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Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2005, p. 2177-2190, Vol. 25, No. 6
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.6.2177-2190.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Interaction with the SH3 Domain Protein Bem1 Regulates Signaling by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae p21-Activated Kinase Ste20

Matthew J. Winters1 and Peter M. Pryciak1*

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts1

Received 19 July 2004/ Returned for modification 14 September 2004/ Accepted 20 December 2004

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PAK (p21-activated kinase) family kinase Ste20 functions in several signal transduction pathways, including pheromone response, filamentous growth, and hyperosmotic resistance. The GTPase Cdc42 localizes and activates Ste20 by binding to an autoinhibitory motif within Ste20 called the CRIB domain. Another factor that functions with Ste20 and Cdc42 is the protein Bem1. Bem1 has two SH3 domains, but target ligands for these domains have not been described. Here we identify an evolutionarily conserved binding site for Bem1 between the CRIB and kinase domains of Ste20. Mutation of tandem proline-rich (PxxP) motifs in this region disrupts Bem1 binding, suggesting that it serves as a ligand for a Bem1 SH3 domain. These PxxP motif mutations affect signaling additively with CRIB domain mutations, indicating that Bem1 and Cdc42 make separable contributions to Ste20 function, which cooperate to promote optimal signaling. This PxxP region also binds another SH3 domain protein, Nbp2, but analysis of bem1{Delta} versus nbp2{Delta} strains shows that the signaling defects of PxxP mutants result from impaired binding to Bem1 rather than from impaired binding to Nbp2. Finally, the PxxP mutations also reduce signaling by constitutively active Ste20, suggesting that postactivation functions of PAKs can be promoted by SH3 domain proteins, possibly by colocalizing PAKs with their substrates. The overall results also illustrate how the final signaling function of a protein can be governed by combinatorial addition of multiple, independent protein-protein interaction modules.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 377 Plantation St., Four Biotech, Rm. 330, Worcester, MA 01605. Phone: (508) 856-8756. Fax: (508) 856-8774. E-mail: peter.pryciak{at}umassmed.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2005, p. 2177-2190, Vol. 25, No. 6
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.6.2177-2190.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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