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Global Analysis of Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase Genes in Neurospora crassa

Journal

EUKARYOTIC CELL
Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages 1553-1564

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05140-11

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Funding

  1. MARC U Star grant [5T34GM062756]
  2. U.S. Department of Education
  3. NSF REU [DBI1004793]
  4. [P01 GM068087]
  5. [R01 GM086565]
  6. [R01 GM34985]
  7. [R01 GM08336]

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Serine/threonine (S/T) protein kinases are crucial components of diverse signaling pathways in eukaryotes, including the model filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. In order to assess the importance of S/T kinases to Neurospora biology, we embarked on a global analysis of 86 S/T kinase genes in Neurospora. We were able to isolate viable mutants for 77 of the 86 kinase genes. Of these, 57% exhibited at least one growth or developmental phenotype, with a relatively large fraction (40%) possessing a defect in more than one trait. S/T kinase knockouts were subjected to chemical screening using a panel of eight chemical treatments, with 25 mutants exhibiting sensitivity or resistance to at least one chemical. This brought the total percentage of S/T mutants with phenotypes in our study to 71%. Mutants lacking apg-1, an S/T kinase required for autophagy in other organisms, possessed the greatest number of phenotypes, with defects in asexual and sexual growth and development and in altered sensitivity to five chemical treatments. We showed that NCU02245/stk-19 is required for chemotropic interactions between female and male cells during mating. Finally, we demonstrated allelism between the S/T kinase gene NCU00406 and velvet (vel), encoding a p21-activated protein kinase (PAK) gene important for asexual and sexual growth and development in Neurospora.

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