PMID:2072907

Citation	Garrett, S, Menold, MM and Broach, JR (1991) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae YAK1 gene encodes a protein kinase that is induced by arrest early in the cell cycle. Mol. Cell. Biol. 11:4045-52
Abstract	Null mutations in the gene YAK1, which encodes a protein with sequence homology to known protein kinases, suppress the cell cycle arrest phenotype of mutants lacking the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (A kinase). That is, loss of the YAK1 protein specifically compensates for loss of the A kinase. Here, we show that the protein encoded by YAK1 has protein kinase activity. Yak1 kinase activity is low during exponential growth but is induced at least 50-fold by arrest of cells prior to the completion of S phase. Induction is not observed by arrest at stages later in the cell cycle. Depending on the arrest regimen, induction can occur either by an increase in Yak1 protein levels or by an increase in Yak1 specific activity. Finally, an increase in Yak1 protein levels causes growth arrest of cells with attenuated A kinase activity. These results suggest that Yak1 acts in a pathway parallel to that of the A kinase to negatively regulate cell proliferation.
Links	PubMed PMC361210
Keywords	Base Sequence; Cell Cycle; Enzyme Induction; Genes, Fungal; Genotype; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Kinetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Oligonucleotide Probes; Phenotype; Phosphorylation; Protein Kinases/genetics; Protein Kinases/metabolism; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/growth & development; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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