Yeast oxysterol-binding proteins: sterol transporters or regulators of cell polarization?
pmid: 19125315
Yeast oxysterol-binding proteins: sterol transporters or regulators of cell polarization?
Oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) and OSBP-related proteins (ORPs) are a conserved family of soluble cytoplasmic proteins that can bind sterols, translocate between membrane compartments, and affect sterol trafficking. These properties make ORPs attractive candidates for lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) that directly mediate nonvesicular sterol transfer to the plasma membrane. To test whether yeast ORPs (the Osh proteins) are sterol LTPs, we studied endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-plasma membrane (PM) sterol transport in OSH deletion mutants lacking one, several, or all Osh proteins. In conditional OSH mutants, ER-PM ergosterol transport slowed approximately 20-fold compared with cells expressing a full complement of Osh proteins. Although this initial finding suggested that Osh proteins act as sterol LTPs, the situation is far more complex. Osh proteins have established roles in Rho small GTPase signaling. Osh proteins reinforce cell polarization and they specifically affect the localization of proteins involved in polarized cell growth such as septins, and the GTPases Cdc42p, Rho1p, and Sec4p. In addition, Osh proteins are required for a specific pathway of polarized secretion to sites of membrane growth, suggesting that this is how Osh proteins affect Cdc42p- and Rho1p-dependent polarization. Our findings suggest that Osh proteins integrate sterol trafficking and sterol-dependent cell signaling with the control of cell polarization.
- University of Virginia United States
- Cornell University United States
- University of Virginia Main Campus United States
- Simon Fraser University Canada
rho GTP-Binding Proteins, Receptors, Steroid, Oxysterol Binding Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Cell Membrane, Cell Polarity, Membrane Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Protein Transport, Sterols, Carrier Proteins
rho GTP-Binding Proteins, Receptors, Steroid, Oxysterol Binding Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Cell Membrane, Cell Polarity, Membrane Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Protein Transport, Sterols, Carrier Proteins
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