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Mol. Cell. Biol., Sep 1996, 4897-4914, Vol 16, No. 9
HY Tang and M Cai
Normal cell growth and division in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
involve dramatic and frequent changes in the organization of the actin
cytoskeleton. Previous studies have suggested that the reorganization of
the actin cytoskeleton in accordance with cell cycle progression is
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28.
Here we report that by isolating rapid-death mutants in the background of
the Start-deficient cdc28-4 mutation, the essential yeast gene PAN1,
previously thought to encode the yeast poly(A) nuclease, is identified as a
new factor required for normal organization of the actin cytoskeleton. We
show that at restrictive temperature, the pan1 mutant exhibited abnormal
bud growth, failed to maintain a proper distribution of the actin
cytoskeleton, was unable to reorganize actin the cytoskeleton during cell
cycle, and was defective in cytokinesis. The mutant also displayed a random
pattern of budding even at permissive temperature. Ectopic expression of
PAN1 by the GAL promoter caused abnormal distribution of the actin
cytoskeleton when a single- copy vector was used. Immunofluorescence
staining revealed that the Pan1 protein colocalized with the cortical actin
patches, suggesting that it may be a filamentous actin-binding protein. The
Pan1 protein contains an EF-hand calcium-binding domain, a putative Src
homology 3 (SH3)-binding domain, a region similar to the actin cytoskeleton
assembly control protein Sla1, and two repeats of a newly identified
protein motif known as the EH domain. These findings suggest that Pan1,
recently recognized as not responsible for the poly(A) nuclease activity
(A. B. Sachs and J. A. Deardorff, erratum, Cell 83:1059, 1995; R. Boeck, S.
Tarun, Jr., M. Rieger, J. A. Deardorff, S. Muller-Auer, and A. B. Sachs, J.
Biol. Chem. 271:432-438, 1996), plays an important role in the organization
of the actin cytoskeleton in S. cerevisiae.
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology
The EH-domain-containing protein Pan1 is required for normal organization of the actin cytoskeleton in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore.
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