RRC ID 65565
著者 Yukawa M, Ohishi M, Yamada Y, Toda T.
タイトル The Putative RNA-Binding Protein Dri1 Promotes the Loading of Kinesin-14/Klp2 to the Mitotic Spindle and Is Sequestered into Heat-Induced Protein Aggregates in Fission Yeast.
ジャーナル Int J Mol Sci
Abstract Cells form a bipolar spindle during mitosis to ensure accurate chromosome segregation. Proper spindle architecture is established by a set of kinesin motors and microtubule-associated proteins. In most eukaryotes, kinesin-5 motors are essential for this process, and genetic or chemical inhibition of their activity leads to the emergence of monopolar spindles and cell death. However, these deficiencies can be rescued by simultaneous inactivation of kinesin-14 motors, as they counteract kinesin-5. We conducted detailed genetic analyses in fission yeast to understand the mechanisms driving spindle assembly in the absence of kinesin-5. Here, we show that deletion of the dri1 gene, which encodes a putative RNA-binding protein, can rescue temperature sensitivity caused by cut7-22, a fission yeast kinesin-5 mutant. Interestingly, kinesin-14/Klp2 levels on the spindles in the cut7 mutants were significantly reduced by the dri1 deletion, although the total levels of Klp2 and the stability of spindle microtubules remained unaffected. Moreover, RNA-binding motifs of Dri1 are essential for its cytoplasmic localization and function. We have also found that a portion of Dri1 is spatially and functionally sequestered by chaperone-based protein aggregates upon mild heat stress and limits cell division at high temperatures. We propose that Dri1 might be involved in post-transcriptional regulation through its RNA-binding ability to promote the loading of Klp2 on the spindle microtubules.
巻・号 22(9)
公開日 2021-4-30
DOI 10.3390/ijms22094795
PII ijms22094795
PMID 33946513
PMC PMC8125374
MeSH Gene Deletion Hot Temperature Kinesins / genetics Kinesins / metabolism Microtubule-Associated Proteins / genetics Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism* Mutation Protein Aggregates Schizosaccharomyces / cytology Schizosaccharomyces / genetics Schizosaccharomyces / metabolism* Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / genetics Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / metabolism* Spindle Apparatus / genetics Spindle Apparatus / metabolism*
IF 4.556
リソース情報
酵母 FY34176 FY34175