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© The Rockefeller University Press,
0021-9525/2000//1501 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 151, Number 7,
, 2000 1501-1512
Original Article |
Cell Cycle Programs of Gene Expression Control Morphogenetic Protein Localization
chant{at}fas.harvard.edu
Genomic studies in yeast have revealed that one eighth of genes are cell cycle regulated in their expression. Almost without exception, the significance of cell cycle periodic gene expression has not been tested. Given that many such genes are critical to cellular morphogenesis, we wanted to examine the importance of periodic gene expression to this process. The expression profiles of two genes required for the axial pattern of cell division, BUD3 and BUD10/AXL2/SRO4, are strongly cell cycle regulated. BUD3 is expressed close to the onset of mitosis. BUD10 is expressed in late G1. Through promotor-swap experiments, the expression profile of each gene was altered and the consequences examined. We found that an S/G2 pulse of BUD3 expression controls the timing of Bud3p localization, but that this timing is not critical to Bud3p function. In contrast, a G1 pulse of BUD10 expression plays a direct role in Bud10p localization and function. Bud10p, a membrane protein, relies on the polarized secretory machinery specific to G1 to be delivered to its proper location. Such a secretion-based targeting mechanism for membrane proteins provides cells with flexibility in remodeling their architecture or evolving new forms.
Key Words: cell cycle • localization • secretory pathway • morphogenesis • budding yeast
© 2000 The Rockefeller University Press
Abbreviations used in this paper: CSM, complete synthetic medium; HA, hemagglutinin; prom, promoter; OD, optical density.
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