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Genetics, Vol. 175, 1213-1227, March 2007, Copyright © 2007
doi:10.1534/genetics.106.069252
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Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
1 Corresponding author: Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, 920 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
E-mail: re-esposito{at}uchicago.edu
occur independently, demonstrating that Spo1 acts at distinct steps. Loss of Spo1 is suppressed by high-copy glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) proteins, dependent on sequence, timing, and strength of induction in meiosis. Since phosphatidylinositol (PI) serves as both an anchor component and a lipase substrate, we hypothesized that GPI-protein expression might substitute for Spo1 by decreasing levels of its potential substrates, PI and phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs). Partial spo1
complementation by PLB3 (encoding a unique PLB capable of cleaving PI) and relatively strong Spo1 binding to PI(4)P derivatives (via a novel N-terminal lysine-rich fragment essential for Spo1 function) are consistent with this view. Epistasis of SPO1 mutations to those in SPO14 (encoding a PLD involved in signaling) and physical interaction of Spo1 with Spo23, a protein regulating PI synthesis required for wild-type sporulation, further support this notion. Taken together these findings implicate PI and/or PIPs in Spo1 function and suggest the existence of a novel Spo1-dependent meiosis-specific signaling pathway required for progression of MI, MII, and spore formation via regulation of the SPB. Related articles in Genetics:
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