Rewiring the yeast cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway through a synthetic positive feedback circuit unveils a novel role for the MAPKKK Ssk2 in CWI pathway activation.

The FEBS Journal
Elena Jiménez-GutiérrezHumberto Martín

Abstract

The cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway mediates the response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to cell wall alterations. Stress at the cell surface is detected by mechanosensors, which transduce the signal to a protein kinase cascade that involves Pkc1, Bck1, Mkk1/Mkk2, the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) Slt2 and the transcription factor Rlm1. We incorporated a positive feedback loop into this pathway by placing a hyperactive MKK1 allele under the control of the Rlm1-regulated MLP1 promoter. This circuit operates as a signal amplifier and leads to a highly increased Slt2 activation under stimulating conditions. Triggering the CWI pathway in cells engineered with this circuit, which we have named the Integrity Pathway Activation Circuit (IPAC), results in strong growth inhibition. Exploitation of this hypersensitive phenotype allowed the identification of novel proteins that contribute in signalling to Rlm1 in response to cell surface stressing agents such as Congo red, zymolyase and SDS. Among these proteins, the MAPK kinase kinase Ssk2 of the osmoregulatory high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway, but not its paralogue Ssk22, proved to be necessary for the SDS-induced IPAC-mediated growth inhibition. We found the existence of...Continue Reading

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