title: Together until separin do us part.
abstract: Loss of sister-chromatid cohesion triggers chromosome segregation. Several recent reports show that the protease Esp1 cleaves the cohesin subunit Scc1/Mcd1 to induce sister-chromatid segregation in yeast and vertebrates. This finding indicates that cohesin cleavage may control sister-chromatid separation in all vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cancer Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. angelika@mit.edu
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authors.lastname: Amon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D020090:Chromosome Segregation / Q000502:physiology*; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D064247:Separase; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015003:Yeasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D064247:Separase; D000097722:Cohesins; C490529:MCD1 protein, S cerevisiae; C577986:ESP1 protein, S cerevisiae