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The MAP kinase pathway coordinates crossover designation with disassembly of synaptonemal complex proteins during meiosis.
Nadarajan, Saravanapriah; Mohideen, Firaz; Tzur, Yonatan B; Ferrandiz, Nuria; Crawley, Oliver; Montoya, Alex; Faull, Peter; Snijders, Ambrosius P; Cutillas, Pedro R; Jambhekar, Ashwini; Blower, Michael D; Martinez-Perez, Enrique; Harper, J Wade; Colaiacovo, Monica P.
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  • Nadarajan S; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
  • Mohideen F; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
  • Tzur YB; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
  • Ferrandiz N; MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Crawley O; MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Montoya A; Proteomics facility, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Faull P; Proteomics facility, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Snijders AP; Proteomics facility, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Cutillas PR; Proteomics facility, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Jambhekar A; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
  • Blower MD; Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
  • Martinez-Perez E; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
  • Harper JW; Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States.
  • Colaiacovo MP; MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Elife ; 5: e12039, 2016 Feb 27.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26920220
Asymmetric disassembly of the synaptonemal complex (SC) is crucial for proper meiotic chromosome segregation. However, the signaling mechanisms that directly regulate this process are poorly understood. Here we show that the mammalian Rho GEF homolog, ECT-2, functions through the conserved RAS/ERK MAP kinase signaling pathway in the C. elegans germline to regulate the disassembly of SC proteins. We find that SYP-2, a SC central region component, is a potential target for MPK-1-mediated phosphorylation and that constitutively phosphorylated SYP-2 impairs the disassembly of SC proteins from chromosomal domains referred to as the long arms of the bivalents. Inactivation of MAP kinase at late pachytene is critical for timely disassembly of the SC proteins from the long arms, and is dependent on the crossover (CO) promoting factors ZHP-3/RNF212/Zip3 and COSA-1/CNTD1. We propose that the conserved MAP kinase pathway coordinates CO designation with the disassembly of SC proteins to ensure accurate chromosome segregation.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Synaptonemal Complex / Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Chromosome Segregation / MAP Kinase Signaling System / Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Crossing Over, Genetic / Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Meiosis Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Elife Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Synaptonemal Complex / Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Chromosome Segregation / MAP Kinase Signaling System / Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Crossing Over, Genetic / Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Meiosis Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Elife Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United kingdom