The fission yeast cell wall stress sensor‐like proteins Mtl2 and Wsc1 act by turning on the GTP ase Rho1p but act independently of the cell wall integrity pathway

S Cruz, S Muñoz, E Manjón, P García… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Sensing stressful conditions that affect the cell wall reorganization is important for yeast
survival. Here, we studied two proteins SpWsc1p and SpMtl2p with structural features …

Mechanics and morphogenesis of fission yeast cells

V Davì, N Minc - Current opinion in microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Walled cells are encased in a cell wall which resist high internal pressure.•These
mechanical properties may influence cell shape, growth and division.•Fission yeast …

Rga5p is a specific Rho1p GTPase‐activating protein that regulates cell integrity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

TM Calonge, M Arellano, PM Coll… - Molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rho1p regulates (1, 3) β‐d‐glucan synthesis and is required
for cell integrity maintenance and actin cytoskeleton organization, but nothing is known …

Roles of putative Rho-GEF Gef2 in division-site positioning and contractile-ring function in fission yeast cytokinesis

Y Ye, IJ Lee, KW Runge, JQ Wu - Molecular biology of the cell, 2012 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Cytokinesis is crucial for integrating genome inheritance and cell functions. In multicellular
organisms, Rho-guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and Rho GTPases are key …

Rho4 GTPase is involved in secretion of glucanases during fission yeast cytokinesis

B Santos, AB Martín-Cuadrado… - Eukaryotic …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Rho GTPases are regulators of signaling pathways that control actin organization and cell
polarity processes in all eukaryotic cells. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Rho4p is …

Cooperation between Rho-GEF Gef2 and its binding partner Nod1 in the regulation of fission yeast cytokinesis

YH Zhu, Y Ye, Z Wu, JQ Wu - Molecular biology of the cell, 2013 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Cytokinesis is the last step of the cell-division cycle, which requires precise spatial and
temporal regulation to ensure genetic stability. Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors …

Characterization and behaviour of α‐glucan synthase in Schizosaccharomyces pombe as revealed by electron microscopy

M Konomi, K Fujimoto, T Toda, M Osumi - Yeast, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract α‐1, 3‐Glucan is a cell wall component in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and is
exclusive to budding yeast. We analysed the ultrastructure of the cell wall in the α‐glucan …

Novel Rho GTPase Involved in Cytokinesis and Cell Wall Integrity in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

B Santos, J Gutiérrez, TM Calonge, P Pérez - Eukaryotic cell, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Rho family of GTPases is present in all eukaryotic cells from yeast to
mammals; they are regulators in signaling pathways that control actin organization and …

Negative functional interaction between cell integrity MAPK pathway and Rho1 GTPase in fission yeast

RA Viana, M Pinar, T Soto, PM Coll, J Cansado… - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Rho1 GTPase is the main activator of cell wall glucan biosynthesis and regulates actin
cytoskeleton in fungi, including Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We have obtained a fission …

Cooperation between the septins and the actomyosin ring and role of a cell-integrity pathway during cell division in fission yeast

JQ Wu, Y Ye, N Wang, TD Pollard, JR Pringle - Genetics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
A major question about cytokinesis concerns the role of the septin proteins, which localize to
the division site in all animal and fungal cells but are essential for cytokinesis only in some …