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Genetics, Vol. 154, 1463-1471, April 2000, Copyright © 2000

The Fission Yeast git5 Gene Encodes a Gß Subunit Required for Glucose-Triggered Adenylate Cyclase Activation

Sheila Landrya, Maria T. Pettita, Ethel Apolinarioa, and Charles S. Hoffmana
a Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467

Corresponding author: Charles S. Hoffman, Department of Biology, Boston College, Higgins Hall 315, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467., hoffmacs{at}bc.edu (E-mail)

Communicating editor: P. G. YOUNG

Fission yeast adenylate cyclase is activated by the gpa2 G{alpha} subunit of a heterotrimeric guanine-nucleotide binding protein (G protein). We show that the git5 gene, also required for this activation, encodes a Gß subunit. In contrast to another study, we show that git5 is not a negative regulator of the gpa1 G{alpha} involved in the pheromone response pathway. While 43% identical to mammalian Gß's, the git5 protein lacks the amino-terminal coiled-coil found in other Gß subunits, yet the gene possesses some of the coding capacity for this structure 5' to its ORF. Although both gpa2 (G{alpha}) and git5 (Gß) are required for adenylate cyclase activation, only gpa2 is needed to maintain basal cAMP levels. Strains bearing a git5 disruption are derepressed for fbp1 transcription and sexual development even while growing in a glucose-rich environment, although fbp1 derepression is half that observed in gpa2 deletion strains. Multicopy gpa2 partially suppresses the loss of git5, while the converse is not true. These data suggest that Gß is required for activation of adenylate cyclase either by promoting the activation of G{alpha} or by independently activating adenylate cyclase subsequent to G{alpha} stimulation as seen in type II mammalian adenylate cyclase activation.




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