK1 prevents packaging into COPII vesicles, whereas dephosphorylation of Chs2p by the phosphatase Cdc14p stimulates selection into the vesicles. We found that the cytoplasmic N-terminal domain of Chs2p, which contains the CDK1 phosphorylation sites, interacts with the COPII component Sec24p in a yeast two-hybrid assay and that phosphomimetic substitutions of serines at the CDK1 consensus sites reduces the interaction. Our data suggest that dephosphorylation functions as a molecular switch for regulated ER exit of Chs2p.
Mesh Terms:
Biomimetics, CDC2 Protein Kinase, COP-Coated Vesicles, Cell Cycle, Cell Cycle Proteins, Chitin Synthase, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Genetic Engineering, Membrane Proteins, Mutation, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, Protein Transport, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Two-Hybrid System Techniques, Vesicular Transport Proteins
J. Cell. Sci.
Date: May. 15, 2013
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