Glutamine transport as a possible regulator of nitrogen catabolite repression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Nitrogen catabolite repression (NCR) is a major transcriptional control pathway governing nitrogen use in yeast, with several hundred of target genes identified to date. Early and extensive studies on NCR led to the identification of the 4 GATA zinc finger transcription factors, but the primary mechanism initiating NCR is still ...
unclear up till now. To identify novel players of NCR, we have undertaken a genetic screen in an NCR-relieved gdh1? mutant, which led to the identification of four genes directly linked to protein ubiquitylation. Ubiquitylation is an important way of regulating amino acid transporters and our observations being specifically observed in glutamine-containing media, we hypothesized that glutamine transport could be involved in establishing NCR. Stabilization of Gap1 at the plasma membrane restored NCR in gdh1? cells and AGP1 (but not GAP1) deletion could relieve repression in the ubiquitylation mutants isolated during the screen. Altogether, our results suggest that deregulated glutamine transporter function in all three weak nitrogen derepressed (wnd) mutants restores the repression of NCR-sensitive genes consecutive to GDH1 deletion.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral, Catabolite Repression, GATA Transcription Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Glutamine, Nitrogen, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Transcription Factors
Yeast
Date: Sep. 01, 2022
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