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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 29, Issue 23, Pages 2848-2862Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E18-06-0389
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- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [SFB Fusarium F3715, P23355-B12]
- Herzfelder Foundation
- Austrian Science Fund, FWF [W1224]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P23355] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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In yeast, protein kinase A (PKA) adjusts transcriptional profiles, metabolic rates, and cell growth in accord with carbon source availability. PKA affects gene expression mostly via the transcription factors Msn2 and Msn4, two key regulators of the environmental stress response. Here we analyze the role of the PKA-Msn2 signaling module using an Msn2 allele that harbors serine-to-alanine substitutions at six functionally important PKA motifs (Msn2A6). Expression of Msn2A6 mimics low PKA activity, entails a transcription profile similar to that of respiring cells, and prevents formation of colonies on glucose-containing medium. Furthermore, Msn2A6 leads to high oxygen consumption and hence high respiratory activity. Substantially increased intracellular concentrations of several carbon metabolites, such as trehalose, point to a metabolic adjustment similar to diauxic shift. This partial metabolic switch is the likely cause for the slow-growth phenotype in the presence of glucose. Consistently, Msn2A6 expression does not interfere with growth on ethanol and tolerated is to a limited degree in deletion mutant strains with a gene expression signature corresponding to nonfermentative growth. We propose that the lethality observed in mutants with hampered PKA activity resides in metabolic reprogramming that is initiated by Msn2 hyperactivity.
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