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Cell cycle sensing of oxidative stress in saccharomyces cerevisiae by oxidation of a specific cysteine residue in the transcription factor Swi6p

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posted on 2011-02-18, 00:00 authored by J Chiu, C Tactacan, S X Tan, R Lin, Merridee Wouters, I Dawes
Yeast cells begin to bud and enter S phase when growth conditions are favourable during G1 phase. When subjected to some oxidative stresses, cells delay entry at G1 allowing repair of cellular damage. Hence, oxidative stress sensing is coordinated with the regulation of cell cycle. We identified a novel function of the cell-cycle regulator of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Swi6p, as a redox sensor through its cysteine residue at position 404. When alanine was substituted at this position, the resultant mutant, C404A, was sensitive to several reactive oxygen species and oxidants including linoleic acid hydroperoxide, the superoxide anion and diamide. This mutant lost the ability to arrest in G1 phase upon treatment with lipid hydroperoxide. The Cys404 residue of Swi6p in wild-type cells was oxidised to a sulfenic acid when cells were subjected to linoleic acid hydroperoxide. Mutation of Cys404 to Ala abolished the down-regulation of expression of the G1 cyclin genes CLN1, CLN2, PCL1 and PCL2 that occurred when cells of the wild type were exposed to the lipid hydroperoxide. In conclusion, oxidative stress signaling for cell-cycle regulation occurs through oxidation of the G1/S-speicific transcription factor Swi6p and consequently leads to suppression of the expression of G1-cyclins and delay in cells entering the cell cycle.

History

Journal

Journal of biological chemistry

Volume

286

Issue

7

Pagination

5204 - 5214

Publisher

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Location

Bethesda, Md.

ISSN

0021-9258

eISSN

1083-351X

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2011, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology