Dynamic signaling in the Hog1 MAPK pathway relies on high basal signal transduction.
Appropriate regulation of the Hog1 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is essential for cells to survive osmotic stress. Here, we show that the two sensing mechanisms upstream of Hog1 display different signaling properties. The Sho1 branch is an inducible nonbasal system, whereas the Sln1 branch shows high basal signaling that ... is restricted by a MAPK-mediated feedback mechanism. A two-dimensional mathematical model of the Snl1 branch, including high basal signaling and a Hog1-regulated negative feedback, shows that a system with basal signaling exhibits higher efficiency, with faster response times and higher sensitivity to variations in external signals, than would systems without basal signaling. Analysis of two other yeast MAPK pathways, the Fus3 and Kss1 signaling pathways, indicates that high intrinsic basal signaling may be a general property of MAPK pathways allowing rapid and sensitive responses to environmental changes.
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Blotting, Western, Flow Cytometry, Membrane Proteins, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Models, Biological, Molecular Chaperones, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Signal Transduction, Water-Electrolyte Balance, Yeasts
Blotting, Western, Flow Cytometry, Membrane Proteins, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Models, Biological, Molecular Chaperones, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Signal Transduction, Water-Electrolyte Balance, Yeasts
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Date: Mar. 26, 2009
PubMed ID: 19318625
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