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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 164-175Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E08-08-0809
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- National Institutes of Health [K08AI062978]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [K08AI062978] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The yeast cell wall is an extracellular structure that is dependent on secretory and membrane proteins for its construction. We investigated the role of protein quality control mechanisms in cell wall integrity and found that the unfolded protein response (UPR) and, to a lesser extent, endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) pathways are required for proper cell wall construction. Null mutation of IRE1, double mutation of ERAD components (hrd1 Delta and ubc7 Delta) and ire1 Delta, or expression of misfolded proteins show phenotypes similar to mutation of cell wall proteins, including hypersensitivity to cell wall-targeted molecules, alterations to cell wall protein layer, decreased cell wall thickness by electron microscopy, and increased cellular aggregation. Consistent with its important role in cell wall integrity, UPR is activated by signaling through the cell wall integrity mitogen-activated protein ( MAP) kinase pathway during cell wall stress and unstressed vegetative growth. Both cell wall stress and basal UPR activity is mediated by Swi6p, a regulator of cell cycle and cell wall stress gene transcription, in a manner that is independent of its known coregulatory molecules. We propose that the cellular responses to ER and cell wall stress are coordinated to buffer the cell against these two related cellular stresses.
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