Journal
FEMS YEAST RESEARCH
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 929-940Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00265.x
Keywords
PKA pathway; RKA1 gene; dimorphism; Yarrowia lipolytica
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The gene encoding the regulatory subunit (RKA1) of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) of Yarrowia lipolytica was isolated to analyze the role of the PKA pathway in the dimorphic transition of the fungus. The gene encoded a protein of 397 amino acids that exhibits significant homology to fungal PKA regulatory subunits. Attempts to disrupt the gene by double homologous recombination, or the Pop-in Pop-out technique, were unsuccessful. The gene could be mutated only in merodiploids constructed with an autonomous replicating plasmid. Loss of the plasmid occurred with growth under nonselective conditions in the whole population of merodiploids carrying the mutation in the plasmid, but in merodiploids with the mutation at the chromosome, a resistant population prevailed. These data suggest that RKA1 is essential in Y. lipolytica. cAMP addition inhibited the dimorphic transition of the parental strain, but merodiploids carrying several copies of RKA1 were more resistant to cAMP. These results, and the observation that RKA1 was upregulated in mycelial cells, indicate that an active PKA pathway promotes yeast-like growth and opposes mycelial development. This behavior is in contrast to that of Candida albicans, where the PKA pathway favors hyphal growth.
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