Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 8, Issue 14, Pages 2211-2218Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.14.8979
Keywords
SMC5; SMC6; MMS21/NSE2; chromosome cohesion; premature sister chromatid separation
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Funding
- Marie Curie Fellowships [EIF515974, IRG012766]
- La Ligue contre le Cancer [LNCC/RM1]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [NT05-3_42614]
- NIH [GM068107]
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Members of the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein family have essential functions during mitosis, ensuring chromosome condensation (SMC2/4) and cohesion (SMC1/3). The SMC5/6 complex has been implicated in a variety of DNA maintenance processes but unlike the other SMC proteins, SMC5/6 have not been attributed any role in mitosis. Here, we find that ablation of either SMC5 or the SUMO-ligase MMS21 leads to premature sister chromatid separation prior to anaphase. The failure of normal chromosome alignment activates the spindle assembly checkpoint and blocks mitotic progression. Interestingly, there is no similar mitotic response to ablation of SMC6. Further, we show that mitotic SMC5 co-elutes from column fractions that contain MMS21 but lack SMC6. Our results thus establish that SMC5 is crucial for mitotic progression and maintenance of sister chromatid cohesion during mitosis, and that this role of SMC5 seems to be independent of the SMC5/6 complex.
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