PMID:19053807

Citation	Narayanaswamy, R, Moradi, EK, Niu, W, Hart, GT, Davis, M, McGary, KL, Ellington, AD and Marcotte, EM (2009) Systematic definition of protein constituents along the major polarization axis reveals an adaptive reuse of the polarization machinery in pheromone-treated budding yeast. J. Proteome Res. 8:6-19
Abstract	Polarizing cells extensively restructure cellular components in a spatially and temporally coupled manner along the major axis of cellular extension. Budding yeast are a useful model of polarized growth, helping to define many molecular components of this conserved process. Besides budding, yeast cells also differentiate upon treatment with pheromone from the opposite mating type, forming a mating projection (the 'shmoo') by directional restructuring of the cytoskeleton, localized vesicular transport and overall reorganization of the cytosol. To characterize the proteomic localization changes accompanying polarized growth, we developed and implemented a novel cell microarray-based imaging assay for measuring the spatial redistribution of a large fraction of the yeast proteome, and applied this assay to identify proteins localized along the mating projection following pheromone treatment. We further trained a machine learning algorithm to refine the cell imaging screen, identifying additional shmoo-localized proteins. In all, we identified 74 proteins that specifically localize to the mating projection, including previously uncharacterized proteins (Ycr043c, Ydr348c, Yer071c, Ymr295c, and Yor304c-a) and known polarization complexes such as the exocyst. Functional analysis of these proteins, coupled with quantitative analysis of individual organelle movements during shmoo formation, suggests a model in which the basic machinery for cell polarization is generally conserved between processes forming the bud and the shmoo, with a distinct subset of proteins used only for shmoo formation. The net effect is a defined ordering of major organelles along the polarization axis, with specific proteins implicated at the proximal growth tip.
Links	PubMed PMC2651748 Online version:10.1021/pr800524g
Keywords	Cell Polarity/genetics; Cytoskeleton/metabolism; Cytosol/metabolism; Fungal Proteins/chemistry; Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism; Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods; Models, Biological; Pheromones/metabolism; Protein Array Analysis/methods; Protein Precursors/metabolism; Proteomics/methods; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/physiology; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism; Saccharomycetales/metabolism
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