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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 113, Issue 9 1611-1621, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists
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J Wendland and P Philippsen
Lehrstuhl fur angewandte Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel. juergen.wendland@rz.uni-jena.de
In the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii, like in other filamentous fungi onset of growth in dormant spores occurs as an isotropic growth phase generating spherical germ cells. Thereafter, a switch to polarized growth results in the formation of the first hyphal tip. The initial steps of hyphal tip formation in filamentous fungi, therefore, resemble processes taking place prior to and during bud emergence of unicellular yeast-like fungi. We investigated whether phenotypic similarities between these distinct events extended to the molecular level. To this end we isolated and characterized the A. gossypii homolog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae BEM2 gene which is part of a network of rho-GTPases and their regulators required for bud emergence and bud growth in yeast. Here we show that the AgBem2 protein contains a GAP- (GTPase activating protein) domain for rho-like GTPases at its carboxy terminus, and that this part of AgBem2p is required for complementation of an Agbem2 null strain. Germination of spores resulted in enlarged Agbem2 germ cells that were unable to generate the bipolar branching pattern found in wild-type germ cells. In addition, mutant hyphae were swollen due to defects in polarized cell growth indicated by the delocalized distribution of chitin and cortical actin patches. Surprisingly, the complete loss of cell polarity which lead to spherical hyphal tips was overcome by the establishment of new cell polarities and the formation of multiple new hyphal tips. In conclusion these results and other findings demonstrate that establishment of cell polarity, maintenance of cell polarity, and polarized hyphal growth in filamentous fungi require members of &rgr;-GTPase modules.
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