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THE structurally unrelated immunosuppressants FK506 and cyclosporin A (CsA) act similarly, inhibiting a Ca2+-dependent signal required for interleukin-2 transcription and T-cell activation1. Each drug binds to its cytosolic receptor, FKBP-12 and cyclophilin, respectively, and the drug-receptor complexes inhibit the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin2–4. In yeast, calcineurin has been implicated in recovery from α-mating factor arrest5,6. Here we show that FK506 bound to yeast FKBP-12 appears to form a complex with yeast calcineurin. Moreover, recovery from mating factor arrest is highly sensitive to FK506 or CsA, and this sensitivity requires the presence of FKBP-12 or cyclophilin, respectively. These results define a key physiological target of an FK506- and CsA-sensitive signal pathway in yeast, suggest a high degree of mechanistic conservation with mammalian cells, and indicate that further examination of the yeast system should provide insight into the same process in T cells.
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Poor, F., Parent, S., Morin, N. et al. Calcineurin mediates inhibition by FK506 and cyclosporin of recovery from α-factor arrest in yeast. Nature 360, 682–684 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/360682a0
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