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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
The action of gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA) as an intercellular signaling molecule has been intensively studied, but the role of this amino acid metabolite in intracellular metabolism is poorly understood. In this work, we identify a Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue of the GABA-producing enzyme glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) that is required for normal oxidative stress tolerance. A high copy number plasmid bearing the glutamate decarboxylase gene (GAD1) increases resistance to two different oxidants, H(2)O(2) and diamide, in cells that contain an intact glutamate catabolic pathway. Structural similarity of the S. cerevisiae GAD to previously studied plant enzymes was demonstrated by the cross-reaction of the yeast enzyme to a antiserum directed against the plant GAD. The yeast GAD also bound to calmodulin as did the plant enzyme, suggesting a conservation of calcium regulation of this protein. Loss of either gene encoding the downstream steps in the conversion of glutamate to succinate reduced oxidative stress tolerance in normal cells and was epistatic to high copy number GAD1. The gene encoding succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (UGA5) was identified and found to be induced by H(2)O(2) exposure. Together, these data strongly suggest that increases in activity of the glutamate catabolic pathway can act to buffer redox changes in the cell.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Calmodulin, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Diamide, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Drug Resistance, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Gene Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Glutamate Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Oxidants, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11031268-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of a glutamate decarboxylase homologue is required for normal oxidative stress tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't