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In yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Dhh1 protein, a member of the DEAD-box RNA helicase, stimulates Dcp2/Dcp1-mediated mRNA decapping and functions as a general translation repressor. Dhh1 also positively regulates translation of a selected set of mRNAs, including Ste12, a transcription factor for yeast mating and pseudohyphal growth. Given the diverse functions of Dhh1, we investigated whether the putative phosphorylation sites or the conserved motifs for the DEAD-box RNA helicases were crucial in the regulatory roles of Dhh1 during pseudohyphal growth. Mutations in the ATPase A or B motif (DHH1-K96R or DHH1-D195A) showed significant defects in pseudohyphal colony morphology and agar invasive phenotypes. The N-terminal phospho-mimetic mutation, DHH1-T16E, showed defects in pseudohyphal phenotypes. Decreased levels of Ste12 protein were also observed in these pseudohyphal-defective mutant cells under filamentous-inducing low nitrogen conditions. We suggest that the ATPase motifs and the Thr16 phosphorylation site of Dhh1 are crucial to its regulatory roles in pseudohyphal growth under low nitrogen conditions.
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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2015R1C1A2A01051577).
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Lee, E., Jung, D. & Kim, J. Roles of Dhh1 RNA helicase in yeast filamentous growth: Analysis of N-terminal phosphorylation residues and ATPase domains. J Microbiol. 58, 853–858 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-0431-7
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