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Sticky/Citron kinase maintains proper RhoA localization at the cleavage site during cytokinesis.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Bassi, Zuni I 
Verbrugghe, Koen J 
Capalbo, Luisa 
Gregory, Stephen 
Montembault, Emilie 

Abstract

In many organisms, the small guanosine triphosphatase RhoA controls assembly and contraction of the actomyosin ring during cytokinesis by activating different effectors. Although the role of some RhoA effectors like formins and Rho kinase is reasonably understood, the functions of another putative effector, Citron kinase (CIT-K), are still debated. In this paper, we show that, contrary to previous models, the Drosophila melanogaster CIT-K orthologue Sticky (Sti) does not require interaction with RhoA to localize to the cleavage site. Instead, RhoA fails to form a compact ring in late cytokinesis after Sti depletion, and this function requires Sti kinase activity. Moreover, we found that the Sti Citron-Nik1 homology domain interacts with RhoA regardless of its status, indicating that Sti is not a canonical RhoA effector. Finally, Sti depletion caused an increase of phosphorylated myosin regulatory light chain at the cleavage site in late cytokinesis. We propose that Sti/CIT-K maintains correct RhoA localization at the cleavage site, which is necessary for proper RhoA activity and contractile ring dynamics.

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Keywords

Animals, Cytokinesis, Drosophila, Drosophila Proteins, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, rho GTP-Binding Proteins

Journal Title

J Cell Biol

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Journal ISSN

0021-9525
1540-8140

Volume Title

195

Publisher

Rockefeller University Press
Sponsorship
Cancer Research Uk (None)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/I013938/1)
Cancer Research Uk (None)