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Plasma membrane proteins Slm1 and Slm2 mediate activation of the AGC kinase Ypk1 by TORC2 and sphingolipids in S. cerevisiae

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Pages 3745-3749 | Published online: 16 Aug 2012

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Figure 1. SGK rescue of slm1Δslm2Δ. (A) Strain PLY1357 (slm1Δslm2Δ pPL421) was transformed with a control vector (pPL420), pADH-SGK (a generous gift of J. ThornerCitation23) or pPL422 (pRS315Met25-Slm1-3HA), described in reference Citation1. The resulting transformants were streaked out onto SCD minus uracil and leucine or onto 5-Fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA) solid agar plates and grown at 30°C for ~2 days.

Figure 1. SGK rescue of slm1Δslm2Δ. (A) Strain PLY1357 (slm1Δslm2Δ pPL421) was transformed with a control vector (pPL420), pADH-SGK (a generous gift of J. ThornerCitation23) or pPL422 (pRS315Met25-Slm1-3HA), described in reference Citation1. The resulting transformants were streaked out onto SCD minus uracil and leucine or onto 5-Fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA) solid agar plates and grown at 30°C for ~2 days.

Figure 2. Myriocin-induced TORC2 phosphorylation of Ypk1 requires Slm1/2. (A) Model for sphingolipid regulation of TORC2 activity. Scheme 1 refers to the model described inCitation13 describes a regulation of TORC2 activity by level of sphingolipids, while Scheme 2 refers to the model fromCitation12 describing sphingolipid regulation of Slm1/2 localization as a major influence on the ability of TORC2 to phosphorylate Ypk1. See text for details. (B) WT (SEY6210) and slm1Δslm2Δsac7Δ (PLY1447) strains expressing empty vector (pPL420), Ypk1-HA (pPL433) or SlmPH-Ypk1-HA (pPL495) were grown at 30°C as described in reference Citation1. Protein extracts were prepared using the NaOH cell lysis methodCitation30 and loaded onto SDS-PAGE gels and transferred to nitrocellulose membrane. Membranes were probed with α-HA (Covance; 12CA5, 1:5000), α-phospho-Ypk1 (T662) (1:20,000; described in ref. Citation1) and α-G6PDH (Sigma-Aldrich; 1:100,000) primary antibodies, and visualized using the appropriate secondary antibodies conjugated to IRDye (LI-COR Biosciences; 1:5000) on the Odyssey Infrared Imaging System (LI-COR Biosciences). Quantification below the blot describes the difference relative to WT after normalizing to the α-HA signal.

Figure 2. Myriocin-induced TORC2 phosphorylation of Ypk1 requires Slm1/2. (A) Model for sphingolipid regulation of TORC2 activity. Scheme 1 refers to the model described inCitation13 describes a regulation of TORC2 activity by level of sphingolipids, while Scheme 2 refers to the model fromCitation12 describing sphingolipid regulation of Slm1/2 localization as a major influence on the ability of TORC2 to phosphorylate Ypk1. See text for details. (B) WT (SEY6210) and slm1Δslm2Δsac7Δ (PLY1447) strains expressing empty vector (pPL420), Ypk1-HA (pPL433) or SlmPH-Ypk1-HA (pPL495) were grown at 30°C as described in reference Citation1. Protein extracts were prepared using the NaOH cell lysis methodCitation30 and loaded onto SDS-PAGE gels and transferred to nitrocellulose membrane. Membranes were probed with α-HA (Covance; 12CA5, 1:5000), α-phospho-Ypk1 (T662) (1:20,000; described in ref. Citation1) and α-G6PDH (Sigma-Aldrich; 1:100,000) primary antibodies, and visualized using the appropriate secondary antibodies conjugated to IRDye (LI-COR Biosciences; 1:5000) on the Odyssey Infrared Imaging System (LI-COR Biosciences). Quantification below the blot describes the difference relative to WT after normalizing to the α-HA signal.