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Eukaryotic Cell, February 2003, p. 27-33, Vol. 2, No. 1
1535-9778/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.1.27-33.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Ssk1p Response Regulator Binding Surface on Histidine- Containing Phosphotransfer Protein Ypd1p

Stace W. Porter, Qingping Xu, and Ann H. West*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019

Received 25 June 2002/ Accepted 4 October 2002

Ypd1p, a histidine-containing phosphotransfer protein, plays an important role in a branched His-Asp phosphorelay signal transduction pathway that regulates cellular responses to hyperosmotic stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ypd1p is required for phosphoryl group transfer from the membrane-bound Sln1p sensor histidine kinase to two downstream response regulator proteins, Ssk1p and Skn7p. To investigate the molecular basis for interaction of Ypd1p with these response regulator domains, we used an approach that coupled alanine-scanning mutagenesis of surface-exposed residues in Ypd1p with a yeast two-hybrid interaction screen. Mutated residues that adversely affected the interaction of Ypd1p with the C-terminal response regulator domain of Ssk1p were identified and found to cluster on or near the {alpha}A helix in Ypd1p. Our results, supported by analysis of a modeled complex, identify a binding site on Ypd1p for response regulators that is composed of a cluster of conserved hydrophobic residues surrounded by less conserved polar residues. We propose that molecular interactions involving Ypd1p are mediated primarily through hydrophobic contacts, whereas binding specificity and strength of interaction may be influenced by select polar side chain interactions.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019. Phone: (405) 325-1529. Fax: (405) 325-6111. E-mail: awest{at}chemdept.chem.ou.edu.

Eukaryotic Cell, February 2003, p. 27-33, Vol. 2, No. 1
1535-9778/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.1.27-33.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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