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Vol. 12, Issue 5, 1367-1380, May 2001

Identification of Two Type V Myosins in Fission Yeast, One of Which Functions in Polarized Cell Growth and Moves Rapidly in the Cell

Fumio Motegi,^* Ritsuko Arai,^* and Issei Mabuchi^*

 ^*Division of Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan; and  Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan

We characterized the novel Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes myo4⁺ and myo5⁺, both of which encode myosin-V heavy chains. Disruption of myo4 caused a defect in cell growth and led to an abnormal accumulation of secretory vesicles throughout the cytoplasm. The mutant cells were rounder than normal, although the sites for cell polarization were still established. Elongation of the cell ends and completion of septation required more time than in wild-type cells, indicating that Myo4 functions in polarized growth both at the cell ends and during septation. Consistent with this conclusion, Myo4 was localized around the growing cell ends, the medial F-actin ring, and the septum as a cluster of dot structures. In living cells, the dots of green fluorescent protein-tagged Myo4 moved rapidly around these regions. The localization and movement of Myo4 were dependent on both F-actin cables and its motor activity but seemed to be independent of microtubules. Moreover, the motor activity of Myo4 was essential for its function. These results suggest that Myo4 is involved in polarized cell growth by moving with a secretory vesicle along the F-actin cables around the sites for polarization. In contrast, the phenotype of myo5 null cells was indistinguishable from that of wild-type cells. This and other data suggest that Myo5 has a role distinct from that of Myo4.

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Corresponding author. E-mail address: mabuchi{at}ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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Molecular Biology of the Cell
Vol. 12, 1367-1380, May 2001
Copyright © 2001 by The American Society for Cell Biology

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