CDC28とサイクリンが芽生えた酵母菌S. cerevisiaeのミトーシス過程で果たす役割
U Surana1, H Robitsch, C Price
1Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria.
Cell
|April 5, 1991
まとめ
研究者らは,cdc28-1N細胞のミトーシス欠陥を抑制する遺伝子を特定しました. これらの遺伝子はG2固有のサイクリンをコードし,CDC28が適切な細胞分裂のためにサイクリンと相互作用することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 分子遺伝学 分子遺伝学
背景:
- CDC28遺伝子製品は,酵母細胞の細胞サイクル進行に不可欠です.
- 特定のアレルであるcdc28-1Nは,正常なG1 (スタート) 機能を示しているが,ミトーシスの欠陥を示している.
研究 の 目的:
- cdc28-1N細胞のミトーシス成長欠陥を抑制する遺伝子を特定する.
- 遺伝抑制分析を通じて,ミトーシスにおけるCDC28の役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- cdc28-1N成長欠陥の高用量抑制剤の分離.
- PCR増幅を含む抑制遺伝子のクローニングと特徴付け.
- 二重変異株 (例えば,cdc28-1N clb2::LEU2) の構築と分析.
主要な成果:
- 7つの遺伝子が抑制剤として特定され,3つの遺伝子は,G2固有のB型サイクリン (CLB1,CLB2,CLB4) に同質なタンパク質をコードする.
- CLB3はまた,G2固有のサイクリンをコードしています.
- CLB1とCLB2の両方の障害は致命的で,ミトーシス欠陥を引き起こし,それらの重要な役割を示します.
- ダブルミュータントのcdc28-1N clb2::LEU2は,cdc28-4 clb2::LEU2とは異なり,生存不能であり,特定の相互作用の欠陥を示唆しています.
結論:
- CDC28の機能は,G1とミトーシスの両方で必要です.
- CDC28のミト性役割は,CLB1,CLB2,CLB3,CLB4を含むG2固有のサイクリンの一族との相互作用を含む可能性が高い.
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