Genetic analysis of the regulation of the voltage-gated calcium channel homolog Cch1 by the γ subunit homolog Ecm7 and cortical ER protein Scs2 in yeast

PLoS One. 2017 Jul 24;12(7):e0181436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181436. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

The yeast Cch1/Mid1 Ca2+ channel is equivalent to animal voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and activated in cells incubated in low Ca2+ medium. We herein investigated the third subunit, Ecm7, under the same cell culture conditions. The deletion of ECM7 slightly lowered Ca2+ influx activity in the CNB1+ background, in which calcineurin potentially dephosphorylates Cch1, but markedly lowered this activity in the cnb1Δ background. The deletion of the C-terminal cytoplasmic region of Ecm7 also reduced Ca2+ influx activity. We identified a novel Cch1-interacting protein, Scs2, which is known as a cortical endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein. The deletion of SCS2 did not affect Ca2+ influx activity when calcineurin was inhibited by FK506, but enhanced this activity by 35% when the enzyme was not inhibited. However, this enhancement was canceled by the deletion of ECM7. These results suggest that Cch1/Mid1 is regulated differentially by Ecm7 and Scs2 in a manner that is dependent on the phosphorylation status of Cch1.

MeSH terms

  • Calcineurin / genetics
  • Calcineurin / metabolism
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calcium Channels / genetics*
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism
  • Gene Deletion
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • CCH1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Calcium Channels
  • ECM7 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Scs2 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Calcineurin
  • Calcium

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B No. 26291026 (to H.I.) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Y.N. is a JSPS Fellow (No. 10J02008).