RRC ID 17594
Author Ukimori S, Kawabata N, Shimada H, Imano R, Takahashi K, Yukawa M, Tsuchiya E, Ueno M.
Title A double mutant between fission yeast telomerase and RecQ helicase is sensitive to thiabendazole, an anti-microtubule drug.
Journal Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
Abstract In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, deletion of trt1(+) causes gradual telomere shortening, while deletion of pot1(+) causes rapid telomere loss. The double mutant between pot1 and RecQ helicase rqh1 is synthetically lethal. We found that the trt1 rqh1 double mutant was not synthetically lethal. The chromosome end fragments in both the trt1Δ rqh1Δ and the trt1Δ rqh1-hd (helicase dead) double mutants did not enter a pulsed-field electrophoresis gel. Both the trt1Δ rqh1Δ and the trt1Δ rqh1-hd double mutants were sensitive to the anti-microtubule drug thiabendazole. Moreover, the trt1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant displayed RPA foci on the chromosome bridge at high frequency in M phase cells. These phenotypes are very similar to that of the pot1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant, in which recombination intermediates accumulate at the chromosme ends in the M phase. These results suggest that the entangled chromosome ends, most likely recombination intermediates, are present in the M phase in the trt1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant.
Volume 76(2)
Pages 264-9
Published 2012-1-1
DOI 10.1271/bbb.110606
PII JST.JSTAGE/bbb/110606
PMID 22313747
MeSH Antifungal Agents / pharmacology Chromosomes, Fungal / drug effects Fungal Proteins / genetics Microtubules / drug effects Mutation* RecQ Helicases / genetics* Schizosaccharomyces / genetics* Telomerase / genetics* Telomere Shortening / drug effects Thiabendazole / pharmacology*
IF 1.516
Times Cited 4
WOS Category FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY CHEMISTRY, APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Resource
Yeast FY7512(JY741)