D
AIP577...99 bp 2027..2049 bp
2431..2453 bpCCAAAGCCGAGGCATTAGGTAAAGGTTTCGGCTCCGTAATCCATTT
1061...1083 bp
CCGACGATTCCACTCACAAGAATGGCTGCTAAGGTGAGTGTTCTTA
CCAGCGAACAACCACCTCTGGATGGTCGCTTGTTGGTGGAGACCTA
ATTTTCACTTCATTAGCCGGTGGTAAAAGTGAAGTAATCGGCCACC
+ - + - + - + -BamHIAIP5+/+
AIP5+/+, BNI1-/-
AIP5+/+, SPA2-/-
AIP5+/+, BUD6-/-
Negative m
utagenisis
E
O.D
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aip5∆/∆
+LatA
WT
aip5∆/∆WT
O.D
. 600
nm
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1.0
0.5
0.00 5 10 15 20 25
bud6∆/∆bud6∆/∆ aip5∆/∆bud6∆/∆bud6∆/∆ aip5∆/∆
+LatA
bni1∆/∆bni1∆/∆ aip5∆/∆bni1∆/∆bni1∆/∆ aip5∆/∆
+LatA
O.D
. 600
nm
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1.0
0.5
0.00 5 10 15 20 25
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0 5 10 15 20 25
O.D
. 600
nm
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1.0
0.5
0.0
spa2∆/∆spa2∆/∆ aip5∆/∆spa2∆/∆spa2∆/∆ aip5∆/∆ +LatA
F G H I
A. Conservative analysis of Bni1 among fungi species
Tree scale: 0.1
B. Conservative analysis of Bud6 among fungi species
Tree scale: 0.1
C. Conservative analysis of Spa2 among fungi species
Tree scale: 0.1
Human pathogenPlant pathogen
Supplementary figure 1
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200
600
Supplementary figure 1. Polarisome proteins are conserved among fungi species.
(A-C) Phylogenetic tree of polarisome proteins Bni1, Bud6 and Spa2, the two highlighted species in red are S. cerevisiae
and C. albicans. (D) Four gRNA sequences with AIP5-specific target sequences as indicated. A stop codon and a BamHI
cleavage site were inserted at the location immediately following the correct mutagenesis site (highlighted by a red star)
located at the 76 bp region. (E) The negative control of CRISPR/Cas9 edited AIP5 in various C. albicans wild type and
mutant strains, where no BamHI digestion sites were inserted at the target location. (F-I) Growth curve of the indicated
polarisome C. albicans mutants that were treated with or without 1 µM latrunculin A. The data were averaged with four
technical replicates and showed with an error bar of S.D.
B
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bni1∆/∆ spa2∆/∆ bud6∆/∆WT
bni1∆/∆ aip5∆/∆ spa2∆/∆ aip5∆/∆ bud6∆/∆ aip5∆/∆aip5∆/∆
A
WTbn
i1∆/∆
spa2
∆/∆
bud6
∆/∆
bni1∆
/∆ aip5
∆/∆
aip5∆
/∆
spa2
∆/∆ aip5
∆/∆
bud6
∆/∆ aip5
∆/∆
WT
bni1∆
/∆
spa2
∆/∆
bud6
∆/∆
bni1∆
/∆ aip5
∆/∆
aip5∆
/∆
spa2
∆/∆ aip5
∆/∆
bud6
∆/∆ aip5
∆/∆
Supplementary figure 2
Supplementary figure 2. Polarisome mutants reduced hyphae growth length.
(A) Representative images of the indicated strain colonies with hyphae cells induced by solid agar spider plate at 37°C.
The images were shown with a magnification of 12 x, the scale bar represents 2 cm. (B) The representative fluorescence
images of actin pattern stained by phalloidin 488 in the indicated mutants of hydroxyurea (HU)-induced polarized
filaments (upper panel), and bright-field images of cell morphology (lower panel). Images were acquired from
paraformaldehyde-fixed cells after 5 hours of HU induction. The scale bar represents 2 µm. (C) Quantification of HU-
induced polarized filament length by measuring the distance between bud-neck and bud-tip. The filament length was
classified into five groups. The distribution in the percentage of each group was shown in the indicated strains. n=250
cells for each strain.
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Saccharomyces-cerevisiaeCandida-albicans
Bni1FH1C
Bud6C
Saccharomyces-cerevisiaeCandida-albicans
Saccharomyces-cerevisiaeCandida-albicans
Saccharomyces-cerevisiaeCandida-albicans
Saccharomyces-cerevisiaeCandida-albicans
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Saccharomyces-cerevisiaeCandida-albicans
Aip5CA
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C
Supplementary figure 3
Supplementary figure 3. Conservative analysis of polarisome proteins among fungi species.
(A-C) The functional C terminal domain protein sequence alignment of Aip5, Bni1, and Bud6 between S. cerevisiae and
C. albicans.
Fluo
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Inte
nsity
(A.U
.)
2 µM Actin (A)A+0.25 µM Aip5CA+0.5 µM Aip5CA+1 µM Aip5CA+2 µM Aip5CA+4 µM Aip5C
2 µM Actin (A)
A+20 nM Bni1FH1C
A+40 nM Bni1FH1C
A+60 nM Bni1FH1C
A+80 nM Bni1FH1C
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.)
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A+0.1 µM Bud6C
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A+2 µM Bud6C
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.)
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.)
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I
Supplementary figure 4. Polarisome proteins work synergistically to enhance actin assembly in vitro.
(A) SDS-PAGE gel of purified NP-actin (S. cerevisea actin with D286A, V287A, D288A mutations). (B) Pyrene actin
polymerization test of NP-actin. (C-E) Pyrene actin polymerization assays of an increasing concentration of Bni1FH1C,
Bud6C, and Aip5C, respectively. (F, G) Pyrene actin polymerization by an increasing concentration of Aip5C in
combination with Bni1FH1C (F) or Bud6C (G). (H) Pyrene actin polymerization by an increasing concentration of Bud6C
in combination with Bni1FH1C. (I) Pyrene actin depolymerization assay of the indicated proteins.
control
+Aip5C
+Bni1FH1C
+Bud6C
+Bud6C+Bni1FH1C
+Aip5C+Bni1FH1C
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ip5C
+Bni1
FH1C+B
ud6C
+Bud
6C
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6C+A
ip5C
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+Aip5C+Bud6C
+Bni1FH1C
+Bni1
FH1C+B
ud6C
+Aip5
C10
min
Supplementary figure 5
+Aip5C+Bud6C
Supplementary figure 5. The effect of polarisome proteins on actin filament barbed end elongation speed.
(A) The representative TIRF images of elongating actin filaments at the indicated time points. The kymographs were
generated from movies covering 10 min with 5-sec gaps in between each frame. The control actin filament was assembled
from 0.5 µM actin (10% Oregon green 488 labelled actin and 0.5% biotin-actin), and the proteins added were indicated as
follows: 20 nM Bni1FH1C; 10 nM Aip5C and 10 nM Bud6C. The scale bar represents 5 µm. (B) Quantification of actin
filament barbed end elongation speed of indicated protein combinations as shown in A. (n=40 for each sample) P-values
was determined by the one-way ANOVA, ns=not significant, ****p < 0.0001. Error bar, S.D.
F T S L A G - G MQ Y T S L A G G G F HScAip5C
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nsity
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.)
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C
250
75
5037
kDa Aip5C-G
Supplementary figure 6
Supplementary figure 6. Aip5C mutants and activation in actin assembly.
(A) Protein sequence comparison of the functional loop domain between C. albicans and S. cerevisiae. (B) The protein
sequence of Aip5C-G where the Glycine was inserted. The purified Aip5C-G was shown in SDS-PAGE. (C) The bulk
actin assembly was tested by pyrene assay with increasing concentrations of Aip5C-G.
1545 a.a. 1733 a.a.Bni1C
CaB
ni1
Dis
orde
red
Tend
ency
Amino acid
A B C
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Supplementary figure 7
Supplementary figure 7. Initial Bni1C-Bud6C-Aip5C complex structure placements for MD simulations
(A) The recombinant Bni1C (residues 1545-1733 a.a.) was purified and shown in SDS-PAGE. (B) The intrinsically
disordered tendency plot of protein Bni1FH1COOH by using IUPRED2A. While Bni1C is highly disordered, the FH2
domain is predicted to be well folded as the disorder tendency score is lower than 50%. (C, D) The initial structure in MD
simulations for Bni1C (C) and Bud6C (D). (E-L) The initial eight sets of Bni1C-Bud6C-Aip5C complex placements,
where Bni1C was placed along the x-axis with N terminus on the left side, and Aip5C and Bud6C were assigned into four
directions (right, left, up, and down) relative to Bni1C.
Simulation
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etta
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re
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Gibbs Energy Landscape
PC2
PC1
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Supplementary figure 8
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Supplementary figure 8. The RMSD plots and Rosetta scoring of the stable tri-protein complex from MD
simulations
(A) The RMSD plots of six groups (Simulation 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7) that maintain stable complex conformations after MD simulations. Simulation 3 and 8 complexes were excluded because of the full or partial detachments of three proteins after MD simulations. (B) Free energy landscape of the first two Principle components(PC1 and PC2) for the tri-complexes (Simulation 1). The energy scale representing the stable (Blue) to least stable (Red) structures ranging from 0 to 14.2 kcal/mol. (C) The Rosetta scores of the six sets of tri-protein complex after MD simulations. (D) The conformations of the most stable assembly of tri-protein complex for each set (including conformation 1 in figure 6C).
Supplementary Table 1. Yeast strains used in this study.
Strain name Genotype Source
YMY2045
(BWP17) ura3/ura3 his1::hisG/his1::hisG arg4::hisG/arg4::hisG (1)
YMY2046 BWP17 spa2Δ::ARG4/spa2Δ::FRT (2)
YMY2047 BWP17 bni1Δ::ARG4/bni1Δ::HIS1 (3)
YMY2048 BWP17 bud6Δ::ARG4/bud6Δ::HIS1 (3)
YMY2049 BWP17 aip5Δ:: NATR/aip5Δ:: NATR This study
YMY2050 BWP17 spa2Δ::ARG4/spa2Δ::FRT aip5Δ:: NATR/aip5Δ:: NATR This study
YMY2051 BWP17 bni1Δ::ARG4/bni1Δ::HIS1 aip5Δ:: NATR/aip5Δ:: NATR This study
YMY2052 BWP17 bud6Δ::ARG4/bud6Δ::HIS1 aip5Δ:: NATR/aip5Δ:: NATR This study
Supplementary Table 2. Oligonucleotide primers used in the study.
SgAIP5-F ATTCTTGTGAGTGGAATCGTGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAA
SgAIP5-R ACGATTCCACTCACAAGAATCGGATCCAAATTAAAAATAGTTTACGCAA
GT
RtAIP5-F TCCATCTTTGGTTGGATCTTCCATTAGATCATAAGGATCCACGATTCCACT
CACAAGAAT
RtAIP5-R TGATATCTTTGGAAGATTTGTATTTTTCTGGGTGGATATAATTCTTGTGAG
TGGAATCGT
VerAIP5-F GACATTGAAGAGCGTTTAG
VerAIP5-R TTTACCTCCAACATTATCAG
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