Loss of meiotic rereplication block in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells defective in Cdc28p regulation.
Cdc28p is the major cyclin-dependent kinase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Its activity is required for blocking the reinitiation of DNA replication during mitosis. Here, we show that under conditions where Cdc28p activity is improperly regulated--either through the loss of function of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe wee1 ortholog Swe1p or through the expression ... of a dominant CDC28 allele, CDC28AF--diploid yeast cells are able to complete several rounds of premeiotic DNA replication within a single meiotic cell cycle. Moreover, a percentage of mutant cells exhibit a "multispore" phenotype, possessing the ability to package more than four spores within a single ascus. These multispored asci contain both even and odd numbers of viable spores. In order for meiotic rereplication and multispore formation to occur, cells must initiate homologous recombination and maintain proper chromosome cohesion during meiosis I. Rad9p- or Rad17p-dependent checkpoint mechanisms are not required for multispore formation and neither are the B-type cyclin Clb6p and the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Sic1p. Finally, we present evidence of a possible role for a Cdc55p-dependent protein phosphatase 2A in initiating meiotic replication.
Mesh Terms:
Alleles, Blotting, Northern, CDC28 Protein Kinase, S cerevisiae, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cell Separation, Cyclin B, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteins, DNA, DNA Replication, DNA-Binding Proteins, Flow Cytometry, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Genes, Dominant, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Meiosis, Models, Genetic, Nuclear Proteins, Phenotype, Phosphoprotein Phosphatases, Plasmids, Protein Phosphatase 2, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, RNA, Recombination, Genetic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Time Factors
Alleles, Blotting, Northern, CDC28 Protein Kinase, S cerevisiae, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cell Separation, Cyclin B, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteins, DNA, DNA Replication, DNA-Binding Proteins, Flow Cytometry, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Genes, Dominant, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Meiosis, Models, Genetic, Nuclear Proteins, Phenotype, Phosphoprotein Phosphatases, Plasmids, Protein Phosphatase 2, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, RNA, Recombination, Genetic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Time Factors
Eukaryotic Cell
Date: Jan. 01, 2005
PubMed ID: 15643060
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