3.1 Papers
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3.1.6.57 Isakoff, S.J., Cardozo, T., Andreev, J., Li, Z., Ferguson, K.M., Abagyan, R., Lemmon, M.A., Aronheim, A and Skolnik, E.Y. (1998). Identification and analysis of PH domain-containing targets of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase using a novel in vivo assay in yeast. Embo J. 17 (18), 5374-87
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) mediates a variety of cellular responses by generating PtdIns(3,4)P2 and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3. These
3-phosphoinositides then function directly as second messengers to activate downstream signaling molecules by binding pleckstrin
homology (PH) domains in these signaling molecules. We have established a novel assay in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to
identify proteins that bind PtdIns(3,4)P2 and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 in vivo which we have called TOPIS (Targets of PI3K Identification
System). The assay uses a plasma membrane-targeted Ras to complement a temperature-sensitive CDC25 Ras exchange factor in yeast.
Coexpression of PI3K and a fusion protein of activated Ras joined to a PH domain known to bind PtdIns(3,4)P2 (AKT) or
PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 (BTK) rescues yeast growth at the non-permissive temperature of 37 degreesC. Using this assay, we have identified
several amino acids in the beta1-beta2 region of PH domains that are critical for high affinity binding to PtdIns(3,4)P2 and/or
PtdIns(3,4,5)P3, and we have proposed a structural model for how these PH domains might bind PI3K products with high affinity. From
these data, we derived a consensus sequence which predicts high-affinity binding to PtdIns(3, 4)P2 and/or PtdIns(3,4,5)P3, and we have
identified several new PH domain-containing proteins that bind PI3K products, including Gab1, Dos, myosinX, and Sbf1. Use of this
assay to screen for novel cDNAs which rescue yeast at the non-permissive temperature should provide a powerful approach for
uncovering additional targets of PI3K.