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Nessun Dorma, a novel centralspindlin partner, is required for cytokinesis in Drosophila spermatocytes

Nessun Dorma, a novel centralspindlin partner, is required for cytokinesis in Drosophila spermatocytes
Nessun Dorma, a novel centralspindlin partner, is required for cytokinesis in Drosophila spermatocytes
Cytokinesis, the final step of cell division, usually ends with the abscission of the two daughter cells. In some tissues, however, daughter cells never completely separate and remain interconnected by intercellular bridges or ring canals. In this paper, we report the identification and analysis of a novel ring canal component, Nessun Dorma (Nesd), isolated as an evolutionarily conserved partner of the centralspindlin complex, a key regulator of cytokinesis. Nesd contains a pectin lyase-like domain found in proteins that bind to polysaccharides, and we present evidence that it has high affinity for ?-galactosides in vitro. Moreover, nesd is an essential gene in Drosophila melanogaster, in which it is required for completion of cytokinesis during male meiosis and possibly in female germline cells. Our findings indicate that Nesd is a novel carbohydrate-binding protein that functions together with centralspindlin in late cytokinesis, thus highlighting the importance of glycosylation in this process.
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1351-1365
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Montembault, Emilie, Zhang, Wei, Przewloka, Marcin, Archambault, Vincent, Sevin, Emeric W., Laue, Ernest D., Glover, David M. and D'Avino, Pier Paolo (2010) Nessun Dorma, a novel centralspindlin partner, is required for cytokinesis in Drosophila spermatocytes. Journal of Cell Biology, 191 (7), 1351-1365. (doi:10.1083/jcb.201007060). (PMID:21187330)

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Cytokinesis, the final step of cell division, usually ends with the abscission of the two daughter cells. In some tissues, however, daughter cells never completely separate and remain interconnected by intercellular bridges or ring canals. In this paper, we report the identification and analysis of a novel ring canal component, Nessun Dorma (Nesd), isolated as an evolutionarily conserved partner of the centralspindlin complex, a key regulator of cytokinesis. Nesd contains a pectin lyase-like domain found in proteins that bind to polysaccharides, and we present evidence that it has high affinity for ?-galactosides in vitro. Moreover, nesd is an essential gene in Drosophila melanogaster, in which it is required for completion of cytokinesis during male meiosis and possibly in female germline cells. Our findings indicate that Nesd is a novel carbohydrate-binding protein that functions together with centralspindlin in late cytokinesis, thus highlighting the importance of glycosylation in this process.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 November 2010
Published date: 27 December 2010
Organisations: Molecular and Cellular, Centre for Biological Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 393862
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/393862
ISSN: 1540-8140
PURE UUID: a43c4b35-f8d8-4bac-affa-f291995dccbc
ORCID for Marcin Przewloka: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0329-9162

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Author: Emilie Montembault
Author: Wei Zhang
Author: Vincent Archambault
Author: Emeric W. Sevin
Author: Ernest D. Laue
Author: David M. Glover
Author: Pier Paolo D'Avino

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