Nikawa J, Akiyoshi M, Hirata S, Fukuda T
Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1996 Nov 1;24(21):4222-6. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.21.4222.
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae IRE1 gene, encoding a putative receptor-type protein kinase, is known to be required for inositol prototrophy and for the induction of a chaperon molecule, BiP, encoded by KAR2, under stress conditions such as tunicamycin addition. We have characterized a yeast gene, IRE2, which was isolated as a suppressor gene that complements the inositol auxotrophic phenotype of the ire1 mutation. Sequencing analysis revealed that IRE2 is identical to HAC1, which encodes a transcription factor having a basic-leucine zipper motif. Introduction of IRE2/HAC1 into the ire1 mutant clearly restored the expression of KAR2 upon tunicamycin treatment. ire2/hac1-disrupted yeast cells showed not only the inositol auxotrophic phenotype but also the tunicamycin sensitivity, and failed to induce the expression of KAR2. These results clearly indicate that the IRE2/HAC1 gene product plays a critical role in the induction of KAR2 expression and in the inositol prototrophy mediated by IRE1.
酿酒酵母IRE1基因编码一种假定的受体型蛋白激酶,已知在添加衣霉素等应激条件下,该基因对于肌醇原养型以及诱导由KAR2编码的伴侣分子BiP是必需的。我们鉴定了一个酵母基因IRE2,它是作为一个抑制基因分离出来的,可弥补ire1突变的肌醇营养缺陷型表型。测序分析表明,IRE2与HAC1相同,HAC1编码一种具有碱性亮氨酸拉链基序的转录因子。将IRE2/HAC1导入ire1突变体后,在衣霉素处理时明显恢复了KAR2的表达。ire2/hac1破坏的酵母细胞不仅表现出肌醇营养缺陷型表型,还表现出对衣霉素的敏感性,并且无法诱导KAR2的表达。这些结果清楚地表明,IRE2/HAC1基因产物在KAR2表达的诱导以及由IRE1介导的肌醇原养型中起关键作用。