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Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2001, p. 16-25, Vol. 21, No. 1
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.1.16-25.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The Sko1p Repressor and Gcn4p Activator Antagonistically Modulate Stress-Regulated Transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Amparo Pascual-Ahuir, Ramón Serrano, and Markus Proft*

Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-CSIC, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Received 10 July 2000/Returned for modification 30 August 2000/Accepted 6 October 2000

In the transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to stress, both activators and repressors are implicated. Here we demonstrate that the ion homeostasis determinant, HAL1, is regulated by two antagonistically operating bZIP transcription factors, the Sko1p repressor and the Gcn4p activator. A single CRE-like sequence (CREHAL1) at position -222 to -215 with the palindromic core sequence TTACGTAA is essential for stress-induced expression of HAL1. Down-regulation of HAL1 under normal growth conditions requires specific binding of Sko1p to CREHAL1 and the corepressor gene SSN6. Release from this repression depends on the function of the high-osmolarity glycerol pathway. The Gcn4p transcriptional activator binds in vitro to the same CREHAL1 and is necessary for up-regulated HAL1 expression in vivo, indicating a dual control mechanism by a repressor-activator pair occupying the same promoter target sequence. gcn4 mutants display a strong sensitivity to elevated K+ or Na+ concentrations in the growth medium. In addition to reduced HAL1 expression, this sensitivity is explained by the fact that amino acid uptake is drastically impaired by high Na+ and K+ concentrations in wild-type yeast cells. The reduced amino acid biosynthesis of gcn4 mutants would result in amino acid deprivation. Together with the induction of HAL1 by amino acid starvation, these results suggest that salt stress and amino acid availability are physiologically interconnected.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-CSIC, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain. Phone: 34-96-3877860. Fax: 34-96-3877859. E-mail: mproft{at}ibmcp.upv.es.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2001, p. 16-25, Vol. 21, No. 1
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.1.16-25.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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