Csm4, in Collaboration with Ndj1, Mediates Telomere-Led Chromosome Dynamics and Recombination during Yeast Meiosisopen access
- Authors
- Wanat, Jennifer J.; Kim, Keun Pil; Koszul, Romain; Zanders, Sarah; Weiner, Beth; Kleckner, Nancy; Alani, Eric
- Issue Date
- Sep-2008
- Publisher
- PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
- Citation
- PLOS GENETICS, v.4, no.9
- Journal Title
- PLOS GENETICS
- Volume
- 4
- Number
- 9
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/57446
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000188
- ISSN
- 1553-7390
1553-7404
- Abstract
- Chromosome movements are a general feature of mid-prophase of meiosis. In budding yeast, meiotic chromosomes exhibit dynamic movements, led by nuclear envelope (NE)-associated telomeres, throughout the zygotene and pachytene stages. Zygotene motion underlies the global tendency for colocalization of NE-associated chromosome ends in a "bouquet.'' In this study, we identify Csm4 as a new molecular participant in these processes and show that, unlike the two previously identified components, Ndj1 and Mps3, Csm4 is not required for meiosis-specific telomere/NE association. Instead, it acts to couple telomere/ NE ensembles to a force generation mechanism. Mutants lacking Csm4 and/or Ndj1 display the following closely related phenotypes: (i) elevated crossover (CO) frequencies and decreased CO interference without abrogation of normal pathways; (ii) delayed progression of recombination, and recombination-coupled chromosome morphogenesis, with resulting delays in the MI division; and (iii) nondisjunction of homologs at the MI division for some reason other than absence of (the obligatory) CO(s). The recombination effects are discussed in the context of a model where the underlying defect is chromosome movement, the absence of which results in persistence of inappropriate chromosome relationships that, in turn, results in the observed mutant phenotypes.
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