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    Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene YMR291W/TDA1 mediates the in vivo

    phosphorylation of hexokinase isoenzyme 2 at serine-15

    Karina Kettner a,,1, Udo Krause b,1, Sophie Mosler b, Claudia Bodenstein a, Thomas M. Kriegel a,2,Gerhard Rdel b,2

    a Institut fr Physiologische Chemie, Technische Universitt Dresden, Dresden, Germanyb Institut fr Genetik, Technische Universitt Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    a r t i c l e i n f o

    Article history:

    Received 14 December 2011

    Revised 11 January 2012

    Accepted 16 January 2012

    Available online 28 January 2012

    Edited by Judit Ovdi

    Keywords:

    Hexokinase

    Hxk2

    Phosphorylation

    Protein kinase

    YMR291W

    TDA1

    Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    a b s t r a c t

    Hxk2 is the predominant hexokinase ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaeduring growth on glucose. In addi-

    tion to its role in glycolysis, the enzyme is involved in glucose sensing and regulation of gene expres-

    sion. Glucose limitation causes the phosphorylation of Hxk2 at serine-15 which affects the nucleo-

    cytoplasmic distribution and dimer stability of the enzyme. In order to identify the responsible

    kinase, we screened selected protein kinase single-gene deletion mutants by high resolution clear

    native PAGE. Deletion ofYMR291W/TDA1 resulted in the absence of the Hxk2 phosphomonomer,

    indicating an indispensable role of the corresponding protein in Hxk2 phosphorylation.

    2012 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    1. Introduction

    Hexokinases represent a class of multifunctional enzymes

    which, beyond their contribution to the uptake and initiation of

    metabolism of glucose, fructose and mannose, are also involved

    in glucose signalling in yeast, plants and humans [13]. Several

    hexokinases have been shown to translocate to the nucleus to

    mediate glucose repression of transcription [4,2,5] or to participate

    in mechanisms finally leading to glucose homeostasis[1,6]. The

    Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome encodes three hexose kinases:

    the two differentially regulated hexokinase isoenzymes Hxk1 andHxk2, which phosphorylate both aldo- and keto-sugars, and the

    glucokinase Glk1, which is specific for aldohexoses. Hxk2, the pre-

    dominant hexose kinase during growth on glucose [7], is presumed

    to be involved in metabolic signalling indicating glucose limitation

    [8,9] and plays a prominent role in glucose repression of several

    Mig1-regulated genes [10,11,2].

    The regulatory functions of Hxk2 are reflected by its dynamic

    distribution between cytosol and nucleus which is affected by glu-

    cose availability and the transcriptional repressor Mig1[12]. Hxk2

    translocation into the nucleus and interaction with Mig1 require

    serine-311 of Mig1 [13] and the lysine-7 methionine-16 se-

    quence motif of Hxk2 [12,14,2,15]. Because serine-15 of Hxk2 is

    phosphorylated in vivo under low-glucose growth conditions

    (0.1% glucose)[8], it was suggested that the phosphorylation state

    of this amino acid affects glucose signalling [16]and the nucleo-cytoplasmic distribution of Hxk2[14]. Under high-glucose growth

    conditions (2% glucose), Hxk2 interacts with Mig1 and Snf1 to gen-

    erate a repressor complex[12,2]thereby preventing the Snf1 pro-

    tein kinase-mediated phosphorylation of Mig1 at serine-311[13].

    Disintegration of the repressor complex under glucose limitation

    involves Hxk2 phosphorylation at serine-15[8], subsequent phos-

    phorylation of Mig1 at serine-311 by Snf1, and exit of both Hxk2

    and Mig1 from the nucleus[13].

    The regulatory role of Hxk2 phosphorylation at serine-15 is

    supported by the identification of Hxk2 as a substrate of the nucle-

    ar exporter Xpo1 and the observation that serine-15 phosphoryla-

    tion promotes Hxk2 nuclear export by facilitating its association

    0014-5793/$36.00 2012 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2012.01.030

    Abbreviations:hrCNE, high resolution clear native electrophoresis; S. cerevisiae,

    Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Hxk2, S. cerevisiaehexokinase isoenzyme 2; WT, wild type Corresponding author. Address: Institut fr Physiologische Chemie, Medizini-

    sche Fakultt Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitt Dresden, Fetscherstrasse

    74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany. Fax: +49 351 458 6306.

    E-mail address:[email protected](K. Kettner).1 Equal contribution.2 Authors share senior authorship.

    FEBS Letters 586 (2012) 455458

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    with Xpo1 [17]. Serine-15 phosphorylation may, therefore, con-

    tribute to the control of the nucleo-cytoplasmic distribution of

    Hxk2 depending on glucose availability. While dephosphorylation

    of Hxk2, which is favoured in high glucose conditions, is mediated

    by the phosphatase Glc7p and its regulatory subunit Reg1p [16],

    the kinase phosphorylating Hxk2 at serine-15 is still unknown.

    Although serine-15 is part of a protein kinase A consensus phos-

    phorylation sequence, there is no evidence that cAMP-dependent

    protein kinases participate in serine-15 phosphorylation in vivo

    [18,19].

    The current study presents a novel strategy to identify the Hxk2

    kinase by a functional comparison of S. cerevisiae protein kinase

    single-gene deletion mutant strains. The experimental approach

    is based on the dissociation of the Hxk2 dimer in vitro [20]upon

    serine-15 phosphorylation and the different electrophoretic migra-

    tion of the monomeric and the dimeric form of the enzyme. Evi-

    dence is provided that the S. cerevisiae YMR291W/TDA1 gene is

    required for serine-15 phosphorylation of Hxk2 by encoding either

    the actual Hxk2 kinase or a protein/enzyme being part of the Hxk2

    phosphorylation network.

    2. Materials and methods

    2.1. Strains and media

    TheEscherichia colistrain used in this work was DH5a (BRL).S.

    cerevisiae wild type (WT) strain BY4741 (accession number

    Y00000) and deletion strains Dpks1 (accession number Y00391),

    Dsks1 (Y02802), Delm1 (Y04897), Dsak1 (Y06128), Dyak1

    (Y07006), Dtos3 (Y04546), Dybr028c (Y03165), Dydl025c

    (Y03721), Dykl171w (Y05021), Dymr291W (Y00878), Dypl141c

    (Y02111), Dypl150w (Y02102), and Dykl168c (Y05018) were ob-

    tained from Euroscarf. Mutant strain YKK1 (HXK2::hxk2S15A-

    KlURA3) was generated in this work. E. coli was cultivated in LB

    as described by Sambrook et al.[21]. Yeast cells were either grown

    in YPD or in minimal medium (0.67% yeast nitrogen base w/o ami-

    no acids, 2% glucose) supplemented with histidine, leucine, and

    methionine[22].

    2.2. Preparation of crude cell extracts

    Yeast cells were harvested at anOD600of 2.0, washed with ice-

    cold lysis buffer (50 mM imidazole/HCl, pH 7.0, 50 mM NaCl, 5 mM

    e-aminocaproic acid, 1 mM 4-(2-aminoethyl)-benzenesulfonylfluoride (AEBSF), 1 proteinase inhibitor cocktail (EDTA-free;

    Roche), phosphatase inhibitor cocktails I + II (1:100; SigmaAl-

    drich)), and transferred into a tube containing 0.3 ml of the same

    buffer and 0.5 g glass beads of 0.4 mm diameter (Roth). Crude cell

    extracts were prepared by vigorously shaking five times for 1 min

    at 25 Hz with 1-min intervals on ice using a Mixer Mill MM 200

    (Retsch), followed by centrifugation at 12000g and 4 C for10 min. The supernatants were used for further analyses.

    2.3. High resolution clear native electrophoresis (hrCNE) and Western

    blot analysis

    hrCNE was performed essentially as described previously [23]

    using the cathode buffer variant 3 (50 mM tricine, 7.5 mM imidaz-

    ole/HCl, pH 7.0, supplemented with 0.01% w/v dodecyl-b-D-malto-

    side and 0.05% w/v deoxycholate before use). Proteins were

    transferred onto a PVDF membrane (Millipore), probed with poly-

    clonal antibodies directed against Hxk2 (BioGenes), and detected

    with HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG antibodies (Cell Signaling)

    and ImmobilonTM Western Chemiluminescent HRP Substrate

    (Millipore).

    2.4. k-Phosphatase treatment

    Crude cell extracts were prepared as described above using a

    buffer containing 50 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.4, supple-

    mented with 1 mM AEBSF and 1 proteinase inhibitor cocktail

    (EDTA-free, Roche) before use. Protein samples (20lg) wereincubated for 1 h at 30 C with 200 U k-phosphatase (New England

    Biolabs) in the absence or presence of phosphatase inhibitors

    (5mM EDTA, phosphatase inhibitor cocktails I and II

    (SigmaAldrich)) in a final volume of 20 ll.

    2.5. DNA manipulations

    Standard DNA techniques were carried out as described by

    Sambrook et al. [21]. New DNA constructs were confirmed by

    sequencing. Restriction enzymes were obtained from New England

    Biolabs. DNA Ligase was purchased from Promega.

    2.6. Construction of plasmid p416YMR291W

    The YMR291W open reading frame including 497 bp upstream

    and 385 bp downstream sequences harbouring the putative tran-

    scription initiation and termination sites, respectively, was ampli-

    fied by PCR using genomic DNA of S. cerevisiae strain BY4741 as

    the template. The PCR product was cleaved with SacI/KpnI and in-

    serted into the SacI/KpnI sites of single-copy vector p416ADH

    [24], thereby replacing the plasmid-born ADH1 promoter and

    CYC1terminator.

    2.7. Construction of the S15A mutant strain YKK1

    TheHXK2 coding region was PCR-amplified by using genomic

    DNA ofS. cerevisiae strain BY4741 as the template, employing a for-

    ward primer with the S15A mutation. The URA3cassette compris-

    ing the KlURA3 gene including its promoter and terminator

    sequences was PCR-amplified using vector pBS1539 (Euroscarf)

    as the template. Both PCR products were fused by overlap exten-sion PCR [25]. The final construct was transformed into BY4741

    cells[26].

    3. Results and discussion

    3.1. Phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated Hxk2 is separated by

    hrCNE

    The experimental approach employed to identify the actual

    Hxk2 kinase is based on the dissociation of the Hxk2 dimer as a re-

    sult of serine-15 phosphorylation. Due to their different electro-

    phoretic mobility, the monomeric and dimeric forms of Hxk2 are

    separated in clear native gels. We used hrCNE known as a method

    that preserves the oligomeric states of proteins [23], to identifyphosphorylated and non-phosphorylated Hxk2. In a wild type

    (BY4741) extract, which served as a control, two well-separated

    Hxk2 bands were detected with anti-Hxk2 antibodies (Fig. 1A, lane

    1). Upon phosphatase treatment the faster migrating band disap-

    peared (Fig. 1A, lane 2). In contrast, the protein pattern remained

    unaffected, when phosphatase inhibitors were added (Fig. 1A, lane

    3) or phosphatase was omitted from the sample (Fig. 1A, lane 4).

    These findings confirm the existence of a phosphorylated mono-

    meric form and a non-phosphorylated dimeric form of Hxk2[16]

    and prove the suitability of hrCNE to discriminate between both

    enzyme species.

    In line with the finding that serine-15 represents the in vivo

    phosphorylation site of Hxk2 [8], hrCNE analysis of a mutant

    strain expressing a non-phosphorylatable form of Hxk2, in which

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    serine-15 was replaced by alanine (Hxk2-S15A) revealed a single

    band essentially corresponding to the dimeric form (Fig. 1B, lane

    1). Phosphatase treatment had no influence on the migrationbehaviour of Hxk2-S15A (Fig. 1B, lane 2). The apparently slightly

    lower molecular mass of Hxk2-S15A compared to the WT dimer

    (Fig. 1B, lane 5) might reflect the reduced oligomeric stability of

    the mutant enzyme[20].

    3.2. Phosphorylation of Hxk2 depends on the YMR291W/TDA1 gene

    product

    TheS. cerevisiae genome encodes 120 nominal protein kinases,

    of which 40 have clearly assigned substrates. Hxk2 is one of 23

    known phosphoregulated metabolic enzymes; however, the

    respective kinase has been identified for only seven of them [27].

    In an attempt to identify the actual Hxk2 kinase, we screened by

    hrCNES. cerevisiae mutant strains with single deletions of protein

    kinase genes. The selection from 80 candidate genes considered

    those that encode protein kinases with known functions in hexose

    metabolism and kinases of unknown function, but with known

    localisation in the cytoplasm and/or the nucleus (Table 1). The pro-

    tein band corresponding to the Hxk2 phosphomonomer was not

    detectable only when the YMR291W/TDA1 deletion mutant wasanalysed (Fig. 2). These data indicate that Ymr291W/Tda1 is re-

    quired for Hxk2 phosphorylation at serine-15, either as the

    searched-for Hxk2 kinase or as a protein/enzyme that is indirectly

    involved in serine-15 phosphorylation. Both alternatives are sup-

    ported by the complementation of the YMR291W/TDA1 deletion

    mutant (Fig. 3, lane 2) with the YMR291W/TDA1 open reading

    frame cloned into the single-copy vector p416. Like the WT strain,

    the transformant exhibits two Hxk2 bands corresponding to the

    phosphomonomer and dimer (Fig. 3,lanes 1 and 4). In contrast, a

    transformant bearing the control plasmid displays only the dimeric

    form of Hxk2 (Fig. 3, lane 3).

    The present work identifies Ymr291W/Tda1 as a protein that is

    indispensably required for the phosphorylation of Hxk2 at serine-

    15. However, our data do not allow to discriminate between a di-rect effect of Ymr291W/Tda1 on Hxk2 and an indirect mode of ac-

    tion, e.g., as an upstream protein kinase. The involvement of

    Ymr291W/Tda1 in Hxk2 phosphorylation is somewhat surprising

    146 kDa

    UPP 66 kDa

    -Phosphatase

    Phosphatase inhibitors - -+ +

    +

    WT

    - + +

    WTHxk2-S15A

    --

    +

    A

    ---

    B

    -+

    -+

    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5

    Fig. 1. hrCNEas a tool to separate phosphorylated andnon-phosphorylated forms of Hxk2. WTstrain BY4741 (A)and hexokinase mutant strainHxk2-S15A (B)were grownin

    YPD. Crude cell extracts (20 lg protein) were incubated for 1 h at 30 C in the absence () or presence (+) ofk-phosphatase and phosphatase inhibitors. Proteins wereseparated by 520% hrCNE, blotted onto a PVDF membrane, probed with anti-Hxk2 antibodies and detected with HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG using the Immobilon TM

    Western Chemiluminescent HRP detection system. UP, unphosphorylated Hxk2; P, phosphorylated Hxk2.

    Table 1

    Localisation of protein kinases selected for hrCNE screening. Data on protein

    localisation were obtained by fluorescence microscopy of yeast strains expressing

    the respective proteins as GFP-fusions [29]. The kinase that is required for the

    phosphorylation of Hxk2 at serine-15 is shown in bold.

    Systematic name (protein name) Protein localisation

    YAL017W(Pks1p) Cytoplasm

    YPL026C(Sks1p) Cytoplasm, nucleusYKL048C(Elm1p) Cytoplasm

    YER129W(Sak1p) Cytoplasm

    YJL141C(Yak1p) Cytoplasm, nucleus

    YGL179C(Tos3p) Cytoplasm

    YBR028C Cytoplasm

    YDL025C Unknown

    YKL171W Cytoplasm

    YMR291W(Tda1p) Cytoplasm, nucleus

    YPL141C Cytoplasm

    YPL150W Unknown

    YKL168C Cytoplasm

    ps

    k1

    66 kDa

    146 kDaelm1

    yb

    r028

    c

    yak1

    ym

    r291

    w

    ykl171

    w

    ypl1

    41c

    yp

    l150

    w

    ykl168

    c

    sak1

    to

    s3

    ydl025

    c

    sks1

    *

    UP

    P

    Fig. 2. Identification ofYMR291W/TDA1 as a gene encoding a protein kinase required for Hxk2 in vivo phosphorylation at serine-15. The indicated single-gene deletion

    mutant strains ofS. cerevisiae were grown in YPD. Crude cell extracts (40 lg protein) were analysed by hrCNE as described in the legend ofFig. 1. Asterisk, immunoreactiveprotein of unknown identity; UP, unphosphorylated Hxk2; P, phosphorylated Hxk2.

    WT

    ym

    r291w

    ym

    r291w

    +p416ADH

    ym

    r291w

    +p416

    YMR2

    91w

    66 kDa

    146 kDa

    UP

    P

    1 2 3 4

    Fig. 3. The YMR291W/TDA1 gene product mediates Hxk2 phosphorylation. WT

    strain BY4741 and deletion mutant Dymr291W without plasmid, with plasmid

    p416ADH (negative control) and with plasmid p416YMR291W were grown in

    minimal medium containing 2% glucose. Crude cell extracts (20 lg protein) wereanalysed by hrCNE as described in the legend ofFig. 1UP, unphosphorylated Hxk2;

    P, phosphorylated Hxk2.

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    because TDA1was identified in a high-throughput screen as a gene

    affecting topoisomerase I-induced DNA damage[28]. The deletion

    of YMR291W/TDA1 is apparently without major effects on growth

    on various carbon sources (data not shown). Current experiments

    employing tandem affinity purification and mass spectrometry

    aim to identify proteins interacting with Ymr291W/Tda1 in order

    to further characterise the role of this nominal protein kinase in

    Hxk2 in vivo phosphorylation and beyond. Future studies will also

    have to address the question of Ymr291W/Tda1 expression and

    activity regulation.

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