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REG1 binds to protein phosphatase type 1 and regulates glucose repression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Author(s) -
Tu J.,
Carlson M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00282.x
Subject(s) - biology , saccharomyces cerevisiae , psychological repression , phosphatase , fungal protein , saccharomyces , genetics , biochemistry , yeast , enzyme , gene , gene expression
Protein phosphatase type 1 (PP1) is encoded by GLC7, an essential gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The GLC7 phosphatase is required for glucose repression and appears to function antagonistically to the SNF1 protein kinase. Previously, we characterized a mutation, glc7‐T152K, that relieves glucose repression but does not interfere with the function of GLC7 in glycogen metabolism. We proposed that the mutant GLC7T152K phosphatase is defective in its interaction with a regulatory subunit that directs participation of PP1 in the glucose repression mechanism. Here, we present evidence that REG1, a protein required for glucose repression, is one such regulatory subunit. We show that REG1 is physically associated with GLC7. REG1 interacts with GLC7 strongly and specifically in the two‐hybrid system, and REG1 and GLC7 fusion proteins co‐immunoprecipitate from cell extracts. Moreover, overexpression of a REG1 fusion protein suppresses the glc7‐T152K mutant defect in glucose repression. This and other genetic evidence indicate that the two proteins function together in regulating glucose repression. These results suggest that REG1 is a regulatory subunit of PP1 that targets its activity to proteins in the glucose repression regulatory pathway.