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The interaction between the catalytic A subunit of calcineurin and its autoinhibitory domain, in the yeast two‐hybrid system, is disrupted by cyclosporin A and FK506
Author(s) -
Chaudhuri Bhabatosh,
Hämmerle Marcus,
Fürst Peter
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(94)01365-8
Subject(s) - calcineurin , protein subunit , yeast , calmodulin , two hybrid screening , fkbp , phosphatase , biochemistry , biology , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , gene , transplantation , medicine , surgery
The Ca 2+ ‐calmodulin dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin, is thought to mediate the action of the two immuno‐suppressants, cyclosporin A (CsA) and FK506. Calcineurin from all species consists of a catalytic A subunit and a regulatory peptide B, which plays an essential role in catalysis. The enzymatic function is probably also regulated by an autoinhibitory domain (AID) present in the catalytic subunit. We have used the yeast two‐hybrid system to show that the putative AID of the yeast catalytic subunit Cna1 binds only to truncated Cna1, devoid of AID. Although deletion of the genes encoding the yeast catalytic subunits of calcineurin ( CNA1 and CNA2 ) maintain the interaction, absence of the regulatory subunit Cnb1 prevents binding. Interestingly, both CsA and FK506 disrupt this interaction, whereas binding of Cna1 to calmodulin remains unaffected. This indicates that a simple cellular system, developed in yeast, could provide further insight into an understanding of calcineurin inhibition.