TitleProteome plasticity in response to persistent environmental change.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsDomnauer M, Zheng F, Li L, Zhang Y, Chang CE, Unruh JR, Conkright-Fincham J, McCroskey S, Florens L, Zhang Y, Seidel C, Fong B, Schilling B, Sharma R, Ramanathan A, Si K, Zhou C
JournalMol Cell
Volume81
Issue16
Pagination3294-3309.e12
Date Published2021 08 19
ISSN1097-4164
KeywordsAcclimatization, Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Environmental Exposure, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Hot Temperature, Proteome, Saccharomycetales, Stress, Physiological, Transcriptome
Abstract

Temperature is a variable component of the environment, and all organisms must deal with or adapt to temperature change. Acute temperature change activates cellular stress responses, resulting in refolding or removal of damaged proteins. However, how organisms adapt to long-term temperature change remains largely unexplored. Here we report that budding yeast responds to long-term high temperature challenge by switching from chaperone induction to reduction of temperature-sensitive proteins and re-localizing a portion of its proteome. Surprisingly, we also find that many proteins adopt an alternative conformation. Using Fet3p as an example, we find that the temperature-dependent conformational difference is accompanied by distinct thermostability, subcellular localization, and, importantly, cellular functions. We postulate that, in addition to the known mechanisms of adaptation, conformational plasticity allows some polypeptides to acquire new biophysical properties and functions when environmental change endures.

DOI10.1016/j.molcel.2021.06.028
Alternate JournalMol Cell
PubMed ID34293321
PubMed Central IDPMC8475771
Grant ListDP5 OD024598 / OD / NIH HHS / United States
S10 OD016281 / OD / NIH HHS / United States
T32 AG052374 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States