The Atf1 transcription factor is a target for the Sty1 stress-activated MAP kinase pathway in fission yeast
| Autor: | M. Samuels, Jonathan B. A. Millar, W. M. Toone, Jia-Ching Shieh, T. Takeda, Takashi Toda, Marc G. Wilkinson, Nic Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Osmosis
p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases Substrate Specificity Genes Reporter Stress Physiological Gene Expression Regulation Fungal Schizosaccharomyces Genetics Transcriptional regulation Animals RNA Messenger Phosphorylation Genes Suppressor Transcription factor Activating Transcription Factor 1 Mammals Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases Binding Sites ATF1 biology Kinase Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases biology.organism_classification Catalase Cell biology DNA-Binding Proteins Enzyme Activation Meiosis Mitogen-activated protein kinase Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mutation biology.protein MAP kinase phosphatase Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Protein Kinases Developmental Biology Signal Transduction Transcription Factors |
| Zdroj: | Genesdevelopment. 10(18) |
| ISSN: | 0890-9369 |
| Popis: | The atf1+ gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a bZIP transcription factor with strong homology to the mammalian factor ATF-2. ATF-2 is regulated through phosphorylation in mammalian cells by the stress-activated mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases SAPK/JNK and p38. We show here that the fission yeast Atf1 factor is also regulated by a stress-activated kinase, Sty1. The Sty1 kinase is stimulated by a variety of different stress conditions including osmotic and oxidative stress and heat shock. Deletion of the atf1+ gene results in many, but not all, of the phenotypes associated with loss of Sty1, including sensitivity to environmental stress and inability to undergo sexual conjugation. Furthermore, we identify a number of target genes that are induced rapidly in a manner dependent upon both the Sty1 kinase and the Atf1 transcription factor. These genes include gpd1+, which is important for the response of cells to osmotic stress, the catalase gene lambda important for cells to combat oxidative stress, and pyp2+, which encodes a tyrosine-specific MAP kinase phosphatase. Induction of Pyp2 by Atf1 is direct in that it does not require de novo protein synthesis and results in a negative feedback loop that serves to control signaling through the Sty1/Wis1 pathway. We show that Atf1 associates stably and is phosphorylated by the Sty1 kinase in vitro. Taken together, these results indicate that the interaction between AM and Sty1 is direct. These findings highlight a remarkable level of conservation in transcriptional control by stress-activated MAP kinase pathways between fission yeast and mammalian cells. |
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