Negative Control of Heavy Metal Uptake by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae BSD2 Gene*

Xiuying Liu,F. Supek,N. Nelson,V. Culotta

Published 1997 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

ABSTRACT

We have previously shown that mutations in theSaccharomyces cerevisiae BSD2 gene suppress oxidative damage in cells lacking superoxide dismutase and also lead to hyperaccumulation of copper ions. We demonstrate here thatbsd2 mutant cells additionally accumulate high levels of cadmium and cobalt. By biochemical fractionation and immunofluorescence microscopy, BSD2 exhibited localization to the endoplasmic reticulum, suggesting that BSD2 acts at a distance to inhibit metal uptake from the growth medium. This BSD2 control of ion transport occurs independently of the CTR1 and FET4 metal transport systems. Genetic suppressor analysis revealed that hyperaccumulation of copper and cadmium in bsd2 mutants is mediated throughSMF1, previously shown to encode a plasma membrane transporter for manganese. A nonsense mutation removing the carboxyl-terminal hydrophobic domain of SMF1 was found to mimic asmf1 gene deletion by eliminating the copper and cadmium toxicity of bsd2 mutants and also by precluding thebsd2 suppression of superoxide dismutase deficiency. However, inactivation of SMF1 did not eliminate the elevated cobalt levels in bsd2 mutants. Instead, this cobalt accumulation was found to be specifically mediated through theSMF1 homologue, SMF2. Hence, BSD2 prevents metal hyperaccumulation by exerting negative control over the SMF1 and SMF2 metal transport systems.

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