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ArticlePloS one2019

Genetic relationships between the RACK1 homolog cpc-2 and heterotrimeric G protein subunit genes in Neurospora crassa.

Amruta Garud, Alexander J Carrillo, Logan A Collier, Arit Ghosh, James D Kim, Berenise Lopez-Lopez, Shouqiang Ouyang, Katherine A Borkovich

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Fungal Stress Responses and the Importance of GPCRs.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  7. A WD40 Protein Encoding GeneFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amruta GarudDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.
Alexander J CarrilloDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.
Logan A CollierDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.
Arit GhoshDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.
James D KimDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.
Berenise Lopez-LopezDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.
Shouqiang OuyangDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.
Katherine A BorkovichDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-1112-6034
University of California, Riverside · US

Funding

Tools for Functional Analysis and Cell BiologyP01GM068087 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI DUNLAP, JAY C. · 2004 to 2013
$19.3M
UC Riverside MARC U* Star Undergraduate Research ProgramT34GM062756 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI MARTINEZ, ERNEST · 2001 to 2022
$8.7M
Diverse Roles for RIC8 During G Protein Signaling in FungiR01GM086565 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI BORKOVICH, KATHERINE A · 2009 to 2012
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM068087NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086565NIGMS NIH HHS T34 GM062756
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Receptor for Activated C Kinase-1 (RACK1) is a multifunctional eukaryotic scaffolding protein with a seven WD repeat structure. Among their many cellular roles, RACK1 homologs have been shown to serve as alternative Gβ subunits during heterotrimeric G protein signaling in many systems. We investigated genetic interactions between the RACK1 homolog cpc-2, the previously characterized Gβ subunit gnb-1 and other G protein signaling components in the multicellular filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Results from cell fractionation studies and from fluorescent microscopy of a strain expressing a CPC-2-GFP fusion protein revealed that CPC-2 is a cytoplasmic protein. Genetic epistasis experiments between cpc-2, the three Gα genes (gna-1, gna-2 and gna-3) and gnb-1 demonstrated that cpc-2 is epistatic to gna-2 with regards to basal hyphae growth rate and aerial hyphae height, while deletion of cpc-2 mitigates the increased macroconidiation on solid medium observed in Δgnb-1 mutants. Δcpc-2 mutants inappropriately produce conidiophores during growth in submerged culture and mutational activation of gna-3 alleviates this defect. Δcpc-2 mutants are female-sterile and fertility could not be restored by mutational activation of any of the three Gα genes. With the exception of macroconidiation on solid medium, double mutants lacking cpc-2 and gnb-1 exhibited more severe defects for all phenotypic traits, supporting a largely synergistic relationship between GNB-1 and CPC-2 in N. crassa.

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Genes, FungalHeterotrimeric GTP-Binding ProteinsModels, BiologicalMutationNeurospora crassaPhenotypePhylogenyProtein BindingRecombinant Proteinsrho-Associated KinasesHeterotrimeric GTP-Binding ProteinsRecombinant Proteinsrho-Associated Kinases

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PMID31581262
PMCPMC6776386
OpenAlexW2978002895

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