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Vol. 10, Issue 8, 2745-2757, August 1999

Fission Yeast Pob1p, Which Is Homologous to Budding Yeast Boi Proteins and Exhibits Subcellular Localization Close to Actin Patches, Is Essential for Cell Elongation and Separation

Mika Toya, Yuichi Iino,^* and Masayuki Yamamoto

Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033

The fission yeast pob1 gene encodes a protein of 871 amino acids carrying an SH3 domain, a SAM domain, and a PH domain. Gene disruption and construction of a temperature-sensitive pob1 mutant indicated that pob1 is essential for cell growth. Loss of its function leads to quick cessation of cellular elongation. Pob1p is homologous to two functionally redundant Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins, Boi1p and Boi2p, which are necessary for cell growth and relevant to bud formation. Overexpression of pob1 inhibits cell growth, causing the host cells to become round and swollen. In growing cells, Pob1p locates at cell tips during interphase and translocates near the division plane at cytokinesis. Thus, this protein exhibits intracellular dynamics similar to F-actin patches. However, Pob1p constitutes a layer, rather than patches, at growing cell tips. It generates two split discs flanking the septum at cytokinesis. The pob1-defective cells no longer elongate but swell gradually at the middle, eventually assuming a lemon-like morphology. Analysis using the pob1-ts allele revealed that Pob1p is also essential for cell separation. We speculate that Pob1p is located on growing plasma membrane, possibly through the function of actin patches, and may recruit proteins required for the synthesis of cell wall.

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^*   Present address: Molecular Genetics Research Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033.
   Corresponding author. E-mail address: myamamot{at}ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

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Molecular Biology of the Cell
Vol. 10, 2745-2757, August 1999
Copyright © 1999 by The American Society for Cell Biology

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