Identification and specificities of N‐terminal acetyltransferases from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

N‐terminal acetylation can occur cotranslationally on the initiator methionine residue or on the penultimate residue if the methionine is cleaved. We investigated the three N‐terminal acetyltransferases (NATs), Ard1p/Nat1p, Nat3p and Mak3p. Ard1p and Mak3p are significantly related to each other by amino acid sequence, as is Nat3p, which was uncovered in this study using programming alignment procedures. Mutants deleted in any one of these NAT genes were viable, but some exhibited diminished mating efficiency and reduced growth at 37°C, and on glycerol and NaCl‐containing media. The three NATs had the following substrate specificities as determined in vivo by examining acetylation of 14 altered forms of iso‐1‐cytochrome c and 55 abundant normal proteins in each of the deleted strains: Ard1p/Nat1p, subclasses with Ser‐, Ala‐, Gly‐ and Thr‐termini; Nat3p, Met‐Glu‐ and Met‐Asp‐ and a subclass of Met‐Asn‐termini; and Mak3p subclasses with Met‐Ile‐ and Met‐Leu‐termini. In addition, a special subclass of substrates with Ser‐Glu‐ Phe‐, Ala‐Glu‐Phe‐ and Gly‐Glu‐Phe‐termini required all three NATs for acetylation.

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