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The Spo13/Meikin pathway confines the onset of gamete differentiation to meiosis II in yeast

Journal

EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021109446

Keywords

gametogenesis; meiosis II; polo-like kinase Cdc5; Spo13; Meikin; spore differentiation

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  1. Max Planck Society

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This study investigates the coordination between spore differentiation and meiosis in yeast. It finds that spore differentiation begins at metaphase II, when a membrane-nucleating structure is assembled at the centrosome. The components of this structure accumulate during meiosis I but cannot assemble due to occupation of the centrosome. The assembly of this structure depends on specific signaling pathways and is initiated upon degradation of certain proteins during anaphase I.
Sexual reproduction requires genome haploidization by the two divisions of meiosis and a differentiation program to generate gametes. Here, we have investigated how sporulation, the yeast equivalent of gamete differentiation, is coordinated with progression through meiosis. Spore differentiation is initiated at metaphase II when a membrane-nucleating structure, called the meiotic plaque, is assembled at the centrosome. While all components of this structure accumulate already at entry into meiosis I, they cannot assemble because centrosomes are occupied by Spc72, the receptor of the gamma-tubulin complex. Spc72 is removed from centrosomes by a pathway that depends on the polo-like kinase Cdc5 and the meiosis-specific kinase Ime2, which is unleashed by the degradation of Spo13/Meikin upon activation of the anaphase-promoting complex at anaphase I. Meiotic plaques are finally assembled upon reactivation of Cdk1 at entry into metaphase II. This unblocking-activation mechanism ensures that only single-copy genomes are packaged into spores and might serve as a paradigm for the regulation of other meiosis II-specific processes.

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