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ArticleNature communications2024

Cdc42 mobility and membrane flows regulate fission yeast cell shape and survival.

David M Rutkowski, Vincent Vincenzetti, Dimitrios Vavylonis, Sophie G Martin

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors.

David M RutkowskiDepartment of Physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0430-9163
Vincent VincenzettiDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dimitrios VavylonisDepartment of Physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA. vavylonis@lehigh.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1802-3262
Sophie G MartinDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. sophie.martin@unige.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-5317-2557

Funding

Modeling mechanisms in cytokinesis, cell polarization and motilityR35GM136372 · NIGMS · LEHIGH UNIVERSITY · PI Dimitrios Vavylonis · 2020 to 2026
$3.2M
EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 101019630NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136372NSF | Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering | Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) 2019035Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 310030_191990Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 310030_207909U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM136372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polarized exocytosis induced by local Cdc42 GTPase activity results in membrane flows that deplete low-mobility membrane-associated proteins. A reaction-diffusion particle model comprising Cdc42 positive feedback activation, hydrolysis by GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs), and flow-induced displacement by exo/endocytosis shows that flow-induced depletion of low mobility GAPs promotes polarization. We modified Cdc42 mobility in Schizosaccharomyces pombe by replacing its prenylation site with 1, 2 or 3 repeats of the Rit C-terminal membrane-binding domain (ritC), yielding alleles with progressively lower mobility and increased flow-coupling. While Cdc42-1ritC cells are viable and polarized, Cdc42-2ritC polarize poorly and Cdc42-3ritC are inviable, in agreement with model's predictions. Deletion of Cdc42 GAPs restores viability to Cdc42-3ritC cells, verifying the model's prediction that GAP deletion increases Cdc42 activity at the expense of polarization. Our work demonstrates how membrane flows are an integral part of Cdc42-driven pattern formation and require Cdc42-GTP to turn over faster than the surface on which it forms.

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cdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCell MembraneSchizosaccharomycesSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsCell PolarityCell ShapeEndocytosisExocytosisGTPase-Activating Proteinscdc42 GTP-Binding Proteincdc42 protein, S pombeGTPase-Activating ProteinsSchizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins

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PMID39333500
PMCPMC11437197

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