酿酒酵母转运蛋白Agp1p泛素化对氮源利用的影响

Effects of transporter Agp1p ubiquitination on nitrogen utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

【目的】研究酿酒酵母细胞膜关键氮源转运蛋白Agp1p的泛素化对其氮源利用的影响。【方法】构建一个基于双分子荧光互补技术的泛素化检测载体,检测Agp1p是否受到泛素化。采取定点突变的方法对Agp1p中可能的泛素化位点进行突变,研究其泛素化的关键作用位点及其对酿酒酵母氮源利用的影响。【结果】在谷氨酰胺、精氨酸、脯氨酸及铵盐为唯一氮源的培养基中,转运蛋白Agp1p均受到泛素化调控。定点突变实验结果显示,与出发菌株相比,潜在泛素化位点突变后,菌体荧光强度均有一定程度减弱。其中四重突变体Agp1pK11,14,98,112R荧光强度最弱,表明泛素化过程被显著抑制。系列突变菌株在9种氨基酸为复合氮源以及尿素为单一氮源的发酵实验表明,四重突变体菌体氮源利用率提高效果显著。【结论】转运蛋白Agp1p的泛素化受到不同氮源的影响,泛素化位点突变可以显著影响其泛素化过程,从而改变细胞对氮源的利用过程。

[ Objective] The purpose of this work is to studythe effects of ubiquitination of key nitrogen transporter Agplp on nitrogen utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. [ Methods ] The ubiquitination detection vector to examine the ubiquitination process of Agplp was constructed based on the bimolecular fluorescence complementation technology. The site-directed mutagenesis on the potential ubiquitination sites were performed to verify the effect on its ubiquitination regulation and nitrogen utilization. [ Results] Agplp can be ubiquitinated on the medium with glutamine, arginine, proline or ammonium. The fluorescence levels of mutant strains were down-regulated compared to the wild type strain. The quadruple mutant Agp1p^k11-14-98-112R achieved the lowest level among all strains. The ubiuitination process could be significantly repressed by removing the potential ubiquitination residues. Furthermore, flask-shaking experiments with nineamino acids or urea as sole nitrogen source showed that the effect of nitrogen utilization efficiencyinthe quadruple mutant was the highest. [ Conclusion] Ubiquitination was involved in the regulation of Agplp. Site-directed mutagenesis of potential ubiquitination sites of the transporter could significantly affect the nitrogen utilization process by altering the ubiquitination process.