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Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2005, p. 2288-2296, Vol. 25, No. 6
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.6.2288-2296.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Inactivation of the Pre-mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factor Pfs2 in Fission Yeast Causes Lethal Cell Cycle Defects

Shao-Win Wang,1,{dagger} Kazuhide Asakawa,2,{dagger},{ddagger} Thein Z. Win,1,{dagger} Takashi Toda,2 and Chris J. Norbury3*

Department of Zoology,1 Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford,3 Cell Regulation Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom2

Received 12 October 2004/ Returned for modification 17 November 2004/ Accepted 14 December 2004

Faithful chromosome segregation is fundamentally important for the maintenance of genome integrity and ploidy. By isolating conditional mutants defective in chromosome segregation in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we identified a role for the essential gene pfs2 in chromosome dynamics. In the absence of functional Pfs2, chromosomal attachment to the mitotic spindle was defective, with consequent chromosome missegregation. Under these circumstances, multiple intracellular foci of spindle checkpoint proteins Bub1 and Mad2 were seen, and deletion of bub1 exacerbated the mitotic defects and the loss of cell viability that resulted from the loss of pfs2 function. Progression from G1 into S phase following release from nitrogen starvation also required pfs2+ function. The product of the orthologous Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene PFS2 is a component of a multiprotein complex required for 3'-end cleavage and polyadenylation of pre-mRNAs and, in keeping with the conservation of this essential function, an S. pombe pfs2 mutant was defective in mRNA 3'-end processing. Mutations in pfs2 were suppressed by overexpression of the putative mRNA 3'-end cleavage factor Cft1. These data suggest unexpected links between mRNA 3'-end processing and chromosome replication and segregation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 1865 275540. Fax: 44 1865 275501. E-mail: chris.norbury{at}path.ox.ac.uk.

{dagger} S.-W.W., K.A., and T.Z.W. contributed equally to this work.

{ddagger} Present address: Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Department of Developmental Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2005, p. 2288-2296, Vol. 25, No. 6
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.6.2288-2296.2005
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