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What does condensin do in cell cycle?
Condensin is a multi-subunit protein complex that plays primary roles in chromosome assembly and segregation in eukaryotes [33]. It is thought that condensin promotes chromosome compaction by linking two distant segments of a single chromatid in contrast to cohesin holding two sister chromatids (Fig. 1B).
What do condensin proteins do?
Condensins are large protein complexes that play a central role in chromosome assembly and segregation during mitosis and meiosis (Figure 1). Their subunits were originally identified as major components of mitotic chromosomes assembled in Xenopus egg extracts.
Does condensin help DNA form into chromosomes?
During mitosis, condensin is responsible for folding chromatin fibers into highly compact chromosomes, ensuring the faithful segregation of replicated chromosomes into daughter cells after each cell division.
How does condensin condense chromatin?
Chromatin condensation is driven by condensins and interactions between histones. Chromatin decondensation requires the ATPases p97 and RuvBL1/2. During eukaryotic cell division, nuclear chromatin undergoes marked changes with respect to shape and degree of compaction.
What happens when condensin is phosphorylated?
This analysis leads us to propose a model, the ultrasensitive/kinase switch model, whereby the phosphorylation of condensin by multiple kinases allows the process of chromosome condensation to be maintained and even increased under fluctuating levels of cyclin-CDK activity during mitosis.
How are chromosomes condensed?
During interphase (1), chromatin is in its least condensed state and appears loosely distributed throughout the nucleus. Chromatin condensation begins during prophase (2) and chromosomes become visible. Chromosomes remain condensed throughout the various stages of mitosis (2-5).
What do condensin rings do?
Condensin rods compact chromosomes during mitosis, with condensin I and II complexes producing spatially defined and nested looping in metazoan cells. Structurally adaptive cohesin rings produce loops, which organize the genome during interphase.
Where is cohesin on a chromosome?
A few cohesin rings are found in chromosome arms that have AT-rich DNA sequences indicating that DNA sequence may be an independent factor of cohesin binding. Cohesin rings, especially in budding yeast, are also located in the region surrounding the centromere.
What happens to the chromosome during chromatin condensation?
In which phase is chromosome condensation initiated?
prophase
Chromosome condensation, the landmark event at the onset of prophase, often begins in isolated patches of chromatin at the nuclear periphery. Later, chromosome condense into two threads termed sister chromatids that are closely paired along their entire lengths.
What are condensed chromosomes called?
DNA Structure Chromosomes are packaged by histone proteins into a condensed structure called chromatin.
What is chromosome packaging?
Chromosomal DNA is packaged inside microscopic nuclei with the help of histones. These are positively-charged proteins that strongly adhere to negatively-charged DNA and form complexes called nucleosomes. Each nuclesome is composed of DNA wound 1.65 times around eight histone proteins.
How does chromosome condensation occur?
What happens when a chromosome condenses?
Chromosome condensation is the dramatic reorganisation of the long thin chromatin strands into compact short chromosomes that occurs in mitosis and meiosis.