The yeast AMP-activated protein kinase Snf1 phosphorylates the inositol polyphosphate kinase Kcs1.

ABSTRACT: The yeast Snf1/AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) maintains energy homeostasis, controlling metabolic processes and glucose derepression in response to nutrient levels and environmental cues. Under conditions of nitrogen or glucose limitation, Snf1 regulates pseudohyphal growth, a morphological transition characterized by the formation of extended multicellular filaments. During pseudohyphal growth, Snf1 is required for wild-type levels of inositol polyphosphate (InsP), soluble phosphorylated species of the six-carbon cyclitol inositol that function as conserved metabolic second messengers. InsP levels are established through the activity of a family of inositol kinases, including the yeast inositol polyphosphate kinase Kcs1, which principally generates pyrophosphorylated InsP₇. Here,

SUBMITTER: Sunder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851228 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature