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GENES TO CELLS
Volume 26, Issue 12, Pages 967-978Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12897
Keywords
aging; chronological lifespan; fission yeast; ksg1+; Schizosaccharomyces pombe
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The nonsense mutation in the ksg1(+) gene of fission yeast was found to reduce the amount and activity of the Ksg1 protein, resulting in increased lifespan. However, the specific substrate responsible for the long-lived phenotype of the ksg1 mutation has not been identified yet. Additionally, genetic analysis suggested that Pck2 may be involved in the lifespan extension caused by ksg1 mutation.
Fission yeast is a good model organism for the study of lifespan. To elucidate the mechanism, we screened for long-lived mutants. We found a nonsense mutation in the ksg1(+) gene, which encodes an ortholog of mammalian PDK1 (phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase). The mutation was in the PH domain of Ksg1 and caused defect in membrane localization and protein stability. Analysis of the ksg1 mutant revealed that the reduced amounts and/or activity of the Ksg1 protein are responsible for the increased lifespan. Ksg1 is essential for growth and known to phosphorylate multiple substrates, but the substrate responsible for the long-lived phenotype of ksg1 mutation is not yet known. Genetic analysis showed that deletion of pck2 suppressed the long-lived phenotype of ksg1 mutant, suggesting that Pck2 might be involved in the lifespan extension caused by ksg1 mutation.
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