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Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2001, p. 5710-5722, Vol. 21, No. 17
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.17.5710-5722.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Inhibition of Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase Activity Restores Expression of the INO1 Gene in a snf1 Mutant Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Margaret K. Shirra,1 Jana Patton-Vogt,2 Andreas Ulrich,3 Oksana Liuta-Tehlivets,3 Sepp D. Kohlwein,3 Susan A. Henry,2,dagger and Karen M. Arndt1,*

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 152601; Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 152132; and SFB Biomembrane Research Center, Institut für Biochemie, TU Graz, A8010 Graz, Austria3

Received 31 January 2001/Returned for modification 14 March 2001/Accepted 5 June 2001

Mutations in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SNF1 gene affect a number of cellular processes, including the expression of genes involved in carbon source utilization and phospholipid biosynthesis. To identify targets of the Snf1 kinase that modulate expression of INO1, a gene required for an early, rate-limiting step in phospholipid biosynthesis, we performed a genetic selection for suppressors of the inositol auxotrophy of snf1Delta strains. We identified mutations in ACC1 and FAS1, two genes important for fatty acid biosynthesis in yeast; ACC1 encodes acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (Acc1), and FAS1 encodes the beta  subunit of fatty acid synthase. Acc1 was shown previously to be phosphorylated and inactivated by Snf1. Here we show that snf1Delta strains with increased Acc1 activity exhibit decreased INO1 transcription. Strains carrying the ACC1 suppressor mutation have reduced Acc1 activity in vitro and in vivo, as revealed by enzymatic assays and increased sensitivity to the Acc1-specific inhibitor soraphen A. Moreover, a reduction in Acc1 activity, caused by addition of soraphen A, provision of exogenous fatty acid, or conditional expression of ACC1, suppresses the inositol auxotrophy of snf1Delta strains. Together, these findings indicate that the inositol auxotrophy of snf1Delta strains arises in part from elevated Acc1 activity and that a reduction in this activity restores INO1 expression in these strains. These results reveal a Snf1-dependent connection between fatty acid production and phospholipid biosynthesis, identify Acc1 as a Snf1 target important for INO1 transcription, and suggest models in which metabolites that are generated or utilized during fatty acid biosynthesis can significantly influence gene expression in yeast.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 269 Crawford Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Phone: (412) 624-6963. Fax: (412) 624-4759. E-mail: arndt{at}pitt.edu.

dagger Present address: Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2001, p. 5710-5722, Vol. 21, No. 17
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.17.5710-5722.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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