Highly divergent gamma-tubulin gene is essential for cell growth and proper microtubule organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

被引：135

作者：

Sobel, SG ^{[1
]}

Snyder, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] YALE UNIV, DEPT BIOL, NEW HAVEN, CT 06520 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY | 1995年 / 131卷 / 06期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1083/jcb.131.6.1775

中图分类号：

Q2 [细胞生物学];

学科分类号：

071009 ; 090102 ;

摘要：

A Saccharomyces cerevisiae gamma-tubulin-related gene, TUB4, has been characterized. The predicted amino acid sequence of the Tub4, protein (Tub4p) is 29-38% identical to members of the gamma-tubulin family. Indirect immunofluorescence experiments using a strain containing an epitope-tagged Tub4p indicate that Tub4p resides at the spindle pole body throughout the yeast cell cycle. Deletion of the TUB4 gene indicates that Tub4p is essential for yeast cell growth. Tub4p-depleted cells arrest during nuclear division; most arrested cells contain a large bud, replicated DNA, and a single nucleus. Immunofluorescence and nuclear staining experiments indicate that cells depleted of Tub4p contain defects in the organization of both cytoplasmic and nuclear microtubule arrays; such cells exhibit nuclear migration failure, defects in spindle formation, and/or aberrantly long cytoplasmic microtubule arrays. These data indicate that the S. cerevisiae gamma-tubulin protein is an important SPB component that organizes both cytoplasmic and nuclear microtubule arrays.

引用

页码：1775 / 1788

页数：14

共 78 条

[31] Lillie S.H., Brown S.S., Suppression of a myosin defect by a kinesin-related gene, Nature (Lond.), 356, pp. 358-361, (1992)
[32] Liu B., Joshi H.C., Wilson T.J., Silflow C.D., Palevitz B.A., Snustad D.P., Gamma tubulin in Arabidopsis: Gene sequence, immunoblot, and immunfluorescence studies, Plant Cell, 6, pp. 303-314, (1994)
[33] Lowndes N.F., Johnson A.L., Johnston L.H., Coordination of expression of DNA synthesis genes in budding yeast by a cell-cycle regulated trans factor, Nature (Lond.), 350, pp. 247-250, (1991)
[34] Lowndes N.F., Johnston L.H., Parallel pathways of cell cycle-regulated gene expression, Trends Genetics, 8, pp. 79-81, (1992)
[35] Luo H., Perlin M.H., The gamma-tubulin gene from the basidiomycete fungus. Ustilago violacea, has a long 5′ untranslated region, Gene, 137, pp. 187-194, (1993)
[36] Maessen S., Wesseling J.G., Smits M.A., Konings R.N., Schoenmakers J.G., The gamma-tubulin gene of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 60, pp. 27-35, (1993)
[37] Masuda H., Sevik M., Cande W.Z., In vitro microtubule-nucleating activity of the spindle pole bodies in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Cell cycle-dependent activation in Xenopus cell-free extracts, J. Cell Biol., 117, pp. 1055-1066, (1992)
[38] Neff N.F., Thomas J.H., Grisafi P., Botstein D., Isolation of the β-tubulin gene from yeast and demonstration of its essential function in vivo, Cell, 33, pp. 211-219, (1983)
[39] Nei M., Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, pp. 293-298, (1987)
[40] Oakley B., Oakley E., Yoon Y., Jung M.K., Gamma-tubulin is a component of the spindle pole body that is essential for microtubule function in Aspergillus nidulans, Cell, 61, pp. 1289-1301, (1990)

← 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 →