The stress-activated phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase Fab1p is essential for vacuole function in S. cerevisiae

Frank T. Cooke, Stephen K. Dove, Robert K. McEwen, Gavin Painter, Andrew B. Holmes, Michael N. Hall, Robert H. Michell, Peter J. Parker*

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Abstract

Polyphosphoinositides have many roles in cell signalling and vesicle trafficking. Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate (PI(3,5)P2), a recently discovered PIP2 isomer, is ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells and rapidly accumulates in hyperosmotically stressed yeast. PI(3,5)P2 is synthesised from PI(3)P in both yeast and mammalian cells. A search of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome database identified FAB1, a gene encoding a PIP kinase homologue and potential PI(3)P 5-kinase. Fab1p shows PI(3)P 5-kinase activity both in vivo and in vitro. A yeast strain in which FAB1 had been deleted was unable to synthesise PI(3,5)P2, either in the presence or absence of osmotic shock. A loss of PI(3,5)P2 was observed also in a temperature-sensitive FAB1 strain at the non-permissive temperature. A recombinant glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-Fab1p fusion protein was shown to have selective PI(3)P 5-kinase activity in vitro. Thus, we have demonstrated that Fab1p is a PI(3)P-specific 5-kinase and represents a third class of PIP kinase activity, which we have termed type III. Deletion of the FAB1 gene produces a loss of vacuolar morphology; it is therefore concluded that PI(3,5)P2, the lipid product of Fab1p, is required for normal vacuolar function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1219-1222
Number of pages4
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume8
Issue number22
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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