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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 22, Issue 14, Pages 2448-2457Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E09-01-0029
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- National Institutes of Health [GM043987, GM067509]
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital [CMRP-D190211]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Chromosome segregation depends on the spindle checkpoint, which delays anaphase until all chromosomes have bound microtubules and have been placed under tension. The Mad1-Mad2 complex is an essential component of the checkpoint. We studied the consequences of removing one copy of MAD2 in diploid cells of the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Compared to MAD2/MAD2 cells, MAD2/mad2 Delta heterozygotes show increased chromosome loss and have different responses to two insults that activate the spindle checkpoint: MAD2/mad2 Delta cells respond normally to antimicrotubule drugs but cannot respond to chromosomes that lack tension between sister chromatids. In MAD2/mad2 Delta cells with normal sister chromatid cohesion, removing one copy of MAD1 restores the checkpoint and returns chromosome loss to wild-type levels. We conclude that cells need the normal Mad2:Mad1 ratio to respond to chromosomes that are not under tension.
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