title: Recombination protein Tid1p controls resolution of cohesin-dependent linkages in meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Sister chromatid cohesion and interhomologue recombination are coordinated to promote the segregation of homologous chromosomes instead of sister chromatids at the first meiotic division. During meiotic prophase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the meiosis-specific cohesin Rec8p localizes along chromosome axes and mediates most of the cohesion. The mitotic cohesin Mcd1p/Scc1p localizes to discrete spots along chromosome arms, and its function is not clear. In cells lacking Tid1p, which is a member of the SWI2/SNF2 family of helicase-like proteins that are involved in chromatin remodeling, Mcd1p and Rec8p persist abnormally through both meiotic divisions, and chromosome segregation fails in the majority of cells. Genetic results indicate that the primary defect in these cells is a failure to resolve Mcd1p-mediated connections. Tid1p interacts with recombination enzymes Dmc1p and Rad51p and has an established role in recombination repair. We propose that Tid1p remodels Mcd1p-mediated cohesion early in meiotic prophase to facilitate interhomologue recombination and the subsequent segregation of homologous chromosomes.
authors.affiliation: Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.
authors.forename: Anna V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kateneva
authors.forename: Anton A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Konovchenko
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guacci
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dresser
mesh_terms: D000705:Anaphase / Q000502:physiology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004265:DNA Helicases; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008540:Meiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D049471:Pachytene Stage / Q000502:physiology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004265:DNA Helicases; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000097722:Cohesins; C490529:MCD1 protein, S cerevisiae; C502898:REC8 protein, S cerevisiae; C075468:RAD54 protein, S cerevisiae