PMID: 9167972Feb 1, 1997Paper

Microtubule-associated coiled-coil protein Ssm4 is involved in the meiotic development in fission yeast

Genes to Cells : Devoted to Molecular & Cellular Mechanisms
Akira YamashitaM Yamamoto

Abstract

In fission yeast, an RNA species named meiRNA is specifically required for the promotion of the first meiotic division. To dissect the function of this RNA and its partner RNA-binding protein Mei2, we screened for high-copy-number suppressors of the arrest prior to the first meiotic division caused by loss of meiRNA. Analysis of one of the suppressors, named ssm4, suggested that it encodes a coiled-coil protein carrying a microtubule-binding motif at its N-terminus. Expression of ssm4 was restricted to cells undergoing meiosis. Disruption of ssm4 affected neither vegetative growth nor conjugation, but resulted in frequent generation of asci carrying less than four spores. Tagged Ssm4 could colocalize with microtubules in mitotic cells, and was seen to localize at spindles during both the first and the second meiotic division. The microtubule-binding motif was essential for the association of Ssm4 with microtubules and for its function during meiosis, but not for the suppression of loss of meiRNA. Ssm4 appeared to possess a potential to migrate to the nucleus. Ssm4 is a microtubule-colocalizing protein that plays a role specifically in meiosis. Ssm4 appears to modify the structure or the function of nuclear microtubules in order...Continue Reading

Citations

Sep 3, 1999·Molecular Biology of the Cell·P A RadcliffeT Toda
Aug 28, 2013·Nucleic Acids Research·Akira YamashitaMasayuki Yamamoto
May 19, 2007·Cell Division·Ayami OhtakaHiroshi Nojima
Oct 16, 2010·Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences·Masayuki Yamamoto
Mar 10, 2010·Molecular Systems Biology·Matthew D SekedatBrian T Chait
Jan 23, 2010·The EMBO Journal·Cristina CotobalFrancisco Antequera
Jul 11, 2006·Nature·Yuriko HarigayaMasayuki Yamamoto
Sep 20, 2019·Non-coding RNA·Akira Yamashita
Oct 25, 2003·Journal of Cell Science·Ayumu Yamamoto, Yasushi Hiraoka
Oct 29, 2004·Journal of Cell Science·Teresa NiccoliMasayuki Yamamoto
Apr 27, 2021·Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology·Masamitsu SatoMika Toya

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