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Molecular and Cellular Biology, November 2002, p. 7744-7757, Vol. 22, No. 22
0270-7306/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.22.7744-7757.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Complex Formation with Ypt11p, a rab-Type Small GTPase, Is Essential To Facilitate the Function of Myo2p, a Class V Myosin, in Mitochondrial Distribution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Takashi Itoh, Akiko Watabe, Akio Toh-e, and Yasushi Matsui*

Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Received 15 February 2002/ Returned for modification 4 April 2002/ Accepted 5 August 2002

We identified Ypt11p, a rab-type small GTPase, by its functional and two-hybrid interaction with Myo2p, a class V myosin of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The tail domain of Myo2p was coimmunoprecipitated with Ypt11p, suggesting that Ypt11p forms a complex with Myo2p at its tail domain in vivo. Mutational analysis of YPT11 suggests that Myo2p is a putative effector of Ypt11p. Deletion of YPT11 induced partial delay of mitochondrial transmission to the bud, and overexpression of YPT11 resulted in mitochondrial accumulation in the bud, indicating that Ypt11p acts positively on mitochondrial distribution toward the bud. We isolated two myo2 mutants, myo2-338 and myo2-573, which showed genetic interactions with YPT11. The myo2-573 mutation, identified by a synthetic lethal interaction with ypt11-null, induced a defect in mitochondrial distribution toward the bud, indicating that Myo2p plays a crucial role in polarized distribution of mitochondria. The myo2-338 mutation was identified as the mutation that abolished the effect of overexpressed YPT11, such as the Ypt11p-dependent accumulation of mitochondria in the bud, and the affinity of Myo2p for Ypt11p was reduced. These results indicate that complex formation of Ypt11p with Myo2p accelerates the function of Myo2p for mitochondrial distribution toward the bud.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. Phone and fax: 81-3-5684-9420. E-mail: matsui{at}biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, November 2002, p. 7744-7757, Vol. 22, No. 22
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.22.7744-7757.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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