title: Connecting the dots between septins and the DNA damage checkpoint.
abstract: In budding yeast, septins are involved in the morphogenesis checkpoint and the DNA damage checkpoint, both of which regulate cell-cycle progression. In this issue of Cell, Kremer et al. (2007) link septins to DNA damage in mammalian cells by identifying a new signaling pathway that includes the adaptors SOCS7 and NCK. As NCK controls actin dynamics, this pathway may connect DNA damage responses and cellular morphology in metazoans.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Biochemistry Unit, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. mkinoshita@hmro.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004249:DNA Damage; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D009153:Mutagens / Q000494:pharmacology; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000378:metabolism; D058112:Septins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays