scholarly journals GFP-based optimization scheme for the overexpression and purification of eukaryotic membrane proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 784-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Drew ◽  
Simon Newstead ◽  
Yo Sonoda ◽  
Hyun Kim ◽  
Gunnar von Heijne ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 371 (4) ◽  
pp. 841-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Ito ◽  
Taishi Sugawara ◽  
Mitsunori Shiroishi ◽  
Natsuko Tokuda ◽  
Azusa Kurokawa ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1150-1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Lamping ◽  
Brian C. Monk ◽  
Kyoko Niimi ◽  
Ann R. Holmes ◽  
Sarah Tsao ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The study of eukaryotic membrane proteins has been hampered by a paucity of systems that achieve consistent high-level functional protein expression. We report the use of a modified membrane protein hyperexpression system to characterize three classes of fungal membrane proteins (ABC transporters Pdr5p, CaCdr1p, CaCdr2p, CgCdr1p, CgPdh1p, CkAbc1p, and CneMdr1p, the major facilitator superfamily transporter CaMdr1p, and the cytochrome P450 enzyme CaErg11p) that contribute to the drug resistance phenotypes of five pathogenic fungi and to express human P glycoprotein (HsAbcb1p). The hyperexpression system consists of a set of plasmids that direct the stable integration of a single copy of the expression cassette at the chromosomal PDR5 locus of a modified host Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain, ADΔ. Overexpression of heterologous proteins at levels of up to 29% of plasma membrane protein was achieved. Membrane proteins were expressed with or without green fluorescent protein (GFP), monomeric red fluorescent protein, His, FLAG/His, Cys, or His/Cys tags. Most GFP-tagged proteins tested were correctly trafficked within the cell, and His-tagged proteins could be affinity purified. Kinetic analysis of ABC transporters indicated that the apparent K m value and the V max value of ATPase activities were not significantly affected by the addition of His tags. The efflux properties of seven fungal drug pumps were characterized by their substrate specificities and their unique patterns of inhibition by eight xenobiotics that chemosensitized S. cerevisiae strains overexpressing ABC drug pumps to fluconazole. The modified hyperexpression system has wide application for the study of eukaryotic membrane proteins and could also be used in the pharmaceutical industry for drug screening.


1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 3435-3442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Steglich ◽  
Walter Neupert ◽  
Thomas Langer

ABSTRACT Prohibitins comprise a protein family in eukaryotic cells with potential roles in senescence and tumor suppression. Phb1p and Phb2p, members of the prohibitin family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, have been implicated in the regulation of the replicative life span of the cells and in the maintenance of mitochondrial morphology. The functional activities of these proteins, however, have not been elucidated. We demonstrate here that prohibitins regulate the turnover of membrane proteins by the m-AAA protease, a conserved ATP-dependent protease in the inner membrane of mitochondria. The m-AAA protease is composed of the homologous subunits Yta10p (Afg3p) and Yta12p (Rca1p). Deletion ofPHB1 or PHB2 impairs growth of Δyta10 or Δyta12 cells but does not affect cell growth in the presence of the m-AAA protease. A prohibitin complex with a native molecular mass of approximately 2 MDa containing Phb1p and Phb2p forms a supercomplex with them-AAA protease. Proteolysis of nonassembled inner membrane proteins by the m-AAA protease is accelerated in mitochondria lacking Phb1p or Phb2p, indicating a negative regulatory effect of prohibitins on m-AAA protease activity. These results functionally link members of two conserved protein families in eukaryotes to the degradation of membrane proteins in mitochondria.


2007 ◽  
Vol 313 (4) ◽  
pp. 688-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Inadome ◽  
Yoichi Noda ◽  
Yurika Kamimura ◽  
Hiroyuki Adachi ◽  
Koji Yoda

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2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 251525641876404
Author(s):  
Non Miyata ◽  
Osamu Kuge

Maintenance of the cardiolipin (CL) level largely depends on Ups1-Mdm35 complex-mediated intramitochondrial phosphatidic acid transfer. In addition, the presence of an alternative CL accumulation pathway has been suggested in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This pathway is independent of the Ups1-Mdm35 complex and stimulated by loss of Ups2, which forms a complex with Mdm35 and mediates intramitochondrial transfer of phosphatidylserine for phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis. Recently, we found that the alternative CL accumulation pathway is enhanced by a lowered phosphatidylethanolamine level, not by loss of Ups2 per se, and depends on three mitochondrial inner membrane proteins, Fmp30, Mdm31, and Mdm32.


2011 ◽  
Vol 300 (5) ◽  
pp. F1062-F1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne B. Moeller ◽  
Emma T. B. Olesen ◽  
Robert A. Fenton

The cellular functions of many eukaryotic membrane proteins, including the vasopressin-regulated water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2), are regulated by posttranslational modifications. In this article, we discuss the experimental discoveries that have advanced our understanding of how posttranslational modifications affect AQP2 function, especially as they relate to the role of AQP2 in the kidney. We review the most recent data demonstrating that glycosylation and, in particular, phosphorylation and ubiquitination are mechanisms that regulate AQP2 activity, subcellular sorting and distribution, degradation, and protein interactions. From a clinical perspective, posttranslational modification resulting in protein misrouting or degradation may explain certain forms of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. In addition to providing major insight into the function and dynamics of renal AQP2 regulation, the analysis of AQP2 posttranslational modification may provide general clues as to the role of posttranslational modification for regulation of other membrane proteins.


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