Ge Wanzhong, Balasubramanian Mohan K
Cell Division Laboratory, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Mol Biol Cell. 2008 Apr;19(4):1680-92. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e07-07-0715. Epub 2008 Feb 13.
Paxillins are a family of conserved LIM domain-containing proteins that play important roles in the function and integrity of the actin cytoskeleton. Although paxillins have been extensively characterized by cell biological and biochemical approaches, genetic studies are relatively scarce. Here, we identify and characterize a paxillin-related protein Pxl1p in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Pxl1p is a component of the fission yeast actomyosin ring, a structure that is essential for cytokinesis. Cells deleted for pxl1 display a novel phenotype characterized by a splitting of the actomyosin ring in late anaphase, leading to the formation of two rings of which only one undergoes constriction. In addition, the rate of actomyosin ring constriction is slower in the absence of Pxl1p. pxl1Delta mutants display strong genetic interactions with mutants defective in IQGAP-related protein Rng2p and mutants defective in components of the fission yeast type II myosin machinery. Collectively, these results suggest that Pxl1p might cooperate with type II myosin and Rng2p-IQGAP to regulate actomyosin ring constriction as well as to maintain its integrity during constriction.
桩蛋白是一类保守的含LIM结构域的蛋白质家族,在肌动蛋白细胞骨架的功能和完整性方面发挥重要作用。尽管通过细胞生物学和生物化学方法已对桩蛋白进行了广泛的表征,但遗传学研究相对较少。在此,我们在裂殖酵母粟酒裂殖酵母中鉴定并表征了一种与桩蛋白相关的蛋白质Pxl1p。Pxl1p是裂殖酵母肌动球蛋白环的一个组成部分,该结构对于胞质分裂至关重要。缺失pxl1的细胞表现出一种新的表型,其特征是在后期末期肌动球蛋白环分裂,导致形成两个环,其中只有一个会发生收缩。此外,在没有Pxl1p的情况下,肌动球蛋白环的收缩速率较慢。pxl1Δ突变体与IQGAP相关蛋白Rng2p缺陷的突变体以及裂殖酵母II型肌球蛋白机制成分缺陷的突变体表现出强烈的遗传相互作用。总体而言,这些结果表明Pxl1p可能与II型肌球蛋白和Rng2p-IQGAP协同作用,以调节肌动球蛋白环的收缩,并在收缩过程中维持其完整性。