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ArticleCell reports2023

Unraveling the mechanisms and evolution of a two-domain module in IQGAP proteins for controlling eukaryotic cytokinesis.

Kangji Wang, Hiroki Okada, Carsten Wloka, Erfei Bi

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Article in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kangji WangDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058, USA.
Hiroki OkadaDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058, USA.
Carsten WlokaDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058, USA; Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, A Corporate Member of Freie Universität, Humboldt-University, The Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Erfei BiDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058, USA. Electronic address: ebi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

Mechanistic Analysis of Cytokinesis in EukaryotesR01GM115420 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BI, ERFEI · 2015 to 2022
$3.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The IQGAP family of proteins plays a crucial role in cytokinesis across diverse organisms, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, we demonstrate that IQGAPs in budding yeast, fission yeast, and human cells use a two-domain module to regulate their localization as well as the assembly and disassembly of the actomyosin ring during cytokinesis. Strikingly, the calponin homology domains (CHDs) in these IQGAPs bind to distinct cellular F-actin structures with varying specificity, whereas the non-conserved domains immediately downstream of the CHDs in these IQGAPs all target the division site, but differ in timing, localization strength, and binding partners. We also demonstrate that human IQGAP3 acts in parallel to septins and myosin-IIs to mediate the role of anillin in cytokinesis. Collectively, our findings highlight the two-domain mechanism by which IQGAPs regulate cytokinesis in distantly related organisms as well as their evolutionary conservation and divergence.

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CytokinesisSchizosaccharomycesActin CytoskeletonActinsActomyosinGTPase-Activating ProteinsHumansMyosinsActinsActomyosinGTPase-Activating ProteinsIQGAP3 protein, humanMyosinsactomyosin ringbudding yeastCP: Cell biologycytokinesisF-actinfission yeastHeLaIqg1IQGAP3myosin-IIRng2

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PMID38041816
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