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Vol. 16, Issue 4, 1883-1900, April 2005

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The Pleckstrin Homology Domain Proteins Slm1 and Slm2 Are Required for Actin Cytoskeleton Organization in Yeast and Bind Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate and TORC2

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030

Submitted July 7, 2004; Accepted January 25, 2005
Monitoring Editor: Sandra Schmid

Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P₂] is a key second messenger that regulates actin and membrane dynamics, as well as other cellular processes. Many of the effects of PtdIns(4,5)P₂ are mediated by binding to effector proteins that contain a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. Here, we identify two novel effectors of PtdIns(4,5)P₂ in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: the PH domain containing protein Slm1 and its homolog Slm2. Slm1 and Slm2 serve redundant roles essential for cell growth and actin cytoskeleton polarization. Slm1 and Slm2 bind PtdIns(4,5)P₂ through their PH domains. In addition, Slm1 and Slm2 physically interact with Avo2 and Bit61, two components of the TORC2 signaling complex, which mediates Tor2 signaling to the actin cytoskeleton. Together, these interactions coordinately regulate Slm1 targeting to the plasma membrane. Our results thus identify two novel effectors of PtdIns(4,5)P₂ regulating cell growth and actin organization and suggest that Slm1 and Slm2 integrate inputs from the PtdIns(4,5)P₂ and TORC2 to modulate polarized actin assembly and growth.

The online version of this article contains supplemental material at MBC Online (http://www.molbiolcell.org).

^* These authors contributed equally to this work.

Address correspondence to: Jeannette Kunz (jkunz{at}bcm.tmc.edu).

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