The Saccharomyces cerevisiae AP-1 Protein Discriminates between Oxidative Stress Elicited by the Oxidants H2O2 and Diamide*

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae AP-1 protein (yAP-1) is a key mediator of oxidative stress tolerance. Transcriptional activation by yAP-1 has been shown to be inducible by exposure of cells to H2O2 and diamide, among other oxidative stress eliciting compounds. Here we define the segments of the yAP-1 protein that are required to respond to this environmental challenge. Western blotting analyses indicated that levels of yAP-1 do not change during oxidative stress. Deletion mutagenesis and gene fusion experiments indicate that two different segments of yAP-1 are required for oxidative stress inducibility. These two domains function differentially depending on the type of oxidant used to generate oxidative stress. Three repeated cysteine-serine-glutamate sequences located in the carboxyl terminus are required for normal regulation of yAP-1 function during oxidative stress. Replacement of these cysteine-serine-glutamate repeats by alanine residues does not similarly affect H2O2 and diamide regulation of yAP-1 function. While yAP-1 transactivation is enhanced by exposure to either H2O2 or diamide, the protein responds to the oxidative stress produced by these compounds in nonidentical ways.

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