ZYG-9, TAC-1 and ZYG-8 together ensure correct microtubule function throughout the cell cycle of C. elegans embryos
| Autor: | J. Clayton Carter, Jennifer B. Phillips, Coralie Canard, Pierre Gönczy, Jean-Michel Bellanger, Bruce Bowerman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Embryo
Nonmammalian Cell Cycle Proteins Spindle Apparatus Microtubules Meiosis Microtubule Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins Mitosis Alleles Anaphase biology Cell Cycle Cell Biology Cell cycle biology.organism_classification Doublecortin Cell biology Protein Structure Tertiary stomatognathic diseases Phenotype Mutation biology.protein Embryo Loss Interphase Protein Binding |
| Zdroj: | Journal of cell science. 120(Pt 16) |
| ISSN: | 0021-9533 |
| Popis: | The early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is well suited for investigating microtubule-dependent cell division processes. In the one-cell stage, the XMAP215 homologue ZYG-9, associated with the TACC protein TAC-1, promotes microtubule growth during interphase and mitosis, whereas the doublecortin domain protein ZYG-8 is required for anaphase spindle positioning. How ZYG-9, TAC-1 and ZYG-8 together ensure correct microtubule-dependent processes throughout the cell cycle is not fully understood. Here, we identify new temperature-sensitive alleles of zyg-9 and tac-1. Analysis of ZYG-9 and TAC-1 distribution in these mutants identifies amino acids important for centrosomal targeting and for stability of the two proteins. This analysis also reveals that TAC-1 is needed for correct ZYG-9 centrosomal enrichment. Moreover, we find that ZYG-9, but not TAC-1, is limiting for microtubule-dependent processes in one-cell-stage embryos. Using two of these alleles to rapidly inactivate ZYG-9-TAC-1 function, we establish that this complex is required for correct anaphase spindle positioning. Furthermore, we uncover that ZYG-9-TAC-1 and ZYG-8 function together during meiosis, interphase and mitosis. We also find that TAC-1 physically interacts with ZYG-8 through its doublecortin domain, and that in vivo TAC-1 and ZYG-8 are part of a complex that does not contain ZYG-9. Taken together, these findings indicate that ZYG-9-TAC-1 and ZYG-8 act in a partially redundant manner to ensure correct microtubule assembly throughout the cell cycle of early C. elegans embryos. |
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