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ArticleCell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)2010

The Mek1 phosphorylation cascade plays a role in meiotic recombination of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Takahiro Tougan, Takashi Kasama, Ayami Ohtaka, Daisuke Okuzaki, Takamune T Saito, Paul Russell, Hiroshi Nojima

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Article in Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Takahiro TouganDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Takashi Kasama
Ayami Ohtaka
Daisuke Okuzaki
Takamune T Saito
Paul Russell
Hiroshi Nojima
Osaka University · JPLa Jolla Alcohol Research · USOsaka Health Science University · JPOsaka University of Economics · JP

Funding

Studies of the DNA Replication CheckpointR01GM059447 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI RUSSELL, PAUL · 1999 to 2016
$6.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM59447NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mek1 is a Chk2/Rad53/Cds1-related protein kinase that is required for proper meiotic progression of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. However, the molecular mechanisms of Mek1 regulation and Mek1 phosphorylation targets are unclear. Here, we report that Mek1 is phosphorylated at serine-12 (S12), S14 and threonine-15 (T15) by Rad3 (ATR) and/or Tel1 (ATM) kinases that are activated by meiotic programmed double-strand breaks (DSBs). Mutations of these sites by alanine replacement caused abnormal meiotic progression and recombination rates. Phosphorylation of these sites triggers autophosphorylation of Mek1; indeed, alanine replacement mutations of Mek1-T318 and -T322 residues in the activation loop of Mek1 reduced Mek1 kinase activity and meiotic recombination rates. Substrates of Mek1 include Mus81-T275, Rdh54-T6 and Rdh54-T673. Mus81-T275 is known to regulate the Mus81 function in DNA cleavage, whereas Rdh54-T6A/T673A mutant cells showed abnormal meiotic recombination. Taken together, we conclude that the phosphorylation of Mek1 by Rad3 or Tel1, Mek1 autophosphorylation and Mus81 or Rdh54 phosphorylation by Mek1 regulate meiotic progression in S. pombe.

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MeiosisAmino Acid SequenceCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 2DNA-Binding ProteinsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedEndonucleasesMAP Kinase Kinase 1Molecular Sequence DataMutationPhosphorylationProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRecombination, GeneticSchizosaccharomycesSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 2DNA-Binding ProteinsEndonucleasesMAP Kinase Kinase 1Mek1 protein, S pombeMUS81 protein, S pombeProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine Kinasesrad3 protein, S pombeSchizosaccharomyces pombe Proteinstel1 protein, S pombe

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PMID21084840
PMCPMC3048037
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