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Fission yeast cdc24(+) encodes a novel replication factor required for chromosome integrity.

Gould KL, Burns CG, Feoktistova A, Hu CP, Pasion SG, Forsburg SL
Genetics. 1998 149 (3): 1221-33

PMID: 9649516 · PMCID: PMC1460225

A mutation within the Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc24(+) gene was identified previously in a screen for cell division cycle mutants and the cdc24(+) gene was determined to be essential for S phase in this yeast. We have isolated the cdc24(+) gene by complementation of a new temperature-sensitive allele of the gene, cdc24-G1. The DNA sequence predicts the presence of an open reading frame punctuated by six introns which encodes a pioneer protein of 58 kD. A cdc24 null mutant was generated by homologous recombination. Haploid cells lacking cdc24(+) are inviable, indicating that cdc24(+) is an essential gene. The transcript of cdc24(+) is present at constant levels throughout the cell cycle. Cells lacking cdc24(+) function show a checkpoint-dependent arrest with a 2N DNA content, indicating a block late in S phase. Arrest is accompanied by a rapid loss of viability and chromosome breakage. An S. pombe homolog of the replicative DNA helicase DNA2 of S. cerevisiae suppresses cdc24. These results suggest that Cdc24p plays a role in the progression of normal DNA replication and is required to maintain genomic integrity.

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Alleles Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence Cell Cycle Cell Cycle Proteins Cell Division Fungal Proteins Genetic Complementation Test Genotype Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors Introns Molecular Sequence Data Proto-Oncogene Proteins Recombination, Genetic Repressor Proteins Restriction Mapping Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins Schizosaccharomyces Sequence Alignment Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Temperature

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