RRC ID 19659
著者 Jakopec V, Topolski B, Fleig U.
タイトル Sos7, an essential component of the conserved Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ndc80-MIND-Spc7 complex, identifies a new family of fungal kinetochore proteins.
ジャーナル Mol Cell Biol
Abstract Chromosome segregation is powered by the kinetochore, a large macromolecular structure assembled on centromeric chromatin. Attachment of sister chromatids to microtubules is mediated by the highly conserved tripartite KMN (acronym for KNL-1-Mis12-Ndc80) kinetochore network. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the equivalent complex is called NMS (Ndc80-MIND-Spc7). Here, we show that not all components of the NMS complex had been identified previously. A 10th NMS component exists, the essential Sos7 protein, which is a genetic and physical interaction partner of Spc7. The analysis of sos7 kinetochore-null mutant yeast strains demonstrated that Sos7 is central to NMS function. In particular, Sos7 is required for kinetochore targeting of Spc7 as well as components of the MIND complex. sos7 mutant strains show severe chromosome missegregation phenotypes and have compromised microtubule-kinetochore interactions. Sos7 is the founding member of a functionally conserved fungal kinetochore family not present in the point centromere carrying Saccharomycotina clusters, suggesting that the new Sos7 family might be a signature motif of fungi with regional centromeres.
巻・号 32(16)
ページ 3308-20
公開日 2012-8-1
DOI 10.1128/MCB.00212-12
PII MCB.00212-12
PMID 22711988
PMC PMC3434540
MeSH Alleles Amino Acid Sequence Centromere / genetics Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / metabolism* DNA / metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal* Kinetochores / metabolism Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism* Models, Genetic Molecular Sequence Data Mutation* Phenotype Phylogeny Schizosaccharomyces / metabolism* Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / metabolism* Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Species Specificity Temperature
IF 3.611
引用数 5
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
酵母 FY20722(MY6760) FY18603(SK130)