MEK1 serine/threonine protein kinase MEK1 [Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C] - Gene

Summary

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Official Symbol: MEK1
Official Full Name: serine/threonine protein kinase MEK1
Primary source: SGD:S000005878
Locus tag: YOR351C
See related: AllianceGenome:SGD:S000005878; FungiDB:YOR351C; VEuPathDB:YOR351C
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C (strain: S288C)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Saccharomycotina; Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; Saccharomycetaceae; Saccharomyces
Also known as: MRE4
Summary: Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in meiotic recombination checkpoint signaling and protein phosphorylation. Located in nucleus. Orthologous to human MYLK3 (myosin light chain kinase 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
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Genomic context

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Location:: chromosome: XV

Exon count:: 1

Sequence:: Chromosome: XV; NC_001147.6 (995018..996511, complement)

Chromosome XV - NC_001147.6 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:: NC_001147.6

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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A regulatory phosphorylation site on Mec1 controls chromatin occupancy of RNA polymerases during replication stress.
Title: A regulatory phosphorylation site on Mec1 controls chromatin occupancy of RNA polymerases during replication stress.
Using genetic and biochemical approaches, this work demonstrates that in the presence of DSBs, activated Mek1 binds to Ndt80 and phosphorylates the transcription factor, thus inhibiting DNA binding and preventing Ndt80's function as a transcriptional activator.
Title: Mek1 coordinates meiotic progression with DNA break repair by directly phosphorylating and inhibiting the yeast pachytene exit regulator Ndt80.
crystal structures of the Mek1 FHA domain in the apo state and in complex with the Hop1 pT318 peptide are presented, demonstrating that the hydrophobic residues Phe320 and Val321 at the pT+2 and pT+3 positions in the ligand contribute to the preferential recognition.
Title: Structural insights into the recognition of phosphorylated Hop1 by Mek1.
These localization patterns closely tracked the distribution of Red1 and Hop1, axis proteins required for Mek1 activation. These findings provide insight into the spatial disposition of Mek1 kinase activity and the higher order organization of recombining meiotic chromosomes
Title: Histone H3 Threonine 11 Phosphorylation Is Catalyzed Directly by the Meiosis-Specific Kinase Mek1 and Provides a Molecular Readout of Mek1 Activity in Vivo.
ndt80 transcription of CDC5 results in degradation of Red1, a meiosis-specific protein required for Mek1 activation, thereby abolishing Mek1 activity completely. Elimination of Mek1 kinase activity allows Rad51-mediated repair of any remaining DSBs. In this way, cells do not enter Meiosis I until recombination is complete and all DSBs are repair
Title: Coordination of Double Strand Break Repair and Meiotic Progression in Yeast by a Mek1-Ndt80 Negative Feedback Loop.
ad51-mediated recombination occurring in the absence of Hed1 phosphorylation results in a significant increase in non-exchange chromosomes despite wild-type levels of crossovers, confirming previous results indicating a defect in crossover assurance. We propose that Rad51 function in meiosis is regulated in part by the coordinated phosphorylation of Rad54 and Hed1 by Mek1
Title: Mek1 Down Regulates Rad51 Activity during Yeast Meiosis by Phosphorylation of Hed1.
When Mek1 persists on closely paired (synapsed) homologues, DNA repair is severely delayed, suggesting that Mek1 suppresses any proximal repair template.
Title: Chromosome Synapsis Alleviates Mek1-Dependent Suppression of Meiotic DNA Repair.
chromatin remodeling allows Dot1-mediated H3K79-me to exclude Pch2 from the chromosomes, thus driving localization of Hop1 along chromosome axes and enabling Mek1 full activation to trigger downstream responses, such as meiotic arrest
Title: Dot1-dependent histone H3K79 methylation promotes activation of the Mek1 meiotic checkpoint effector kinase by regulating the Hop1 adaptor.
propose that Mek1 plays dual roles during meiotic prophase I by phosphorylating targets directly involved in the recombination checkpoint, as well as targets involved in sister chromatid recombination
Title: Mek1 kinase governs outcomes of meiotic recombination and the checkpoint response.
Studies identified an additional role for Mek1 in inhibiting the activity of the Rad51 recombinase through phosphorylation of its binding partner, Rad54.
Title: Regulation of meiotic recombination via Mek1-mediated Rad54 phosphorylation.

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Homology

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Gene Ontology Provided by SGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables ATP binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H2AS1 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein kinase activity	HDA more info	PubMed
enables protein kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein serine kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in chromatin remodeling	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in meiotic cell cycle	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in meiotic cell cycle	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in meiotic recombination checkpoint signaling	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in phosphorylation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in protein phosphorylation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in signal transduction	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in cytoplasm	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in nucleus	HDA more info	PubMed
located_in nucleus	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

General protein information

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Preferred Names: serine/threonine protein kinase MEK1

NP_014996.3

EC 2.7.11.1

Meiosis-specific serine/threonine protein kinase; functions in meiotic checkpoint, promotes recombination between homologous chromosomes by suppressing double strand break repair between sister chromatids; stabilizes Hop1-Thr318 phosphorylation to promote interhomolog recombination and checkpoint responses during meiosis

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

NC_001147.6 Reference assembly

Range

995018..996511 complement

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_001183771.3 → NP_014996.3 TPA: serine/threonine protein kinase MEK1 [Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C]

See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_014996.3

Status: REVIEWED

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

D6W346, P24719

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

A6ZPI1, B3LK08, B5VSM8, C7GNR7, N1NW92

Conserved Domains (2) summary

cd00060
Location:28 → 122

FHA; Forkhead associated domain (FHA); found in eukaryotic and prokaryotic proteins. Putative nuclear signalling domain. FHA domains may bind phosphothreonine, phosphoserine and sometimes phosphotyrosine. In eukaryotes, many FHA domain-containing proteins ...

cd05117
Location:160 → 443

STKc_CAMK; The catalytic domain of CAMK family Serine/Threonine Kinases