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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2018

Intracellular mechanism by which arsenite activates the yeast stress MAPK Hog1.

Jongmin Lee, David E Levin

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jongmin LeeDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02118.
David E LevinDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02118.
Boston University · US

Funding

ROLE OF PROTEIN KINASE C IN YEAST GROWTH CONTROLR01GM048533 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LEVIN, DAVID E. · 1992 to 2025
$7.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM048533
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress-activated MAPKs (SAPKs) respond to a wide variety of stressors. In most cases, the pathways through which specific stress signals are transmitted to the SAPKs are not known. In this study, we delineate the intracellular signaling pathway by which the trivalent toxic metalloid arsenite [As(III)] activates the yeast SAPK Hog1. We demonstrate that, to activate Hog1, As(III) must enter the cell through the glycerol channel Fps1 and must be metabolized to methyl arsenite [MAs(III)] by the dimeric methyltransferase Mtq2:Trm112. We found that Mtq2:Trm1 displays SAM-dependent methyltransferase activity toward both As(III) and MAs(III). Additionally, we present genetic and biochemical evidence that MAs(III), but not As(III), is a potent inhibitor of the protein tyrosine phosphatases (Ptp2 and Ptp3) that normally maintain Hog1 in an inactive state. Inhibition of Ptp2 and Ptp3 by MAs(III) results in elevated Hog1 phosphorylation without activation of the protein kinases that act upstream of the SAPK and raises the possibility that other Hog1-activating stressors act intracellularly at different points along the canonical Hog1 activation pathway. Finally, we show that arsenate [As(V)], a pentavalent form of arsenic, also activates Hog1, but through a pathway that is distinct from that of As(III) and involves activation of the Hog1 MEK Pbs2.

Indexed as

Stress, PhysiologicalArsenitesIntracellular SpaceMethylationMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesModels, BiologicalSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsarseniteArsenitesHOG1 protein, S cerevisiaeMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID29846136
PMCPMC6085820
OpenAlexW2885990428

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