c-Jun and RACK1 homologues regulate a control point for sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-41

  Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Wanke, Christoph ^a   LaPaglia, S Kirsten ^a   Braus, Gerhard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN C JUN; RAC K 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACIDS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033909661     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01954.x     Document Type: Review

References (67)

1. Adams, T.H., Hide, W.A., Yager, L.N., and Lee, B.N. (1992) Isolation of a gene required for programmed initiation of development by Aspergillus nidulans. Mol Cell Biol 12: 3827-3833.
2. Bennett, J.W., and Lasure, L.L. (1991) Growth media. In More Gene Manipulations in Fungi. Bennett, J.W., and Lasure, L.L. (eds). San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 441-457.
3. Bradford, M.M. (1976) A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Anal Biochem 72: 248-254.
4. Brody, H., Griffith, J., Cuticchia, A.J., Arnold, J., and Timberlake, W.E. (1991) Chromosome-specific recombinant DNA libraries from the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Nucleic Acids Res 9: 3105-3109.
5. Bussink, H.J., and Osmani, S.A. (1998) A cyclin-dependent kinase family member (PHOA) is required to link developmental fate to environmental conditions in Aspergillus nidulans. EMBO J 17: 3990-4003.
6. Carsiotis, M., and Jones, R.F. (1974) Cross-pathway regulation: tryptophan-mediated control of histidine and arginine biosynthetic enzymes in Neurospora crassa. J Bacteriol 119: 889-892.
7. Chae, K.S., Kim, J.H., Choi, Y., Man, D.M., and Jahng, K.Y. (1995) Isolation and characterization of a genomic DNA fragment complementing a nsdD mutation of Aspergillus nidulans. Mol Cells 5: 146-150.
8. Champe, S.P., Rao, P., and Chang, A. (1987) An endogenous inducer of sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans. J Gen Microbiol 133: 1383-1387.
9. Champe, S.P., and Simon, L.D. (1992) Cellular differentiation and tissue formation in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. In An Analysis of the Development of Biological Structure. Rossomando, E.F., and Alexander, S. (eds). New York: Marcel Dekker, pp. 63-91.
10. Chang, B.Y., Conroy, K.B., Machleder, E.M., and Cartwright, C.A. (1998) RACK1, a receptor for activated C kinase and a homolog of the β subunit of G proteins, inhibits activity of src tyrosine kinases and growth of NIH 3T3 cells. Mol Cell Biol 18: 3245-3256.
11. Chantrel, Y., Gaisne, M., Lions, C., and Verdiere, J. (1998) The transcriptional regulator Hap1p (Cyp1p) is essential for anaerobic or heme-deficient growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: genetic and molecular characterization of an extragenic suppressor that encodes a WD repeat protein. Genetics 148: 559-569.
12. Clutterbuck, A.J. (1972) Absence of laccase from yellow-spored mutants of Aspergillus nidulans. J Gen Microbiol 70: 423-435.
13. Clutterbuck, A.J., and Timberlake, W.E. (1992) Genetic regulation of sporulation in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. In Development: The Molecular Genetic Approach. Russo, V.E.A., Brody, S., Cove, D., and Ottolenghi, S. (eds). Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp. 103-120.
14. Davis, R.H. (1962) A mutant form of ornithine transcarbamylase found in a strain of Neurospora carrying a pyrimidine-proline suppressor gene. Arch Biochem Biophys 97: 185-191.
15. Eckert, S.E., Hoffmann, B., Wanke, C., and Braus, G.H. (1999) Sexual development of Aspergillus nidulans in tryptophan auxotrophic strains. Arch Microbiol 172: 157-166.
16. Engelberg, D., Klein, C., Martinetto, H., Struhl, K., and Karin, M. (1994) The UV response involving the Ras signaling pathway and AP-1 transcription factors is conserved between yeast and mammals. Cell 77: 381-390.
17. Feinberg, A.P., and Vogelstein, B. (1984) A technique for radiolabeling DNA restriction endonuclease fragments to high specific activity. Anal Biochem 137: 266-267.
18. Fernandez-Abalos, J.M., Fox, H., Pitt, C., Wells, B., and Doonan, J.H. (1998) Plant-adapted green fluorescent protein is a versatile reporter for gene expression, protein localization and mitosis in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Mol Microbiol 27: 121-130.
19. Man, D.M., Man, Y.J., Kim, J.H., Jahng, K.Y., Chung, Y.S., Chung, J.H., et al. (1994) Isolation and characterization of NSD mutants in Aspergillus nidulans. Kor J Mycol 22: 1-7.
20. Hermann, T.E., Kurtz, M.B., and Champe, S.P. (1983) Laccase localized in hulle cells and cleistothecial primordia of Aspergillus nidulans. J Bacteriol 154: 955-964.
21. Hinnebusch, A.G. (1992) General and pathway-specific regulatory mechanisms controlling the synthesis of amino acid biosynthetic enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, Gene Expression, Vol. II. Jones, E.W., Pringle, J.R., and Broach, J.R. (eds). Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, pp. 319-414.
22. Hinnebusch, A.G. (1997) Translational regulation of yeast GCN4. A window on factors that control initiator-tRNA binding to the ribosome. J Biol Chem 272: 21661-21664.
23. Hoffmann, B., Mösch, H.U., Sattlegger, E., Barthelmess, I.B., Hinnebusch, A., and Braus, G.H. (1999) The WD protein Cpc2p is required for repression of Gcn4 protein activity in yeast in the absence of amino acid starvation. Mol Microbiol 31: 807-822.
24. John, M., Leppik, R., Busch, S.J., Granger-Schnarr, M., and Schnarr, M. (1996) DNA binding of Jun and Fos bZip domains: homodimers and heterodimers induce a DNA conformational change in solution. Nucleic Acids Res 24: 4487-4494.
25. Käfer, E. (1977) The anthranilate synthetase enzyme complex and the trifunctional trpC gene of Aspergillus. Can J Genet Cytol 19: 723-738.
26. Kelly, J.M., and Hynes, M.J. (1982) The regulation of NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase in Aspergillus nidulans. J Gen Microbiol 128: 23-28.
27. Kiss-Laszlo, Z., Henry, Y., Bachellerie, J.P., Caizergues-Ferrer, M., and Kiss, T. (1996) Site-specific ribose methylation of preribosomal RNA: a novel function for small nucleolar RNAs. Cell 85: 1077-1088.
28. Klopotowski, T., and Wiater, A. (1965) Synergism of aminotriazole and phosphate on the inhibition of yeast imidazole glycerol phosphate dehydratase. Arch Biochem Biophys 112: 562-566.
29. Lilienthal, J., and Chang, D.D. (1998) Rack1, a receptor for activated protein kinase C, interacts with integrin β subunit. J Biol Chem 273: 2379-2383.
30. Martinelli, S.D. (1976) Conidiation of Aspergillus nidulans in submerged culture. Trans Br Mycol Soc 67: 121-128.
31. Marton, M.J., Vazquez de Aldana, C.R., Qiu, H., Chakraburtty, K., and Hinnebusch, A.G. (1997) evidence that GCN1 and GCN20, translational regulators of GCN4, function on elongating ribosomes in activation of elF2a kinase GCN2. Mol Cell Biol 17: 4474-4489.
32. Maxwell, E.S., and Fournier, J. (1995) The small nucleolar RNAs. Annu Rev Biochem 64: 897-934.
33. Mirande, M., and Waller, J.P. (1988) The yeast lysyl-tRNA synthetase gene. Evidence for general amino acid control of its expression and domain structure of the encoded protein. J Biol Chem 263: 18443-18451.
34. Mooney, J.L., and Yager, L.N. (1990) Light is required for conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans. Genes Dev 4: 473-1482.
35. Mösch, H.-U., Scheier, B., Lahti, P., Mäntsälä, P., and Braus, G.H. (1991) Transcriptional activation of yeast nucleotide biosynthetic gene ADE4 by GCN4. J Biol Chem 266: 20452-20456.
36. Müller, F., Krüger, D., Sattlegger, E., Hoffmann, B., Ballario, P., Kanaan, M., et al. (1995) The cpc-2gene of Neurospora crassa encodes a protein entirely composed of WD-repeat segments that is involved in general amino acid control and female fertility. Mol Gen Genet 248: 162-173.
37. Paluh, J.L., and Yanofsky, C. (1991) Characterization of Neurospora CPC1, a bZIP DNA-binding protein that does not require aligned heptad leucines for dimerization. Mol Cell Biol 11: 935-944.
38. Paluh, J.L., Orbach, M.J., Legerton, T.L., and Yanofsky, C. (1988) The cross-pathway control gene of Neurospora crassa, cpc-1, encodes a protein similar to GCN4 of yeast and the DNA-binding domain of the oncogene v-jun-encoded protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85: 3728-3732.
39. Piotrowska, M. (1980) Cross-pathway regulation of ornithine carbamyltransferase synthesis in Aspergillus nidulans. J Gen Microbiol 116: 335-339.
40. Pontecorvo, G., Roper, J.A., Hemmons, L.M., MacDonald, K.D., and Bufton, A.W.J. (1953) The genetics of Aspergillus nidulans. Adv Genet 5: 141-238.
41. Pringle, J.R., Adams, A.E., Drubin, D.G., and Haarer, B.K. (1991) Immunofluorescence methods for yeast. Methods Enzymol 194: 565-602.
42. Punt, P.J., and van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (1992) Transformation of filamentous fungi based on hygromycin B and phleomycin resistance markers. Methods Enzymol 216: 447-457.
43. Qu, L.H., Henry, Y., Nicoloso, M., Michot, B., Azum, M.C., Renalier, M.H., et al. (1995) U24, a novel intron-encoded small nucleolar RNA with two 12 nt long, phylogenetically conserved complementarities to 28S rRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 23: 2669-2676.
44. Ron, D., and Mochly-Rosen, D. (1995) An autoregulatory region in protein kinase C: the pseudoanchoring site. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92: 492-496.
45. Ron, D., Chen, C.H., Caldwell, J., Jamieson, L., Orr, E., and Mochly-Rosen, D. (1994) Cloning of an intracellular receptor for protein kinase C. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91: 839-843.
46. Roper, J.A. (1952) Production of heterozygous diploids in filamentous fungi. Experientia 8: 14-15.
47. Rosen, S., Yu, J.H., and Adams, T.H. (1999) The Aspergillus nidulans sfaD gene encodes a G protein β subunit that is required for normal growth and repression of sporulation. EMBO J 18: 5592-5600.
48. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E., and Maniatis, T. (1989). Molecular Cloning. A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
49. Sanger, F., Nicklen, S., and Coulson, A.R. (1977) DNA sequencing with chain termination inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 74: 5463-5467.
50. Sattlegger, E., Hinnebusch, A.G., and Barthelmess, I.B. (1998) cpc-3, the Neurospora crassa homologue of yeast GCN2, encodes a polypeptide with juxtaposed elF2α kinase and histidyl-tRNA synthetase-related domains required for general amino acid control. J Biol Chem 273: 20404-20416.
51. Scherer, M., and Fischer, R. (1998) Purification and characterization of laccase II of Aspergillus nidulans. Arch Microbiol 170: 78-84.
52. Serlupi-Crescenzi, O., Kurtz, M.B., and Champe, S.P. (1983) Developmental defects resulting from arginine auxotrophy in Aspergillus nidulans. J Gen Microbiol 129: 3535-3544.
53. Skromne, I., Sanchez, O., and Aguirre, J. (1995) Starvation stress modulates the expression of the Aspergillus nidulans brlA regulatory gene. Microbiology 141: 21-28.
54. Smith, T.F., Gaitatzes, C., Saxena, K., and Neer, E.J. (1999) The WD repeat: a common architecture for diverse functions. Trends Biochem Sci 24: 181-185.
55. Som, T., and Kolaparthi, V.S.R. (1994) Developmental decisions in Aspergillus nidulans are modulated by Ras activity. Mol Cell Biol 14: 5333-5348.
56. Sondek, J., Bohm, A., Lambright, D.G., Hamm, H.E., and Sigler. P.B. (1996) Crystal structure of a G-protein βγ dimer at 2.1 Å resolution. Nature 379: 369-374.
57. Struhl, K. (1988) The JUN oncoprotein, a vertebrate transcription factor, activates transcription in yeast. Nature 332: 649-650.
58. Vagvölgyi, C., and Ferenczy, L. (1991) Isolation of nuclei from Aspergillus nidulans protoplasts. FEMS Microbiol Lett 66: 247-251.
59. Wang, P., Larson, T.G., Chen, C.H., Pawlyk, D.M., Clark, J.A., and Nuss, D.L. (1998) Cloning and characterization of a general amino acid control transcriptional activator from the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Fungal Genet Biol 23: 81-94.
60. Wanke, C., Eckert, S., Albrecht, G., van Hartingsveldt, W., Punt, P.J., van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J., et al. (1997) The Aspergillus niger GCN4 homologue, cpcA, is transcriptionally regulated and encodes an unusual leucine zipper. Mol Microbiol 23: 23-33.
61. Waring, R.B., May, G.S., and Morris, N.R. (1989) Characterization of an inducible expression system in Aspergillus nidulans using alcA and tubulin-coding genes. Gene 79: 119-130.
62. Wu, J., and Miller, B.L. (1997) Aspergillus asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction are differentially affected by transcriptional and translational mechanisms regulating stunted gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 17: 6191-6201.
63. Yager, L.N. (1992) Early developmental events during asexual and sexual sporulation in Aspergillus nidulans. In Aspergillus: Biological and Industrial Applications. Bennett, J.W., and Klich, M.A. (eds). Massachusetts: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 19-42.
64. Yager, L.N., Lee, H.O., Nagle, D.L., and Zimmerman, J.E. (1998) Analysis of fluG mutations that affect light-dependent conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans. Genetics 149: 1777-1786.
65. Yarwood, S.J., Steele, M.R., Scotlant, G., Houslay, M.D., and Bolger, G.B. (1999) The RACK1 signaling scaffold protein selectively interacts with the cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase PDE4D5 isoform. J Biol Chem 274: 14909-14917.
66. Zaman, Z., Bowman, S.B., Kornfeld, G.D., Brown, A.J., and Dawes, I.W. (1999) Transcription factor GCN4 for control of amino acid biosynthesis also regulates the expression of the gene for lipoamide dehydrogenase. Biochem J 340: 855-862.
67. Zonnefeld, B.J.M. (1975) Sexual differentiation in Aspergillus nidulans. The requirement for manganese and its effect on α-1,3-glucan synthesis and degradation. Arch Microbiol 105: 101-104.