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Reactivity in vegetative incompatibility of the HET-E protein of the fungus Podospora anserina is dependent on GTP-binding activity and a WD40 repeated domain. 1997

E Espagne, and P Balhadère, and J Bégueret, and B Turcq
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Champignons Filamenteux, UPR CNRS 9026, Bordeaux, France.

The het-e gene of the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina is involved in vegetative incompatibility. Co-expression of antagonistic alleles of the unlinked loci het-e and het-c triggers a cell death reaction that prevents the formation of viable heterokaryons between strains that contain incompatible combinations of het-c and het-e alleles. The het-elA gene encodes a polypeptide that contains a putative GTP-binding site and WD40 repeats. The role of these two domains in the reactivity of the HET-E protein in incompatibility was analyzed. An in vitro assay confirmed that the first domain is functional and can bind GTP and not ATP, suggesting that GTP-binding is essential for triggering the incompatibility reaction. The relationship between the number of WD40 repeats and the reactivity of the protein in incompatibility was investigated by estimating this number in different wild-type and mutant het-e alleles. It was deduced that reactive alleles contain a minimal number of ten WD40 repeats. These results demonstrate that the reactivity of the HET-E protein depends on two functional elements, a GTP-binding domain and several WD40 repeats. These motifs are present in separate polypeptides in trimeric G proteins, suggesting that HET-E polypeptides are also involved in signal transduction. Disruption of the het-e locus does not impair the phenotype of strains but DNA hybridization analyses revealed that het-e may belong to a multigenic family.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011993 Recombinant Fusion Proteins Recombinant proteins produced by the GENETIC TRANSLATION of fused genes formed by the combination of NUCLEIC ACID REGULATORY SEQUENCES of one or more genes with the protein coding sequences of one or more genes. Fusion Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Protein,Recombinant Fusion Protein,Recombinant Hybrid Protein,Chimeric Proteins, Recombinant,Hybrid Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant Chimeric Proteins,Recombinant Hybrid Proteins,Chimeric Protein, Recombinant,Fusion Protein, Recombinant,Hybrid Protein, Recombinant,Protein, Recombinant Chimeric,Protein, Recombinant Fusion,Protein, Recombinant Hybrid,Proteins, Recombinant Chimeric,Proteins, Recombinant Fusion,Proteins, Recombinant Hybrid
D012091 Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Sequences of DNA or RNA that occur in multiple copies. There are several types: INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES are copies of transposable elements (DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS or RETROELEMENTS) dispersed throughout the genome. TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES flank both ends of another sequence, for example, the long terminal repeats (LTRs) on RETROVIRUSES. Variations may be direct repeats, those occurring in the same direction, or inverted repeats, those opposite to each other in direction. TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES are copies which lie adjacent to each other, direct or inverted (INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES). DNA Repetitious Region,Direct Repeat,Genes, Selfish,Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences,Repetitive Region,Selfish DNA,Selfish Genes,DNA, Selfish,Repetitious Region, DNA,Repetitive Sequence,DNA Repetitious Regions,DNAs, Selfish,Direct Repeats,Gene, Selfish,Repeat, Direct,Repeats, Direct,Repetitious Regions, DNA,Repetitive Regions,Repetitive Sequences,Selfish DNAs,Selfish Gene
D005656 Fungal Proteins Proteins found in any species of fungus. Fungal Gene Products,Fungal Gene Proteins,Fungal Peptides,Gene Products, Fungal,Yeast Proteins,Gene Proteins, Fungal,Peptides, Fungal,Proteins, Fungal
D005810 Multigene Family A set of genes descended by duplication and variation from some ancestral gene. Such genes may be clustered together on the same chromosome or dispersed on different chromosomes. Examples of multigene families include those that encode the hemoglobins, immunoglobulins, histocompatibility antigens, actins, tubulins, keratins, collagens, heat shock proteins, salivary glue proteins, chorion proteins, cuticle proteins, yolk proteins, and phaseolins, as well as histones, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA genes. The latter three are examples of reiterated genes, where hundreds of identical genes are present in a tandem array. (King & Stanfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Gene Clusters,Genes, Reiterated,Cluster, Gene,Clusters, Gene,Families, Multigene,Family, Multigene,Gene Cluster,Gene, Reiterated,Multigene Families,Reiterated Gene,Reiterated Genes
D006160 Guanosine Triphosphate Guanosine 5'-(tetrahydrogen triphosphate). A guanine nucleotide containing three phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety. GTP,Triphosphate, Guanosine
D000483 Alleles Variant forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous CHROMOSOMES, and governing the variants in production of the same gene product. Allelomorphs,Allele,Allelomorph
D001665 Binding Sites The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule. Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining
D013098 Xylariales An order of ascomycetous FUNGI which includes many economically important plant parasites as well as saprophytes. Sphaeriales,Sphaeriale,Xylariale
D015293 Transducin A heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein that mediates the light activation signal from photolyzed rhodopsin to cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase and is pivotal in the visual excitation process. Activation of rhodopsin on the outer membrane of rod and cone cells causes GTP to bind to transducin followed by dissociation of the alpha subunit-GTP complex from the beta/gamma subunits of transducin. The alpha subunit-GTP complex activates the cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase which catalyzes the hydrolysis of cyclic GMP to 5'-GMP. This leads to closure of the sodium and calcium channels and therefore hyperpolarization of the rod cells. G-Protein, Inhibitory Gt,Gt, Transducin G-Protein,alpha-Transducin,beta-Transducin,gamma-Transducin,Transducin G-Protein (Gt),Transducin, alpha Subunit,Transducin, beta Subunit,Transducin, gamma Subunit,G Protein, Inhibitory Gt,G-Protein Gt, Transducin,Gt G-Protein, Inhibitory,Gt, Transducin G Protein,Inhibitory Gt G-Protein,Transducin G-Protein Gt,alpha Subunit Transducin,alpha Transducin,beta Subunit Transducin,beta Transducin,gamma Subunit Transducin,gamma Transducin
D016923 Cell Death The termination of the cell's ability to carry out vital functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, responsiveness, and adaptability. Death, Cell

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