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Genetics, Vol. 159, 17-33, September 2001, Copyright © 2001

Mutations in SID2, a Novel Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cause Synthetic Lethality With sic1 Deletion and May Cause a Defect During S Phase

Matthew D. Jacobsona,b, Claudia X. Muñozb, Kirstin S. Knoxb, Beth E. Williamsb, Lenette L. Lub, Frederick R. Crossa, and Elizabeth A. Vallenb
a The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
b Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

Corresponding author: Elizabeth A. Vallen, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081., evallen1{at}swarthmore.edu (E-mail)

Communicating editor: M. D. ROSE

SIC1 encodes a nonessential B-type cyclin/CDK inhibitor that functions at the G1/S transition and the exit from mitosis. To understand more completely the regulation of these transitions, mutations causing synthetic lethality with sic1{Delta} were isolated. In this screen, we identified a novel gene, SID2, which encodes an essential protein that appears to be required for DNA replication or repair. sid2-1 sic1{Delta} strains and sid2-21 temperature-sensitive strains arrest preanaphase as large-budded cells with a single nucleus, a short spindle, and an ~2C DNA content. RAD9, which is necessary for the DNA damage checkpoint, is required for the preanaphase arrest of sid2-1 sic1{Delta} cells. Analysis of chromosomes in mutant sid2-21 cells by field inversion gel electrophoresis suggests the presence of replication forks and bubbles at the arrest. Deleting the two S phase cyclins, CLB5 and CLB6, substantially suppresses the sid2-1 sic1{Delta} inviability, while stabilizing Clb5 protein exacerbates the defects of sid2-1 sic1{Delta} cells. In synchronized sid2-1 mutant strains, the onset of replication appears normal, but completion of DNA synthesis is delayed. sid2-1 mutants are sensitive to hydroxyurea indicating that sid2-1 cells may suffer DNA damage that, when combined with additional insult, leads to a decrease in viability. Consistent with this hypothesis, sid2-1 rad9 cells are dead or very slow growing even when SIC1 is expressed.





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