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Fission yeast Bir1p/Cut17p/Pbh1p, the homolog of human Survivin, is a conserved chromosomal passenger protein that is required for cell division and cytokinesis. To study how Bir1p promotes accurate segregation of chromosomes, we generated and analyzed a temperature-sensitive allele,bir1 -46 , and carried out genetic screens to find genes that interact withbir1 + . We identified Psf2p, a component of the GINS complex required for DNA replication initiation, as a high-copy-number suppressor of thebir1 -46 growth defect. Loss of Psf2p function by depletion or deletion or by use of a temperature-sensitive allele,psf2 -209 , resulted in chromosome missegregation that was associated with mislocalization of Bir1p. We also found that the human homolog of Psf2p, PSF2, was required for proper chromosome segregation. In addition, we observed that high-copy-number expression of Pic1p, the fission yeast homolog of INCENP (inner centromere protein), suppressedbir1 -46 . Pic1p exhibited a localization pattern typical of chromosomal passenger proteins. Deletion ofpic1 + caused chromosome missegregation phenotypes similar to those ofbir1 -46 . Our data suggest that Bir1p and Pic1p act as part of a conserved chromosomal passenger complex and that Psf2p/GINS indirectly affects the localization and function of this complex in chromosome segregation, perhaps through an S-phase role in centromere replication.

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Suppressors of Bir1p (Survivin) Identify Roles for the Chromosomal Passenger Protein Pic1p (INCENP) and the Replication Initiation Factor Psf2p in Chromosome Segregation