SGD Paper 
Dighe SA and Kozminski KG (2008) Swf1p, a member of the DHHC-CRD family of palmitoyltransferases, regulates the actin cytoskeleton and polarized secretion independently of its DHHC motif. Mol Biol Cell 19(10):4454-68
Abstract: Monitoring Editor: David G. Drubin Rho and Rab family GTPases play a key role in cytoskeletal organization and vesicular trafficking, but the exact mechanisms by which these GTPases regulate polarized cell growth are incompletely understood. A screen for genes that interact with CDC42, which encodes a Rho GTPase, found SWF1/PSL10 (Kozminski et al., 2003. Molecular Biology of the Cell 14:4958-4970). Here we show Swf1p, a member of the DHHC-CRD family of palmitoyltransferases, localizes to actin cables and cortical actin patches in S. cerevisiae. Deletion of SWF1 results in mis-organization of the actin cytoskeleton and decreased stability of actin filaments in vivo. Cdc42p localization depends upon Swf1p primarily after bud emergence. Importantly, we revealed that the actin regulating activity of Swf1p is independent of its DHHC motif. A swf1 mutant, in which alanine substituted for the cysteine required for the palmityolation activity of DHHC-CRD proteins, displayed wild-type actin organization and Cdc42p localization. Bgl2p-marked exocytosis was found wild-type in this mutant, though invertase secretion was impaired. These data indicate Swf1p has at least two distinct functions, one of which regulates actin organization and Bgl2p-marked secretion. This report is the first to link the function of a DHHC-CRD protein to Cdc42p and the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton.
| Status: Published | Type: Journal Article | PubMed ID: 18701706 |
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