Dynamics of septin ring and collar formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Biol Chem
; 392(8-9): 689-97, 2011 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Although the septin ring and collar in budding yeast were described over 20 years ago, there is still controversy regarding the organization of septin filaments within these structures and about the way in which the ring first forms and about how it converts into a collar at the mother-bud neck. Here we present quantitative analyses of the recruitment of fluorescently-tagged septins to the ring and collar through the cell cycle. Septin ring assembly began several minutes after polarity establishment and this interval was longer in daughter than in mother cells, suggesting asymmetric inheritance of septin regulators. Septins formed an initial faint and irregular ring, which became more regular as septins were recruited at a constant rate. This steady rate of septin recruitment continued for several minutes after the ring converted to a collar at bud emergence. We did not detect a stepwise change in septin fluorescence during the ring-to-collar transition. After collar formation, septins continued to accumulate at the bud neck, though at a reduced rate, until the onset of cytokinesis when the amount of neck-localized septins rapidly decreased. Implications for the mechanism of septin ring assembly are discussed.
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Assunto principal:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Septinas
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Chem
Assunto da revista:
BIOQUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos