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The conserved protein SZY-20 opposes the Plk4-related kinase ZYG-1 to limit centrosome size.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19081077     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Microtubules are organized by the centrosome, a dynamic organelle that exhibits changes in both size and number during the cell cycle. Here we show that SZY-20, a putative RNA-binding protein, plays a critical role in limiting centrosome size in C. elegans. SZY-20 localizes in part to centrosomes and in its absence centrosomes possess increased levels of centriolar and pericentriolar components including gamma-tubulin and the centriole duplication factors ZYG-1 and SPD-2. These enlarged centrosomes possess normal centrioles, nucleate more microtubules, and fail to properly direct a number of microtubule-dependent processes. Depletion of ZYG-1 restores normal centrosome size and function to szy-20 mutants, whereas loss of szy-20 suppresses the centrosome duplication defects in both zyg-1 and spd-2 mutants. Our results describe a pathway that determines centrosome size and implicate centriole duplication factors in this process.
Authors:
Mi Hye Song; L Aravind; Thomas Müller-Reichert; Kevin F O'Connell
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Developmental cell     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1878-1551     ISO Abbreviation:  Dev. Cell     Publication Date:  2008 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-12-16     Completed Date:  2009-01-15     Revised Date:  2010-09-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101120028     Medline TA:  Dev Cell     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  901-12     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. mihyesong@mail.nih.gov
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alleles
Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / chemistry,  metabolism,  physiology*
Cell Nucleus / metabolism
Centrioles / ultrastructure
Centrosome / ultrastructure*
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
Microtubules / metabolism
Models, Biological
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Protein Kinases / chemistry,  metabolism,  physiology*
Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism*
RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism,  physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
ZIA DK024151-07/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; 0/RNA-Binding Proteins; 0/SZY-20 protein, C elegans; EC 2.7.-/Protein Kinases; EC 2.7.1.-/zyg-1 protein, C elegans; EC 2.7.11.1/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
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