A plasma-membrane E-MAP reveals links of the eisosome with sphingolipid metabolism and endosomal trafficking

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2010 Jul;17(7):901-8. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.1829. Epub 2010 Jun 6.

Abstract

The plasma membrane delimits the cell and controls material and information exchange between itself and the environment. How different plasma-membrane processes are coordinated and how the relative abundance of plasma-membrane lipids and proteins is homeostatically maintained are not yet understood. Here, we used a quantitative genetic interaction map, or E-MAP, to functionally interrogate a set of approximately 400 genes involved in various aspects of plasma-membrane biology, including endocytosis, signaling, lipid metabolism and eisosome function. From this E-MAP, we derived a set of 57,799 individual interactions between genes functioning in these various processes. Using triplet genetic motif analysis, we identified a new component of the eisosome, Eis1, and linked the poorly characterized gene EMP70 to endocytic and eisosome function. Finally, we implicated Rom2, a GDP/GTP exchange factor for Rho1 and Rho2, in the regulation of sphingolipid metabolism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Membrane / genetics
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Endocytosis
  • Endosomes / genetics
  • Endosomes / metabolism*
  • Genes, Fungal*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism*
  • Sphingolipids / genetics
  • Sphingolipids / metabolism*

Substances

  • EMP70 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Sphingolipids