YAK1

Summary

Gene Symbol: YAK1
Description: serine/threonine protein kinase YAK1
Alias: serine/threonine protein kinase YAK1
Species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c

Top Publications

  1. Martin D, Soulard A, Hall M. TOR regulates ribosomal protein gene expression via PKA and the Forkhead transcription factor FHL1. Cell. 2004;119:969-79 pubmed
    ..TOR controls the subcellular localization of protein kinase A (PKA) and the PKA-regulated kinase YAK1. However, the target transcription factor(s) of the TOR-PKA pathway are unknown...
  2. Lee P, Cho B, Joo H, Hahn J. Yeast Yak1 kinase, a bridge between PKA and stress-responsive transcription factors, Hsf1 and Msn2/Msn4. Mol Microbiol. 2008;70:882-95 pubmed publisher
    ..Here we demonstrate that Yak1 kinase, which is under the negative control of PKA, activates both Hsf1 and Msn2 by phosphorylation when PKA ..
  3. Moriya H, Shimizu Yoshida Y, Omori A, Iwashita S, Katoh M, Sakai A. Yak1p, a DYRK family kinase, translocates to the nucleus and phosphorylates yeast Pop2p in response to a glucose signal. Genes Dev. 2001;15:1217-28 pubmed
    ..Thus, Yak1p and Pop2p are part of a novel glucose-sensing system in yeast that is involved in growth control in response to glucose availability. ..
  4. Dong J, Bai X. The membrane localization of Ras2p and the association between Cdc25p and Ras2-GTP are regulated by protein kinase A (PKA) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett. 2011;585:1127-34 pubmed publisher
    ..These results suggest that Ras2p localization and Ras2-GEF activity of Cdc25p play roles in the feedback regulation of Ras2p in the Ras-cAMP pathway. ..
  5. Deminoff S, Ramachandran V, Herman P. Distal recognition sites in substrates are required for efficient phosphorylation by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Genetics. 2009;182:529-39 pubmed publisher
  6. Pratt Z, Drehman B, Miller M, Johnston S. Mutual interdependence of MSI1 (CAC3) and YAK1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Mol Biol. 2007;368:30-43 pubmed
    ..mechanisms by which Msi1p carries out these distinct activities, a novel genetic interaction was uncovered with YAK1, which encodes a kinase that antagonizes the RAS/cAMP pathway...
  7. Cao L, Tang Y, Quan Z, Zhang Z, Oliver S, Zhang N. Chronological Lifespan in Yeast Is Dependent on the Accumulation of Storage Carbohydrates Mediated by Yak1, Mck1 and Rim15 Kinases. PLoS Genet. 2016;12:e1006458 pubmed publisher
    ..Apart from the previously characterised Rim15, Mck1 and Yak1 kinases, the SNF1/AMPK complex, the cell wall integrity pathway and a number of cell cycle regulators were shown to ..
  8. Garrett S, Menold M, Broach J. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae YAK1 gene encodes a protein kinase that is induced by arrest early in the cell cycle. Mol Cell Biol. 1991;11:4045-52 pubmed
    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)...
  9. Garrett S, Broach J. Loss of Ras activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is suppressed by disruptions of a new kinase gene, YAKI, whose product may act downstream of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Genes Dev. 1989;3:1336-48 pubmed
    ..Suppressors in one complementation group (designated yak1) are particularly intriguing because they appear to alleviate only the growth defect of the temperature-sensitive ..

More Information

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  1. Deminoff S, Howard S, Hester A, Warner S, Herman P. Using substrate-binding variants of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase to identify novel targets and a kinase domain important for substrate interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 2006;173:1909-17 pubmed
    ..Moreover, the high conservation of the residues altered and, in particular, the invariant nature of the R324 position suggest that this approach might be generally applicable to other protein kinases. ..
  2. Jaspersen S, Charles J, Tinker Kulberg R, Morgan D. A late mitotic regulatory network controlling cyclin destruction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell. 1998;9:2803-17 pubmed
    ..these mutants and found that the growth defect in most of the mutants is suppressed by overexpression of SPO12, YAK1, and SIC1 and is exacerbated by overproduction of the mitotic cyclin Clb2...
  3. Hermansyah -, Laviña W, Sugiyama M, Kaneko Y, Harashima S. Identification of protein kinase disruptions as suppressors of the calcium sensitivity of S. cerevisiae Deltaptp2 Deltamsg5 protein phosphatase double disruptant. Arch Microbiol. 2010;192:157-65 pubmed publisher
  4. Lee P, Kim M, Paik S, Choi S, Cho B, Hahn J. Rim15-dependent activation of Hsf1 and Msn2/4 transcription factors by direct phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett. 2013;587:3648-55 pubmed publisher
    ..We also show that Rim15 can phosphorylate Msn2, but not Gis1, in vitro, implying different mechanisms for the activation of these transcription factors. ..
  5. Kabir M, Kaminska J, Segel G, Bethlendy G, Lin P, Della Seta F, et al. Physiological effects of unassembled chaperonin Cct subunits in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 2005;22:219-39 pubmed
    ..Furthermore, we also suggest that the Cct subunits can act as suppressors only in certain states, such as when associated with ATP. ..
  6. Zhang N, Quan Z, Rash B, Oliver S. Synergistic effects of TOR and proteasome pathways on the yeast transcriptome and cell growth. Open Biol. 2013;3:120137 pubmed publisher
    ..Genetic analysis demonstrates that TORC1 negatively regulates both the Yak1 and Rim15 kinases to modulate starvation-specific gene expression mediated by the Msn2/4 and Gis1 transcription ..
  7. Malcher M, Schladebeck S, Mösch H. The Yak1 protein kinase lies at the center of a regulatory cascade affecting adhesive growth and stress resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 2011;187:717-30 pubmed publisher
    ..integrated into regulatory networks, affect adhesive growth, including WHI3 encoding an RNA-binding protein and YAK1 coding for a dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated protein kinase...
  8. Hartley A, Ward M, Garrett S. The Yak1 protein kinase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae moderates thermotolerance and inhibits growth by an Sch9 protein kinase-independent mechanism. Genetics. 1994;136:465-74 pubmed
    ..loss of yeast A kinase activity can be alleviated by the overexpression or deletion of two other kinases, Sch9 and Yak1, respectively...
  9. Lee P, Paik S, Shin C, Huh W, Hahn J. Regulation of yeast Yak1 kinase by PKA and autophosphorylation-dependent 14-3-3 binding. Mol Microbiol. 2011;79:633-46 pubmed publisher
    b>Yak1 is a member of an evolutionarily conserved family of Ser/Thr protein kinases known as dual-specificity Tyr phosphorylation-regulated kinases (DYRKs)...
  10. Kim E, Kim J, Kim Y, Lee P, Shin D, Kim M, et al. Development of high-throughput phosphorylation profiling method for identification of Ser/Thr kinase specificity. J Pept Sci. 2011;17:392-7 pubmed publisher
    ..The substrate specificity of murine PKA (cAMP-dependent protein kinase A) and yeast Yak1 kinase was identified using this method...