Drosophila Yemanuclein is a cohesin and synaptonemal complex associated protein

Drosophila Yemanuclein associates with the cohesin and synaptonemal complexes.

Meiosis is characterized by two chromosome segregation rounds (meiosis I and II), which follow a single round of DNA replication, resulting in haploid genome formation. Chromosome reduction occurs at meiosis I. It relies on key structures, such as chiasmata, which are formed by repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) between the homologous chromatids. In turn, to allow for segregation of homologs...

The cohesin REC8 prevents illegitimate inter-sister synaptonemal complex assembly.

During meiosis, a specialized chromosome structure is assembled to promote pairing/ synapsis of homologous chromosomes and meiotic recombination, a process yielding chiasmata between homologs to ensure accurate segregation. Meiosis-specific cohesin complexes mediating sister chromatid cohesion play pivotal roles in almost all these events, including synaptonemal complex (SC) formation. In this ...

The Cohesin Subunit Rad21 Is Required for Synaptonemal Complex Maintenance, but Not Sister Chromatid Cohesion, during Drosophila Female Meiosis

Replicated sister chromatids are held in close association from the time of their synthesis until their separation during the next mitosis. This association is mediated by the ring-shaped cohesin complex that appears to embrace the sister chromatids. Upon proteolytic cleavage of the α-kleisin cohesin subunit at the metaphase-to-anaphase transition by separase, sister chromatids are separated an...

Corolla is a novel protein that contributes to the architecture of the synaptonemal complex of Drosophila

Drosophila BubR1 Is Essential for Meiotic Sister-Chromatid Cohesion and Maintenance of Synaptonemal Complex

The partially conserved Mad3/BubR1 protein is required during mitosis for the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). In meiosis, depletion causes an accelerated transit through prophase I and missegregation of achiasmate chromosomes in yeast [1], whereas in mice, reduced dosage leads to severe chromosome missegregation [2]. These observations indicate a meiotic requirement for BubR1, but its mechan...