The ubiquitin ligase SCF(Grr1) is required for Gal2p degradation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Oct 7;335(4):1185-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.08.008.

Abstract

F-box proteins represent the substrate-specificity determinants of the SCF ubiquitin ligase complex. We previously reported that the F-box protein Grr1p is one of the proteins involved in the transmission of glucose-generated signal for proteolysis of the galactose transporter Gal2p and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. In this study, we show that the other components of SCF(Grr1), including Skp1, Rbx1p, and the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Cdc34, are also necessary for glucose-induced Gal2p degradation. This suggests that transmission of the glucose signal involves an SCF(Grr1)-mediated ubiquitination step. However, almost superimposable ubiquitination patterns of Gal2p observed in wild-type and grr1Delta mutant cells imply that Gal2p is not the primary target of SCF(Grr1) ubiquitin ligase. In addition, we demonstrate here that glucose-induced Gal2p proteolysis is a cell-cycle-independent event.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • Cell Cycle / physiology
  • F-Box Proteins
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / metabolism*
  • Protein Interaction Mapping
  • SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases / metabolism*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / cytology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism*
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / metabolism*

Substances

  • F-Box Proteins
  • GAL2 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • GRR1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases