Fission yeast Num1p is a cortical factor anchoring dynein and is essential for the horse-tail nuclear movement during meiotic prophase. Export

@article{YamashitaA_Num1CorticalDyneinAnchor_Genetics_2006, abstract = {During meiotic prophase in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the nucleus oscillates between the two ends of a cell. This oscillatory nuclear movement is important to promote accurate pairing of homologous chromosomes and requires cytoplasmic dynein. Dynein accumulates at the points where microtubule plus ends contact the cell cortex and generate a force to drive nuclear oscillation. However, it remains poorly understood how dynein associates with the cell cortex. Here we show that S. pombe Num1p functions as a cortical-anchoring factor for dynein. Num1p is expressed in a meiosis-specific manner and localized to the cell cortex through its C-terminal PH domain. The num1 deletion mutant shows microtubule dynamics comparable to that in the wild type. However, it lacks cortical accumulation of dynein and is defective in the nuclear oscillation as is the case for the dynein mutant. We also show that Num1p can recruit dynein independently of the CLIP-170 homolog Tip1p.}, author = {Yamashita, A. and Yamamoto, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3459717}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.105.050062}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16624923}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16624923}, doi = {10.1534/genetics.105.050062}, issn = {0016-6731}, journal = {Genetics}, keywords = {anchor, cortex, oscillation}, month = {July}, number = {3}, pages = {1187--1196}, posted-at = {2008-10-29 09:48:45}, priority = {0}, title = {Fission yeast Num1p is a cortical factor anchoring dynein and is essential for the horse-tail nuclear movement during meiotic prophase.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.105.050062}, volume = {173}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - YamashitaA_Num1CorticalDyneinAnchor_Genetics_2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3459717 N2 - During meiotic prophase in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the nucleus oscillates between the two ends of a cell. This oscillatory nuclear movement is important to promote accurate pairing of homologous chromosomes and requires cytoplasmic dynein. Dynein accumulates at the points where microtubule plus ends contact the cell cortex and generate a force to drive nuclear oscillation. However, it remains poorly understood how dynein associates with the cell cortex. Here we show that S. pombe Num1p functions as a cortical-anchoring factor for dynein. Num1p is expressed in a meiosis-specific manner and localized to the cell cortex through its C-terminal PH domain. The num1 deletion mutant shows microtubule dynamics comparable to that in the wild type. However, it lacks cortical accumulation of dynein and is defective in the nuclear oscillation as is the case for the dynein mutant. We also show that Num1p can recruit dynein independently of the CLIP-170 homolog Tip1p. IS - 3 JF - Genetics SN - 0016-6731 EP - 1196 TI - Fission yeast Num1p is a cortical factor anchoring dynein and is essential for the horse-tail nuclear movement during meiotic prophase. VL - 173 SP - 1187 KW - anchor KW - cortex KW - oscillation AU - Yamashita, A AU - Yamamoto, M PY - 2006/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.105.050062 ER -