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KMID : 1161520050090020087
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Animal Cells and Systems
2005 Volume.9 No. 2 p.87 ~ p.94
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Functional analysis of the putative BUB2 homologues of c. elegans in the spindle position checkpoint
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Lee Kyung-Hee
Song Ki-Won
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Abstract
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Spindle position checkpoint monitors the orientation of mitotic spindle for proper segregation of replicated chromosomes into mother cell and the daughter, and prohibits mitotic exit when mitotic spindle is misaligned. BUB2 forms one of the key upstream element of spindle position checkpoint in budding yeast, but its functional homologues have not been identified in higher eukaryotes. Here, we analyzed the functions of two putative BUB2 homologues of C. elegans in the spindle orientation checkpoint. From the C. elegans genome database, we found that two open reading frames (ORFs), F35H12_2 and C33F10_2, showed high sequence homology with BUB2. We obtained the expressed sequence tag (EST) clones for F35H12_2 (yk221d4) and C33F10_2 (yk14e10) and verified the full cDNA for each ORF by sequencing and 5’ RACE with SL1 primer. The functional complementation assays of yk221d4 and yk14e10 in ?bub2 of S. cerevisiae revealed that these putative BUB2 homologues of C. elegans could not replace the function of BUB2 in spindle position checkpoint and mitotic exit. Our attempt to document the component of spindle position checkpoint in metazoans using sequence homology was not successful. This suggests that structural information about its components might be required to identify functional homologues of the spindle position checkpoint in higher eukaryotes.
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KEYWORD
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BUB2, S. cerevisiae, C. elegans, F35H12_2, C33F10_2, spindle position checkpoint, mitotic exit network, human GAPCenA
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