Remodeling-defective GPI-anchored proteins on the plasma membrane activate the spindle assembly checkpoint.

Newly synthesized glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) undergo extensive remodeling prior to transport to the plasma membrane. GPI-AP remodeling events serve as quality assurance signatures, and complete remodeling of the anchor functions as a transport warrant. Using a genetic approach in yeast cells, we establish that one remodeling event, the removal of ...
ethanolamine-phosphate from mannose 2 via Ted1p (yPGAP5), is essential for cell viability in the absence of the Golgi-localized putative phosphodiesterase Dcr2p. While GPI-APs in which mannose 2 has not been remodeled in dcr2 ted1-deficient cells can still be delivered to the plasma membrane, their presence elicits a unique stress response. Stress is sensed by Mid2p, a constituent of the cell wall integrity pathway, whereupon signal promulgation culminates in activation of the spindle assembly checkpoint. Our results are consistent with a model in which cellular stress response and chromosome segregation checkpoint pathways are functionally interconnected.
Mesh Terms:
Cell Cycle, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall, Endoplasmic Reticulum, GPI-Linked Proteins, Glycosylphosphatidylinositols, Golgi Apparatus, M Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints, Mannose, Protein Transport, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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Date: Dec. 28, 2020
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