Open AccessA TSC22‐like motif defines a novel antiapoptotic protein family
Author(s) -
Khoury Chamel M.,
Yang Zhao,
Li Xiao Yu,
Vignali Marissa,
Fields Stanley,
Greenwood Michael T.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
fems yeast research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1567-1364
pISSN - 1567-1356
DOI - 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00367.x
Subject(s) - biology , leucine zipper , yeast , gene , genetics , sequence motif , conserved sequence , transcription factor , genome , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , peptide sequence
The apoptotic programme is evolutionarily conserved between yeast and metazoan organisms. We have previously identified a number of mammalian cDNAs capable of suppressing the deleterious effects of Bax expression in yeast. We herein report that one such suppressor, named Tsc22 (86) , represents the C‐terminal 86 amino acids of the previously characterized leucine zipper (LZ) motif‐containing transcriptional regulator Tsc22. Employing a genome‐wide two‐hybrid screen, functional genomics, and deletion mutagenesis approaches, we conclude that Tsc22 (86) ‐mediated antiapoptosis is independent of the LZ motif and is likely independent of effects on gene transcription. Rather, a 16‐residue sequence within the conserved 56‐residue TSC22 domain is necessary for antiapoptosis. The presence of a similar sequence was used to predict an antiapoptotic role for two yeast proteins, Sno1p and Fyv10p. Overexpression and knock‐out experiments were used to validate this prediction. These findings demonstrate the potential of studying heterologous proteins in yeast to uncover novel biological insights into the regulation of apoptosis.