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ArticlePloS one2022

Cryo-ET detects bundled triple helices but not ladders in meiotic budding yeast.

Olivia X Ma, Wen Guan Chong, Joy K E Lee, Shujun Cai, C Alistair Siebert, Andrew Howe, Peijun Zhang, Jian Shi, Uttam Surana, Lu Gan

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Olivia X MaDepartment of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Wen Guan ChongDepartment of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Joy K E LeeDepartment of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Shujun CaiDepartment of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-8558-6279
C Alistair SiebertDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Andrew HoweDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Peijun ZhangDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Jian ShiDepartment of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Uttam SuranaInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Proteos, Singapore.
Lu GanDepartment of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-8685-4896
National University of Singapore · SGDiamond Light Source · GBAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGCentre for Human Genetics · GB

Funding

X-Ray Core P50GM082251 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ENGELMAN, ALAN N. · 2007 to 2018
$48.1M
Structure and function of membrane receptor signaling complex in bacterial chemotR01GM085043 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZHANG, PEIJUN · 2009 to 2013
$1.4M
Cryo-FIB processing of vitreous biological specimen for electron tomographyR21RR024424 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZHANG, PEIJUN · 2009 to 2010
$546k
Medical Research CouncilNCRR NIH HHS R21 RR024424NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM082251NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM085043Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In meiosis, cells undergo two sequential rounds of cell division, termed meiosis I and meiosis II. Textbook models of the meiosis I substage called pachytene show that nuclei have conspicuous 100-nm-wide, ladder-like synaptonemal complexes and ordered chromatin loops. It remains unknown if these cells have any other large, meiosis-related intranuclear structures. Here we present cryo-ET analysis of frozen-hydrated budding yeast cells before, during, and after pachytene. We found no cryo-ET densities that resemble dense ladder-like structures or ordered chromatin loops. Instead, we found large numbers of 12-nm-wide triple-helices that pack into ordered bundles. These structures, herein called meiotic triple helices (MTHs), are present in meiotic cells, but not in interphase cells. MTHs are enriched in the nucleus but not enriched in the cytoplasm. Bundles of MTHs form at the same timeframe as synaptonemal complexes (SCs) in wild-type cells and in mutant cells that are unable to form SCs. These results suggest that in yeast, SCs coexist with previously unreported large, ordered assemblies.

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SaccharomycetalesChromatinMeiosisSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSynaptonemal ComplexChromatin

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PMID35421110
PMCPMC9009673
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