title: Kinetochores coordinate pericentromeric cohesion and early DNA replication by Cdc7-Dbf4 kinase recruitment.
abstract: Centromeres play several important roles in ensuring proper chromosome segregation. Not only do they promote kinetochore assembly for microtubule attachment, but they also support robust sister chromatid cohesion at pericentromeres and facilitate replication of centromeric DNA early in S phase. However, it is still elusive how centromeres orchestrate all these functions at the same site. Here, we show that the budding yeast Dbf4-dependent kinase (DDK) accumulates at kinetochores in telophase, facilitated by the Ctf19 kinetochore complex. This promptly recruits Sld3-Sld7 replication initiator proteins to pericentromeric replication origins so that they initiate replication early in S phase. Furthermore, DDK at kinetochores independently recruits the Scc2-Scc4 cohesin loader to centromeres in G1 phase. This enhances cohesin loading and facilitates robust pericentromeric cohesion in S phase. Thus, we have found the central mechanism by which kinetochores orchestrate early S phase DNA replication and robust sister chromatid cohesion at microtubule attachment sites.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
authors.forename: Toyoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Natsume
authors.forename: Carolin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katou
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Retkute
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gierliński
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: J Julian
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Blow
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirahige
authors.forename: Conrad A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nieduszynski
authors.forename: Tomoyuki U
authors.initials: TU
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002503:Centromere / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002842:Chromatids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016196:S Phase / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C477822:CTF19 protein, S cerevisiae; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C088096:Dbf4 protein, S cerevisiae; C410592:SCC2 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C426020:Sld3 protein, S cerevisiae; C559742:Sld7 protein, S cerevisiae; C489404:CDC7 protein, S cerevisiae; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases