Nuclear proteasomal degradation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae inorganic pyrophosphatase Ipp1p, a nucleocytoplasmic protein whose stability depends on its subcellular localization

Publication date: Available online 28 February 2019Source: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell ResearchAuthor(s): Gloria Serrano-Bueno, Juan Manuel Madroñal, Javier Manzano-López, Manuel Muñiz, José Román Perez-Castiñeira, Agustín Hernández, Aurelio SerranoAbstractInorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) is an abundant by-product of cellular metabolism. PPi-producing reactions take place in the nucleus concurrently with reactions that use PPi as a substrate. Saccharomyces cerevisiae possesses two soluble pyrophosphatases (sPPases): Ipp1p, an essential and allegedly cytosolic protein, and Ipp2p, a mitochondrial isoenzyme. However, no sPPase has yet been unambiguously described in the nucleus. In vivo studies with fluorescent fusions together with activity and immunodetection analyses demonstrated that Ipp1p is a nucleocytoplasmic protein. Mutagenesis analysis showed that this sPPase possesses a nuclear localization signal which participates in its nuclear targeting. Enforced nucleocytoplasmic targeting by fusion to heterologous nuclear import and export signals caused changes in polypeptide abundance and activity levels, indicating that Ipp1p is less stable in the nucleus that in the cytoplasm. Low nuclear levels of this sPPase are physiologically relevant and may be related to its catalytic activity, since cells expressing a functional nuclear-targeted chimaera showed impaired growth and reduced chronological lifespan, while a nuclear-targeted catalytically inac...
Source: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) Molecular Cell Research - Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research