Control of Signaling in a MAP-kinase Pathway by an RNA-Binding Protein
Open Access
- 28 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS ONE
- Vol. 2 (2), e249
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000249
Abstract
Signaling-protein mRNAs tend to have long untranslated regions (UTRs) containing binding sites for RNA-binding proteins regulating gene expression. Here we show that a PUF-family RNA-binding protein, Mpt5, represses the yeast MAP-kinase pathway controlling differentiation to the filamentous form. Mpt5 represses the protein levels of two pathway components, the Ste7 MAP-kinase kinase and the Tec1 transcriptional activator, and negatively regulates the kinase activity of the Kss1 MAP kinase. Moreover, Mpt5 specifically inhibits the output of the pathway in the absence of stimuli, and thereby prevents inappropriate cell differentiation. The results provide an example of what may be a genome-scale level of regulation at the interface of signaling networks and protein-RNA binding networks.Keywords
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