Budding yeast complete DNA synthesis after chromosome segregation begins

Tsvetomira Ivanova, Michael Maier, Alsu Missarova, Céline Ziegler-Birling, Monica Dam, Mercè Gomar-Alba, Lucas B. Carey () and Manuel Mendoza ()
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Tsvetomira Ivanova: The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Michael Maier: The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Alsu Missarova: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Céline Ziegler-Birling: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Monica Dam: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Mercè Gomar-Alba: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Lucas B. Carey: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Manuel Mendoza: The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract To faithfully transmit genetic information, cells must replicate their entire genome before division. This is thought to be ensured by the temporal separation of replication and chromosome segregation. Here we show that in 20–40% of unperturbed yeast cells, DNA synthesis continues during anaphase, late in mitosis. High cyclin-Cdk activity inhibits DNA synthesis in metaphase, and the decrease in cyclin-Cdk activity during mitotic exit allows DNA synthesis to finish at subtelomeric and some difficult-to-replicate regions. DNA synthesis during late mitosis correlates with elevated mutation rates at subtelomeric regions, including copy number variation. Thus, yeast cells temporally overlap DNA synthesis and chromosome segregation during normal growth, possibly allowing cells to maximize population-level growth rate while simultaneously exploring greater genetic space.

Date: 2020
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