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Review
. 2019 Jun;65(3):663-668.
doi: 10.1007/s00294-018-0921-x. Epub 2019 Jan 2.

Spatiotemporal regulation of the Dma1-mediated mitotic checkpoint coordinates mitosis with cytokinesis

Sierra N Cullati  1 , Kathleen L Gould  2
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Review

Spatiotemporal regulation of the Dma1-mediated mitotic checkpoint coordinates mitosis with cytokinesis

Sierra N Cullati et al. Curr Genet. 2019 Jun.

Abstract

During cell division, the timing of mitosis and cytokinesis must be ordered to ensure that each daughter cell receives a complete, undamaged copy of the genome. In fission yeast, the septation initiation network (SIN) is responsible for this coordination, and a mitotic checkpoint dependent on the E3 ubiquitin ligase Dma1 and the protein kinase CK1 controls SIN signaling to delay cytokinesis when there are errors in mitosis. The participation of kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cell cycle checkpoints that maintain genome integrity is conserved from yeast to human, making fission yeast an excellent model system in which to study checkpoint mechanisms. In this review, we highlight recent advances and remaining questions related to checkpoint regulation, which requires the synchronized modulation of protein ubiquitination, phosphorylation, and subcellular localization.

Keywords: CHFR; CK1; Cell cycle checkpoint; Cell division; Cytokinesis; Dma1; Mitosis; SIN.

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