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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2013

Monopolin recruits condensin to organize centromere DNA and repetitive DNA sequences.

Laura S Burrack, Shelly E Applen Clancey, Jeremy M Chacón, Melissa K Gardner, Judith Berman

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Laura S BurrackDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
Shelly E Applen Clancey
Jeremy M Chacón
Melissa K Gardner
Judith Berman
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

Centromere Structure and Function in Candida albicansR01AI075096 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BERMAN, JUDITH G. · 2008 to 2012
$2.6M
Quantitative Analysis and Modeling of Microtubule Structure and RegulationR01GM103833 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI GARDNER, MELISSA · 2013 to 2017
$1.4M
Computational Modeling and Analysis of Kinetochore Dynamics during MitosisR21GM100122 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI GARDNER, MELISSA · 2012 to 2013
$410k
NIAID NIH HHS AI075096NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI075096NIGMS NIH HHS GM100122NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM103833NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM100122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The establishment and maintenance of higher-order structure at centromeres is essential for accurate chromosome segregation. The monopolin complex is thought to cross-link multiple kinetochore complexes to prevent merotelic attachments that result in chromosome missegregation. This model is based on structural analysis and the requirement that monopolin execute mitotic and meiotic chromosome segregation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which has more than one kinetochore-microtubule attachment/centromere, and co-orient sister chromatids in meiosis I in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Recent data from S. pombe suggest an alternative possibility: that the recruitment of condensin is the primary function of monopolin. Here we test these models using the yeast Candida albicans. C. albicans cells lacking monopolin exhibit defects in chromosome segregation, increased distance between centromeres, and decreased stability of several types of repeat DNA. Of note, changing kinetochore-microtubule copy number from one to more than one kinetochore-microtubule/centromere does not alter the requirement for monopolin. Furthermore, monopolin recruits condensin to C. albicans centromeres, and overexpression of condensin suppresses chromosome segregation defects in strains lacking monopolin. We propose that the key function of monopolin is to recruit condensin in order to promote the assembly of higher-order structure at centromere and repetitive DNA.

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphatasesCandida albicansCell CycleCentromereChromosome SegregationChromosomes, FungalDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalFungal ProteinsGene DeletionGenome, FungalKinetochoresMetaphaseMicrotubulesModels, BiologicalAdenosine Triphosphatasescondensin complexesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalFungal ProteinsMultiprotein Complexes

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PMID23885115
PMCPMC3771944
OpenAlexW2169777858

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