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ArticlePLoS genetics2017

Reduced dosage of the chromosome axis factor Red1 selectively disrupts the meiotic recombination checkpoint in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Tovah E Markowitz, Daniel Suarez, Hannah G Blitzblau, Neem J Patel, Andrew L Markhard, Amy J MacQueen, Andreas Hochwagen

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tovah E MarkowitzDepartment of Biology; New York University; New York, NY; United States of America.
Daniel SuarezDepartment of Biology; New York University; New York, NY; United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2438-7145
Hannah G BlitzblauWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Cambridge, MA; United States of America.
Neem J PatelDepartment of Biology; New York University; New York, NY; United States of America.
Andrew L MarkhardWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Cambridge, MA; United States of America.
Amy J MacQueenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Wesleyan University; Middletown, CT; United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0919-7538
Andreas HochwagenDepartment of Biology; New York University; New York, NY; United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6184-443X
New York Proton Center · USWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · USWesleyan University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Chromosome Scale Signal PropagationR01GM111715 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI HOCHWAGEN, ANDREAS · 2015 to 2022
$2.6M
How Do Synaptonemal Complex Proteins Promote Crossover Recombination and Synapsis?R15GM116109 · NIGMS · WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY · PI MACQUEEN, AMY JOY · 2016 to 2025
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM111715NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM116109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meiotic chromosomes assemble characteristic "axial element" structures that are essential for fertility and provide the chromosomal context for meiotic recombination, synapsis and checkpoint signaling. Whether these meiotic processes are equally dependent on axial element integrity has remained unclear. Here, we investigated this question in S. cerevisiae using the putative condensin allele ycs4S. We show that the severe axial element assembly defects of this allele are explained by a linked mutation in the promoter of the major axial element gene RED1 that reduces Red1 protein levels to 20-25% of wild type. Intriguingly, the Red1 levels of ycs4S mutants support meiotic processes linked to axis integrity, including DNA double-strand break formation and deposition of the synapsis protein Zip1, at levels that permit 70% gamete survival. By contrast, the ability to elicit a meiotic checkpoint arrest is completely eliminated. This selective loss of checkpoint function is supported by a RED1 dosage series and is associated with the loss of most of the cytologically detectable Red1 from the axial element. Our results indicate separable roles for Red1 in building the structural axis of meiotic chromosomes and mounting a sustained recombination checkpoint response.

Indexed as

Recombination, GeneticChromosome PairingChromosomes, FungalDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedGene DosageMeiosisMutationSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSpores, FungalSynaptonemal ComplexRED1 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID28746375
PMCPMC5549997
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