The yeast APC/C subunit Mnd2 prevents premature sister chromatid separation triggered by the meiosis-specific APC/C-Ama1.

Cohesion established between sister chromatids during pre-meiotic DNA replication mediates two rounds of chromosome segregation. The first division is preceded by an extended prophase wherein homologous chromosomes undergo recombination. The persistence of cohesion during prophase is essential for recombination and both meiotic divisions. Here we show that Mnd2, a subunit ...
of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C) from budding yeast, is essential to prevent premature destruction of cohesion in meiosis. During S- and prophase, Mnd2 prevents activation of the APC/C by a meiosis-specific activator called Ama1. In cells lacking Mnd2 the APC/C-Ama1 enzyme triggers degradation of Pds1, which causes premature sister chromatid separation due to unrestrained separase activity. In vitro, Mnd2 inhibits ubiquitination of Pds1 by APC/C-Ama1 but not by other APC/C holo-enzymes. We conclude that chromosome segregation in meiosis depends on the selective inhibition of a meiosis-specific form of the APC/C.
Mesh Terms:
Anaphase, CDC2 Protein Kinase, CDC28 Protein Kinase, S cerevisiae, Cell Cycle Proteins, Chromatids, Chromosome Segregation, Endopeptidases, Meiosis, Nuclear Proteins, Protein Denaturation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes
Cell
Date: Mar. 25, 2005
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