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Securin degradation is mediated by fzy and fzr, and is required for complete chromatid separation but not for cytokinesis
Author(s) -
Zur Amit,
Brandeis Michael
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1093/emboj/20.4.792
Subject(s) - securin , biology , cytokinesis , sister chromatids , microbiology and biotechnology , anaphase , cdc20 , genetics , cell division , cell cycle , cell , gene , chromosome
We have studied the ubiquitination and degradation patterns of the human securin/PTTG protein. We show that, in contrast to budding yeast pds1, securin degradation is catalyzed by both fzy (fizzy/cdc20) and fzr (fizzy‐related/cdh1/hct1). Both fzy and fzr also induce the APC/C to ubiquitinate securin in vitro . Securin degradation is mediated by an RXXL destruction box and a KEN box, and is inhibited only when both sequences are mutated. Interestingly, the non‐degradable securin mutant is also partially ubiquitinated by fzy and fzr in vitro . Expressing the non‐degradable securin mutant in cells frequently resulted in incomplete chromatid separation and gave rise to daughter cells connected by a thin chromatin fiber, presumably of chromosomes that failed to split completely. Strikingly, the mutant securin did not prevent the majority of sister chromatids from separating completely, nor did it prevent mitotic cyclin degradation and cytokinesis. This phenotype, reminiscent of the fission yeast cut (cells untimely torn) phenotype, is reported here for the first time in mammals.