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Natural Genetic Variation Modifies Gene Expression Dynamics at the Protein Level During Pheromone Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

View ORCID ProfileDaniel A. Pollard, Ciara K. Asamoto, Homa Rahnamoun, Austin S. Abendroth, Suzanne R. Lee, Scott A. Rifkin
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/090480
Daniel A. Pollard
1Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
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Ciara K. Asamoto
1Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
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Homa Rahnamoun
2Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA
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Austin S. Abendroth
1Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
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Suzanne R. Lee
1Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
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Scott A. Rifkin
2Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA
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Heritable variation in gene expression patterns plays a fundamental role in trait variation and evolution, making understanding the mechanisms by which genetic variation acts on gene expression patterns a major goal for biology. Both theoretical and empirical work have largely focused on variation in steady-state mRNA levels and mRNA synthesis rates, particularly of protein-coding genes. Yet in order for this variation to affect higher order traits it must lead to differences at the protein level. Variation in protein-specific processes including protein synthesis rates and protein decay rates could amplify, mask, or even reverse effects transmitted from the transcript level, but the extent to which this happens is unclear. Moreover, mechanisms that underlie protein expression variation under dynamic conditions have not been examined. To address this challenge, we analyzed how mRNA and protein expression dynamics covary between two strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during mating pheromone response. Although divergent steady-state mRNA expression levels explained divergent steady-state protein levels for four out of five genes in our study, the same was true for only one out of five genes for expression dynamics. By integrating decay rate and allele-specific protein expression analyses, we resolved that expression divergence for Fig1p was caused by genetic variation acting in trans on protein synthesis rate, expression divergence for Ina1p was caused by cis-by-trans epistatic effects on transcript level and protein synthesis rate, and expression divergence for Fus3p and Tos6p were caused by divergence in protein synthesis rates. Our study demonstrates that steady-state analysis of gene expression is insufficient to understand the impact of genetic variation on gene expression variation. An integrated and dynamic approach to gene expression analysis - comparing mRNA levels, protein levels, protein decay rates, and allele-specific protein expression - allows for a detailed analysis of the genetic mechanisms underlying protein expression divergences.

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Natural Genetic Variation Modifies Gene Expression Dynamics at the Protein Level During Pheromone Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Daniel A. Pollard, Ciara K. Asamoto, Homa Rahnamoun, Austin S. Abendroth, Suzanne R. Lee, Scott A. Rifkin
bioRxiv 090480; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/090480
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Natural Genetic Variation Modifies Gene Expression Dynamics at the Protein Level During Pheromone Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Daniel A. Pollard, Ciara K. Asamoto, Homa Rahnamoun, Austin S. Abendroth, Suzanne R. Lee, Scott A. Rifkin
bioRxiv 090480; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/090480

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