• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: A homeostatic clock sets daughter centriole size in flies
  • Beteiligte: Aydogan, Mustafa G.; Wainman, Alan; Saurya, Saroj; Steinacker, Thomas L.; Caballe, Anna; Novak, Zsofia A.; Baumbach, Janina; Muschalik, Nadine; Raff, Jordan W.
  • Erschienen: Rockefeller University Press, 2018
  • Erschienen in: Journal of Cell Biology, 217 (2018) 4, Seite 1233-1248
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201801014
  • ISSN: 0021-9525; 1540-8140
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  • Beschreibung: Centrioles are highly structured organelles whose size is remarkably consistent within any given cell type. New centrioles are born when Polo-like kinase 4 (Plk4) recruits Ana2/STIL and Sas-6 to the side of an existing “mother” centriole. These two proteins then assemble into a cartwheel, which grows outwards to form the structural core of a new daughter. Here, we show that in early Drosophila melanogaster embryos, daughter centrioles grow at a linear rate during early S-phase and abruptly stop growing when they reach their correct size in mid- to late S-phase. Unexpectedly, the cartwheel grows from its proximal end, and Plk4 determines both the rate and period of centriole growth: the more active the centriolar Plk4, the faster centrioles grow, but the faster centriolar Plk4 is inactivated and growth ceases. Thus, Plk4 functions as a homeostatic clock, establishing an inverse relationship between growth rate and period to ensure that daughter centrioles grow to the correct size.
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