Avtor/Urednik     Vaupotič, Tomaž; Plemenitaš, Ana
Naslov     Osmoadaptation-dependent activity of microsomal HMG-CoA reductase in the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii is regulated by ubiquitination
Tip     članek
Vir     FEBS Lett
Vol. in št.     Letnik 581, št. 18
Leto izdaje     2007
Obseg     str. 3391-5
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     We have investigated regulation of HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) in one of the most salt-tolerant fungi, Hortaea werneckii, under different salinities and at the level of protein degradation. Two different HwHMGR isoenzymes were identified, specific to mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum: HwHmg1 and HwHmg2, respectively. The activity of microsomal HwHmg2 is highest under hypo-saline and extremely hyper-saline conditions, and down-regulated under optimal growth conditions. We show that this is due to intense ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of HwHmg2. The activity of the truncated mitochondrial HwHmg1 is constant under different growth conditions, suggesting an osmoadaptation-directed fate for mevalonate utilization in H. werneckii.
Deskriptorji     ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL
ENZYME INHIBITORS
HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES
ISOENZYMES
MICROSOMES
MITOCHONDRIA
OSMOTIC PRESSURE
PROTEIN BINDING
UBIQUITIN