LAB-1 Targets PP1 and Restricts Aurora B Kinase upon Entrance into Meiosis to Promote Sister Chromatid Cohesion
Author(s) -
Yonatan B. Tzur,
Carlos Egydio de Carvalho,
Saravanapriah Nadarajan,
Ivo van Bostelen,
Yanjie Gu,
Diana S. Chu,
Iain M. Cheeseman,
Mónica P. Colaiácovo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001378
Subject(s) - establishment of sister chromatid cohesion , cohesin , sister chromatids , biology , chromatid , meiosis , prophase , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , chromosome segregation , homologous chromosome , separase , chromosome , gene
At the onset of the first meiotic division, the protein LAB-1 recruits the PP1 phosphatase to cohesion complexes, preventing Aurora B kinase from targeting cohesins for degradation prematurely and thereby ensuring proper progression of meiotic events in C. elegans .
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