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GUP1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes an O-acyltransferase involved in remodeling of the GPI anchor.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16597698     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The anchors of mature glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contain either ceramide or diacylglycerol with a C26:0 fatty acid in the sn2 position. The primary GPI lipid added to newly synthesized proteins in the ER consists of diacylglycerol with conventional C16 and C18 fatty acids. Here we show that GUP1 is essential for the synthesis of the C26:0-containing diacylglycerol anchors. Gup1p is an ER membrane protein with multiple membrane-spanning domains harboring a motif that is characteristic of membrane-bound O-acyl-transferases (MBOAT). Gup1Delta cells make normal amounts of GPI proteins but most mature GPI anchors contain lyso-phosphatidylinositol, and others possess phosphatidylinositol with conventional C16 and C18 fatty acids. The incorporation of the normal ceramides into the anchors is also disturbed. As a consequence, the ER-to-Golgi transport of the GPI protein Gas1p is slow, and mature Gas1p is lost from the plasma membrane into the medium. Gup1Delta cells have fragile cell walls and a defect in bipolar bud site selection. GUP1 function depends on the active site histidine of the MBOAT motif. GUP1 is highly conserved among fungi and protozoa and the gup1Delta phenotype is partially corrected by GUP1 homologues of Aspergillus fumigatus and Trypanosoma cruzi.
Authors:
Régine Bosson; Malika Jaquenoud; Andreas Conzelmann
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2006-04-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular biology of the cell     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1059-1524     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Biol. Cell     Publication Date:  2006 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-05-29     Completed Date:  2006-08-22     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9201390     Medline TA:  Mol Biol Cell     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2636-45     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acyltransferases / genetics*
Amino Acid Sequence
Kinetics
Lipids / physiology
Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics*
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Plasmids
Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology,  genetics*
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics*
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Gup1 protein, S cerevisiae; 0/Lipids; 0/Membrane Transport Proteins; 0/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; EC 2.3.-/Acyltransferases
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