ArticleCell reports2020
Plasmodium Condensin Core Subunits SMC2/SMC4 Mediate Atypical Mitosis and Are Essential for Parasite Proliferation and Transmission.
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- Pre-rRNAs control mitosis by maintaining chromosomal segregation through protecting SMC2 from AURKA-mediated phosphorylation.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
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- SMC4 Promotes Prostate Cancer Cell Proliferation and Metastasis via the Rheb/mTOR Pathway.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- NFIA-dependent upregulation of SMC4 promotes metastasis and metabolic reprogramming in glioma.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Primate-Specific DAZ Regulates Translation of Cell Proliferation-Related mRNAs and is Essential for Maintenance of Spermatogonia.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
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- Repurposing the mitotic machinery to drive cellular elongation and chromatin reorganisation in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes.Nature communications · 2022Article
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- Phosphatase inhibitors BVT-948 and alexidine dihydrochloride inhibit sexual development of the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Genome-wide functional analysis reveals key roles for kinesins in the mammalian and mosquito stages of the malaria parasite life cycle.PLoS biology · 2022Article
- Comprehensive Analysis of SMC Gene Family Prognostic Value and Immune Infiltration in Patients With Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Expansion Microscopy RevealsMicroorganisms · 2021Article
- Protein phosphatase 1 regulates atypical mitotic and meiotic division in Plasmodium sexual stages.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Depletion of the mini-chromosome maintenance complex binding protein allows the progression of cytokinesis despite abnormal karyokinesis during the asexual development of Plasmodium falciparum.Cellular microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Condensin is a multi-subunit protein complex regulating chromosome condensation and segregation during cell division. In Plasmodium spp., the causative agent of malaria, cell division is atypical and the role of condensin is unclear. Here we examine the role of SMC2 and SMC4, the core subunits of condensin, during endomitosis in schizogony and endoreduplication in male gametogenesis. During early schizogony, SMC2/SMC4 localize to a distinct focus, identified as the centromeres by NDC80 fluorescence and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) analyses, but do not form condensin I or II complexes. In mature schizonts and during male gametogenesis, there is a diffuse SMC2/SMC4 distribution on chromosomes and in the nucleus, and both condensin I and condensin II complexes form at these stages. Knockdown of smc2 and smc4 gene expression reveals essential roles in parasite proliferation and transmission. The condensin core subunits (SMC2/SMC4) form different complexes and may have distinct functions at various stages of the parasite life cycle.
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