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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1998//355 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 140, Number 2, , 1998 355-366

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Sequential Assembly of Myosin II, an IQGAP-like Protein, and Filamentous Actin to a Ring Structure Involved in Budding Yeast Cytokinesis



John Lippincott and Rong Li

Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachussetts 02115

We have identified a Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein, Cyk1p, that exhibits sequence similarity to the mammalian IQGAPs. Gene disruption of Cyk1p results in a failure in cytokinesis without affecting other events in the cell cycle. Cyk1p is diffused throughout most of the cell cycle but localizes to a ring structure at the mother–bud junction after the initiation of anaphase. This ring contains filamentous actin and Myo1p, a myosin II homologue. In vivo observation with green fluorescent protein–tagged Myo1p showed that the ring decreases drastically in size during cell division and therefore may be contractile. These results indicate that cytokinesis in budding yeast is likely to involve an actomyosin-based contractile ring. The assembly of this ring occurs in temporally distinct steps: Myo1p localizes to a ring that overlaps the septins at the G1-S transition slightly before bud emergence; Cyk1p and actin then accumulate in this ring after the activation of the Cdc15 pathway late in mitosis. The localization of myosin is abolished by a mutation in Cdc12p, implicating a role for the septin filaments in the assembly of the actomyosin ring. The accumulation of actin in the cytokinetic ring was not observed in cells depleted of Cyk1p, suggesting that Cyk1p plays a role in the recruitment of actin filaments, perhaps through a filament-binding activity similar to that demonstrated for mammalian IQGAPs.

Abbreviations used in this paper: DAPI, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride; GFP, green fluorescent protein; GRD, Gap-related domain; YPD, yeast extract, peptone, dextrose; YPG, yeast extract, peptone, galactose.

Address all correspondence to R. Li, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Tel.: (617) 432-0640. Fax: (617) 975-0524. E-mail: RLi{at}warren.med.harvard.edu


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