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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 111, Issue 14 2017-2027, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists
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KA Swan, AF Severson, JC Carter, PR Martin, H Schnabel, R Schnabel and B Bowerman
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
A maternally expressed Caenorhabditis elegans gene called cyk-1 is required for polar body extrusion during meiosis and for a late step in cytokinesis during embryonic mitosis. Other microfilament- and microtubule-dependent processes appear normal in cyk-1 mutant embryos, indicating that cyk-1 regulates a specific subset of cytoskeletal functions. Because cytokinesis initiates normally and cleavage furrows ingress extensively in cyk-1 mutant embryos, we propose that the wild-type cyk-1 gene is required for a late step in cytokinesis. Cleavage furrows regress after completion of mitosis in cyk-1 mutants, leaving multiple nuclei in a single cell. Positional cloning and sequence analysis of the cyk-1 gene reveal that it encodes an FH protein, a newly defined family of proteins that appear to interact with the cytoskeleton during cytokinesis and in the regulation of cell polarity. Consistent with cyk-1 function being required for a late step in embryonic cytokinesis, we show that the CYK-1 protein co-localizes with actin microfilaments as a ring at the leading edge of the cleavage furrow, but only after extensive furrow ingression. We discuss our findings in the context of other studies suggesting that FH genes in yeast and insects function early in cytokinesis to assemble a cleavage furrow.
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