Proper ascospore maturation requires the chs1+ chitin synthase gene in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-89

  Arellano, Manuel ^a,b   Cartagena Lirola, Hugo ^a   Hajibagheri, M A Nasser ^b   Durán, Angel ^a   Valdivieso, M Henar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0033970826     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01678.x     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Arellano, M., Duran, A., and Perez, P. (1997) Localisation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe rho1p GTPase and its involvement in the organisation of the actin cytoskeleton. J Cell Sci 110: 2547-2555.
2. Arellano, M., Valdivieso, M.H., Calonge, T.M., Coll, P.M., Duran, A., and Perez, P. (1999) Schizosaccharomyces pombe protein kinase C homologues, pck1p and pck2p, are targets of rho1p and rho2p and differentially regulate cell integrity. J Cell Sci 112: 3569-3578.
3. Bowen, A.R., Chen-Wu, J.L., Momany, M., Young, R., Szaniszlo, J.P., and Robbins, P.W. (1992) Classification of fungal chitin synthases. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89: 519-523.
4. Bresch, C., Müller, G., and Egel, R. (1968) Genes involved in meiosis and sporulation of a yeast. Mol Gen Genet 102: 301-306.
5. Briza, P., Ellinger, A., Winkler, G., and Breitenbach, M. (1988) Chemical composition of the yeast ascospore cell wall. J Biol Chem 263: 11569-11574.
6. Bulawa, C.E. (1993) Genetics and Molecular biology of chitin synthesis in fungi. Annu Rev Microbiol 47: 505-534.
7. Bush, D.A., Horisberger, M., Horman, I., and Wursch, P. (1974) The wall structure of S. pombe. J Gen Microbiol 81: 199-206.
8. Cabib, E., Sburlati, A., Bowers, B., and Silverman, S.J. (1989) Chitin synthase 1, an auxiliary enzyme for chitin synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Biol 108: 1665-1672.
9. Choi, W., and Cabib, E. (1994) The use of divalent cations and pH for the determination of specific yeast chitin synthases. Anal Biochem 219: 368-372.
10. Cid, V.J., Duran, A., del Rey, F., Snyder, M.P., Nombela, C., and Sanchez, M. (1995) Molecular basis of cell integrity and morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiol Rev 59: 345-386.
11. Cos, T., Ford, R.A., Trilla, J.A., Duran, A., Cabib, E., and Roncero, C. (1998) Molecular analysis of Chs3p participation in chitin synthase III activity. Eur J Biochem 256: 419-426.
12. Cristodoulidou, A., Bouriotis, V., and Thireos, G. (1996) Two sporulation-specific chitin deacetylase-encoding genes are required for the ascospore wall rigidity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 271: 31420-31425.
13. Dallies, N., François, J., and Paquet, V. (1998) A new method for quantitative determination of polysaccharides in the yeast cell wall. Application to the cell wall-defective mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 14: 1297-1306.
14. Fares, H., Goestch, L., and Pringle, J.R. (1996) Identification of a developmentally regulated septin and involvement of the septins in spore formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Biol 132: 399-411.
15. Forsburg, S. (1993) Comparison of S. pombe expression systems. Nucleic Acids Res 21: 2955-2956.
16. Gaughran, J.P., Lai, M.H., Kirsch, D.R., and Silverman, S.J. (1994) Nikkomycin Z is a specific inhibitor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chitin synthase isozyme Chs3 in vivo and in vitro. J Bacteriol 176: 5857-5860.
17. Gaynor, E.C., Mondesert, G., Grimme, S.J., Reed, S.I., Orlean, P., and Emr, S.D. (1999) MCD4 encodes a conserved endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein essential for glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor synthesis in yeast. Mol Biol Cell 10: 627-648.
18. Hirata, A., and Shimoda, C. (1992) Electron microscopic examination of sporulation-deficient mutants of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Arch Microbiol 158: 249-255.
19. Horisberger, M., and Rouvet-Vanthein, M. (1985) Cell wall architecture of the fission yeast S. pombe. Experientia 41: 748-749.
20. Horisberger, M., Volanthen, M., and Rosset, J. (1978) Localization of α-galactomannan and of wheat germ agglutinin receptors in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Arch Microbiol 119: 107-111.
21. +, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae FKS genes whose mutation confers hypersensitivity to cyclosporin A and papulacandin B. J Bacteriol 179: 7653-7662.
22. Ito, H., Fukuda, Y., Murata, K., and Kimura, A. (1983) Transformation of intact yeast cells treated with alkali cations. J Bacteriol 153: 163-168.
23. + requires the actin cytoskeleton to localize the sites of growth and plays an essential role in cell morphogenesis downstream of the protein kinase C function. J Cell Biol 144: 1173-1186.
24. Kishida, M., and Shimoda, C. (1986) Genetic mapping of eleven spo genes essential for ascospore formation in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Curr Genet 10: 443-447.
25. Kreger, D.R. (1954) Observations on cell walls of yeasts and some other fungi by X-ray diffraction and solubility tests. Biochim Biophys Acta 13: 1-9.
26. Lehrach, H. (1990) Genome analysis. In Genetic and Physical Mapping, Vol. 1. Davies, K.E., and Tilgham, S.M. (eds). Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
27. Manners, D.J., and Meyer, M.T. (1977) The molecular structure of some glucans from the cell wall of S. pombe. Carbohydr Res 57: 189-203.
28. Mishra, C., Semino, C.E., McCreath, K.J., Vega, H., Jones, B.J., Spetch, C.A., et al. (1997) Cloning and expression of two chitin deacetylase genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 13: 327-336.
29. Moreno, S., Klar, A., and Nurse, P. (1991) Molecular genetic analysis of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Methods Enzymol 194: 795-823.
30. Motoyama, T., Sudoh, M., Horiuchi, H., Ohta, A., and Takagi, M. (1994) Isolation and characterization of two chitin synthase genes of Rhizopus oligosporus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 58: 1685-1693.
31. Nagahashi, S., Sudoh, M., Ono, N., Sawada, R., Yamaguchi, E., Uchida, Y., et al. (1995) Characterization of chitin synthase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 270: 13961-13967.
32. Orlean, P. (1997) Biogenesis of yeast wall and surface components. In The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, Vol. 3, Cell Cycle and Cell Biology. Pringle, J.R., Broach, J.R., and Jones, E.W. (eds). Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, pp. 229-363.
33. Pammer, M., Briza, P., Ellinger, A., Schuster, T., Stucka, R., and Breintenbach, M. (1992) DIT101 (CSD2, CAL1), a cell cycle-regulated yeast gene required for synthesis of chitin in cell walls and chitosan is spore walls. Yeast 9: 1089-1099.
34. Poole, R.K., and Lloyd, D. (1972) Effect of 2-deoxy-D-glucose on growth and cell walls of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Arch Microbiol 88: 257-272.
35. Popolo, M., Vai, M., Gatti, E., Porello, S., Bonfante, P., Balestrini, R., et al. (1993) Physiological analysis of mutants indicates involvement of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GPI-anchored protein gp115 in morphogenesis and cell separation. J Bacteriol 175: 1879-1885.
36. Ribas, J.C., Diaz, M., Duran, A., and Perez, P. (1991) Isolation and characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe mutants defective in cell wall (1,3)β-D-glucan. J Bacteriol 173: 3456-3462.
37. Roncero, C., Valdivieso, M.H., Ribas, J.C., and Duran, A. (1988) Isolation and characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants resistant to calcofluor white. J Bacteriol 170: 1950-1954.
38. Ruiz-Herrera, J. (1992) Chitin and chitosan. In Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Synthesis and Assembly. CRC Press, pp. 89-118.
39. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F., and Maniatis, T. (1989) Molecuβ lar Cloning: a Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
40. Saxena, I.M., Brown, R.M., Fevre, M., Geremia, R.A., and Henrissat, B. (1995) Multidomain architecture of β-glucosyl transferases: implications for mechanism of action. J Bacteriol 177: 1419-1424.
41. Sburlati, A., and Cabib, E. (1986) Chitin synthase 2, a presumptive participant in septum formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 261: 15147-15152.
42. Shaw, J.A., Mol, P.C., Bowers, B., Silverman, S.J., Valdivieso, M.H., Duran, A., et al. (1991) The function of chitin synthases 2 and 3 in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle. J Cell Biol 114: 111-123.
43. Sietsma, J.H., and Wessels, J.G.H. (1990) The occurrence of glucosamino-glycan in the wall of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Gen Microbiol 136: 2261-2265.
44. Silverman, S.J., Sburlati, A., Slater, M.L., and Cabib, E. (1988) Chitin synthase 2 is essential for septum formation and cell division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85: 4735-4739.
45. cdc2 kinase. EMBO J 16: 534-544.
46. Studer, D., Michel, M., and Müller, M. (1989) High pressure freezing comes of age. Scanning Microsc Suppl. 3: 253-269.
47. Valdivieso, M.H., Mol, P.C., Shaw, J.A., Cabib, E., and Duran, A. (1991) Cloning of CAL1, a gene required for activity of chitin synthase 3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Biol 114: 101-109.
48. Vernet, T., Dignard, D., and Thomas, D.Y. (1987) A family of yeast expression vectors containing the phage f1 intergenic region. Gene 52: 225-233.
49. Yamamoto, M., Imai, Y., and Watanabe, Y. (1997) Mating and sporulation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. In The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces, Vol. 3, Cell Cycle and Cell Biology. Pringle, J.R., Broach, J.R., and Jones, E.W. (eds). Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, pp. 1037-1106.