Chemical genetics of AGC-kinases reveals shared targets of Ypk1, protein kinase A and Sch9

Michael Plank*, Mariya Perepelkina, Markus Müller, Stefania Vaga, Xiaoming Zou, Clélia Bourgoint, Marina Berti, Jacques Saarbach, Steven Haesendonckx, Nicolas Winssinger, Ruedi Aebersold, Robbie Loewith

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Abstract

Protein phosphorylation cascades play a central role in the regulation of cell growth and protein kinases PKA, Sch9 and Ypk1 take center stage in regulating this process in S. cerevisiae. To understand how these kinases co-ordinately regulate cellular functions we compared the phospho-proteome of exponentially growing cells without and with acute chemical inhibition of PKA, Sch9 and Ypk1. Sites hypo-phosphorylated upon PKA and Sch9 inhibition were preferentially located in RRxS/T-motifs suggesting that many are directly phosphorylated by these enzymes. Interestingly, when inhibiting Ypk1 we not only detected several hypo-phosphorylated sites in the previously reported RxRxxS/T-, but also in an RRxS/T-motif. Validation experiments revealed that neutral trehalase Nth1, a known PKA target, is additionally phosphorylated and activated downstream of Ypk1. Signaling through Ypk1 is therefore more closely related to PKA- and Sch9-signaling than previously appreciated and may perform functions previously only attributed to the latter kinases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)655-671
Number of pages17
JournalMolecular and Cellular Proteomics
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020

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