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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2025

Acetic acid-induced stress granules function as scaffolding complexes for Hog1 activation by Pbs2.

Jongmin Lee, Kazuo Tatebayashi, David E Levin

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. HOG Signaling: A Multifunctional Regulator of Stress Homeostasis inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. Surprising regulatory plasticity for the conserved HOG pathway in diversebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  6. Pbs2 regulates late-stage macroautophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025
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3 authors.

Jongmin LeeDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3574-8580
Kazuo TatebayashiLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, Frontier Research Unit, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3131-7030
David E LevinDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0696-2860

Funding

ROLE OF PROTEIN KINASE C IN YEAST GROWTH CONTROLR01GM048533 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LEVIN, DAVID E. · 1992 to 2025
$7.8M
The Arsenic Stress Signaling Code of YeastR01GM138413 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI LEVIN, DAVID E. · 2020 to 2023
$1.8M
Institute of Medical Science, University of TokyoJapan Society for the Promotion of Science 21H02422NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM048533NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM138413NIH HHS R01GM48533
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs) respond to a wide variety of stressors. In most cases, the pathways through which specific stress signals are transmitted to the SAPK are not known. We show that the yeast SAPK Hog1 is activated by acetic acid through an intracellular mechanism that does not involve stimulation of the high osmolarity glycerol (HOG) signaling pathway beyond its basal level. Rather, acetic acid treatment drives the formation of stress granules, which function as a scaffold to bring Hog1 together with Pbs2, its immediately upstream activating kinase, in a stable assembly that leverages the basal activity of Pbs2 to phosphorylate Hog1. Deletion analysis of stress granule components revealed that the assembly is critical for both the acetic acid-induced activation of Hog1 and its association with Pbs2. Activated Hog1 remains associated with stress granules, which may have implications for its targeting.

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Acetic AcidMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsStress GranulesEnzyme ActivationPhosphorylationSignal TransductionAcetic AcidHOG1 protein, S cerevisiaeMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID40067148
PMCPMC11895697

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