Evidence on the chromosomal location of centromeric DNA in Plasmodium falciparum from etoposide-mediated topoisomerase-II cleavage.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
John M KellyDavid A Baker

Abstract

Centromeres are the chromosomal loci that facilitate segregation, and, in most eukaryotes, they encompass extensive regions of genomic DNA. Topoisomerase-II has been identified as a crucial regulator of segregation in a wide range of organisms and exhibits premitotic accumulation at centromeres. Consistent with this property, treatment of cells with the topoisomerase-II inhibitor etoposide promotes chromosomal cleavage at sites within centromeric DNA. In the case of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, despite a completed genome sequence, there are no experimental data on the nature of centromeres. To address this issue, we have used etoposide-mediated topoisomerase-II cleavage as a biochemical marker to map centromeric DNA on all 14 parasite chromosomes. We find that topoisomerase-II activity is concentrated at single chromosomal loci and that cleavage sites extend over approximately 10 kb. A shared feature of these topoisomerase-II cleavage sites is the presence of an extremely AT-rich ( approximately 97%) domain with a strictly defined size limit of 2.3-2.5 kb. Repetitive arrays identified within the domains do not display interchromosomal conservation in terms of length, copy number, or sequence. These unusual ...Continue Reading

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