Publication Date:
2008-12-06
Description:
During cytokinesis, the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) RhoA orchestrates contractile ring assembly and constriction. RhoA signaling is controlled by the central spindle, a set of microtubule bundles that forms between the separating chromosomes. Centralspindlin, a protein complex consisting of the kinesin-6 ZEN-4 and the Rho family GTPase activating protein (GAP) CYK-4, is required for central spindle assembly and cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. However, the importance of the CYK-4 GAP activity and whether it regulates RhoA remain unclear. We found that two separation-of-function mutations in the GAP domain of CYK-4 lead to cytokinesis defects that mimic centralspindlin loss of function. These defects could be rescued by depletion of the GTPase Rac or its effectors, but not by depletion of RhoA. Thus, inactivation of Rac by centralspindlin functions in parallel with RhoA activation to drive contractile ring constriction during cytokinesis.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736296/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736296/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Canman, Julie C -- Lewellyn, Lindsay -- Laband, Kimberley -- Smerdon, Stephen J -- Desai, Arshad -- Bowerman, Bruce -- Oegema, Karen -- GM058017/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- MC_U117584228/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- R01 GM049869/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM049869-15/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM058017/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32 CA067754/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM008666/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Dec 5;322(5907):1543-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1163086.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. jcanman@ucsd.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19056985" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Substitution
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Animals
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Caenorhabditis elegans/*cytology/embryology/genetics/*metabolism
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Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/*antagonists &
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inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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*Cytokinesis
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Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology/metabolism
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GTPase-Activating Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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Genes, Helminth
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Kinesin/metabolism
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Mutation
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Signal Transduction
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Spindle Apparatus/physiology/ultrastructure
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rac GTP-Binding Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism
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rhoA GTP-Binding Protein/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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