title: Condensins promote coorientation of sister chromatids during meiosis I in budding yeast.
abstract: The condensin complex is a key determinant of higher-ordered chromosome structure. We show here that the complex is also important for the correct alignment of chromosomes on the meiosis I spindle. Unlike during mitosis and meiosis II, when sister chromatids attach to microtubules emanating from opposite spindle poles (biorientation), accurate meiosis I chromosome segregation requires that sister chromatids attach to microtubules emanating from the same spindle pole (co-orientation). The monopolin complex, consisting of Lrs4, Csm1, and the meiosis-specific component Mam1, brings about meiosis I co-orientation. We find that in the absence of functional condensin complexes, a fraction of sister kinetochores biorient on the meiosis I spindle and association of the monopolin complex subunit Mam1 with kinetochores is decreased. Our studies uncover a new locus-specific effect of the condensin complex.
authors.affiliation: David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Ilana L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: Hong-Guo
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amon
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002842:Chromatids / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism; D008540:Meiosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C108312:condensin complexes; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases