ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
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Author: HARTWELL, Leland, HOOD, Leroy, Goldberg, Michael
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education/stony Brook University
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Chapter 20, Problem 12P
One of the hallmarks of mitotic anaphase is the separation of sister chromatids. A protein complex called cohesin holds sister chromatids together, as described in Fig. 12.25. Based on the answer you have just given for Problem 11, propose a mechanism that would allow sister chromatids to separate during anaphase. How might your proposed mechanism also explain the checkpoint operating in M phase that prevents sister chromatid separation until all the chromosomes have connected properly to the mitotic spindle?
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In normally dividing cells, once chromosomes have been properly segregated via the steps of mitosis, the two resulting “daughter cells” separate. In animal cells (and other cell types without a cell wall) the contractile ring plays a crucial role in the process of cytokinesis. Exactly how the contractile ring is accurately positioned, so as to be located midway between the two poles (ends) of the dividing cell, is still not fully understood, although factors released from the mitotic spindle are thought to play a role.Regardless of the precise positioning mechanism, one key player in the assembly of the contractile ring is the GTP/GDP binding protein Rho. In its active form, Rho can stimulate the activity of the actin-binding protein formin and (via effects on the myosin regulatory light chain) that of myosin II. Given their respective roles, why might activation of formin and myosin II be beneficial as cells assemble a functional contractile ring structure?
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Anaphase will only begin after the M checkpoint where all the kinetochores and mitotic spindle have correctly attached.
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Anaphase will only begin after the M checkpoint where all the mitotic spindle have correctly formed.
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Kinetochores bind to microtubules in monotelic attachment to the sister chromatids.
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Kinetochores bind to microtubules in syntelic attachment to the sister chromatids.
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Kinetochores will halt at the M checkpoint to weaken the mitotic spindle formation, which is the event that initiates anaphase.
Review Figure 12.16 on cell cycle control. Would you expect MPF (maturation-promoting factor) activity to remain steady during cleavage? Explain.
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ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
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