title: The alm1+ gene from Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a coiled-coil protein that associates with the medial region during mitosis.
abstract: We have isolated a cDNA that encodes a 142 kDa protein by immunoscreening of a Schizosaccharomyces pombe expression library with a new antibody, mAb8, that reveals spindle poles and equatorial ring-like structures in several organisms. This cDNA encodes a putative protein which we termed Alm (for abnormal long morphology). The protein is predicted to be a coiled-coil protein, containing a central alpha-helical domain flanked by non-helical terminal domains. Immunofluorescence analysis showed that Alm1 is localized in the medial region of the cell from anaphase to the end of cytokinesis. Cells carrying an alm1::ura4+ disruption are viable and exhibit an elongated morphology. Homozygous alm1::ura4+ diploids sporulated normally but the spores did not germinate. Spores that have inherited the disruption allele from a heterozygous alm1+/ alm1::ura4+ diploid germinated but generated smaller colonies. We propose that Alm1 participates in the structural organization of the medial region in S. pombe.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gancedo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goday
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008938:Mitosis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
chemical_list: C403806:ALM1 protein, S pombe; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins