Resolution of Chiasmata in Oocytes Requires Separase-Mediated Proteolysis

Supplemental Data Resolution of Chiasmata in Oocytes Requires Separase-Mediated Proteolysis

Role of cleavage by separase of the Rec8 kleisin subunit of cohesin during mammalian meiosis I.

Proteolytic activity of separase is required for chiasma resolution during meiosis I in mouse oocytes. Rec8, the meiosis-specific alpha-kleisin subunit of cohesin, is a key target of separase in yeast. Is the equivalent protein also a target in mammals? We show here that separase cleaves mouse Rec8 at three positions in vitro but only when the latter is hyper-phosphorylated. Expression of a Rec...

Regulation of APC/C Activity in Oocytes by a Bub1-Dependent Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

BACKGROUND Missegregation of chromosomes during meiosis in human females causes aneuploidy, including trisomy 21, and is thought also to be the major cause of age-related infertility. Most errors are thought to occur at the first meiotic division. The high frequency of errors raises questions as to whether the surveillance mechanism known as the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) that controls t...

The Meiosis I-to-Meiosis II Transition in Mouse Oocytes Requires Separase Activity

Faithful segregation of homologous chromosomes during the first meiotic division is essential for further embryo development. The question at issue is whether the same mechanisms ensuring correct separation of sister chromatids in mitosis are at work during the first meiotic division. In mitosis, sister chromatids are linked by a cohesin complex holding them together until their disjunction at ...

The Sister-Chromatid Cohesion Protein ORD Is Required for Chiasma Maintenance in Drosophila Oocytes

Accurate chromosome partitioning during cell division requires that cohesion hold sister chromatids together until kinetochores correctly attach to spindle microtubules. In 1932, Darlington noted that sister-chromatid cohesion distal to the site of exchange also could play a vital role in maintaining the association of chiasmate homologs during meiosis. Cohesion linking a recombinant chromatid ...