Cell Cycle Arrest in cdc20 Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Independent of Ndc10p and Kinetochore Function but Requires a Subset of Spindle Checkpoint Genes

Corresponding author: Daniel J. Burke, Department of Biology, Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, djb6t{at}virginia.edu (E-mail).

Communicating editor: M. JOHNSTON

The spindle checkpoint ensures accurate chromosome segregation by inhibiting anaphase onset in response to altered microtubule function and impaired kinetochore function. In this study, we report that the ability of the anti-microtubule drug nocodazole to inhibit cell cycle progression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on the function of the kinetochore protein encoded by NDC10. We examined the role of the spindle checkpoint in the arrest in cdc20 mutants that arrest prior to anaphase with an aberrant spindle. The arrest in cdc20 defective cells is dependent on the BUB2 checkpoint and independent of the BUB1, BUB3, and MAD spindle checkpoint genes. We show that the lesion recognized by Bub2p is not excess microtubules, and the cdc20 arrest is independent of kinetochore function. We show that Cdc20p is not required for cyclin proteolysis at two points in the cell cycle, suggesting that CDC20 is distinct from genes encoding integral proteins of the anaphase promoting complex.

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