Skip to main content
Kent Academic Repository

Myosin V-mediated vacuole distribution and fusion in fission yeast.

Mulvihill, Daniel P., Pollard, Patrick J., Win, Thein Z., Hyams, Jeremy S. (2001) Myosin V-mediated vacuole distribution and fusion in fission yeast. Current Biology, 11 (14). pp. 1124-1127. ISSN 0960-9822. (doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00322-0) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:52)

PDF
Language: English

Restricted to Repository staff only
[thumbnail of Mulvihill_et_al_2001,_Current_Biology_11,_1124-1127.pdf]
Official URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00322-0

Abstract

The class V myosins are actin-based motors that move a variety of cellular cargoes [1]. In budding yeast, their activity includes the relocation of a portion of the vacuole from the mother cell to the bud [2, 3]. Fission yeast cells contain numerous (approximately 80) small vacuoles. When S. pombe cells are placed in water, vacuoles fuse in response to osmotic stress [4]. Fission yeast possess two type V myosin genes, myo51(+) and myo52(+) [5]. In a myo51Delta strain, vacuoles were distributed throughout the cell, and mean vacuole diameter was identical to that seen in wild-type cells. When myo51Delta and wild-type cells were placed in water, vacuoles enlarged by fusion. In myo52Delta cells, by contrast, vacuoles were smaller and mostly clustered around the nucleus, and fusion in water was largely inhibited. When cells containing GFP-Myo52 were placed in water, Myo52 was seen to redistribute from the cell poles to the surface of the fusing vacuoles. Vacuole fusion in fission yeast was inhibited by the microtubule drug thiabendazole (TBZ) but not by the actin inhibitor latrunculin B. This is the first demonstration of the involvement of a type V myosin, possibly via an interaction with microtubules, in homotypic membrane fusion.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00322-0
Additional information: 0960-9822 (Print) Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Uncontrolled keywords: Calmodulin-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism Fungal Proteins/genetics/*metabolism Genes, Fungal Membrane Fusion/physiology Molecular Motor Proteins/genetics/metabolism Mutation Myosin Light Chains/genetics/*metabolism Myosin Type V/genetics/*metabolism Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/*metabolism Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/metabolism Schizosaccharomyces/genetics/*metabolism/ultrastructure Vacuoles/metabolism
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Susan Davies
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2007 17:50 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 09:29 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/52 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Mulvihill, Daniel P..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2502-5274
CReDIT Contributor Roles:
  • Depositors only (login required):

Total unique views for this document in KAR since July 2020. For more details click on the image.