The Role of Nucleotide Binding and Hydrolysis in the Function of the Fission Yeast cdc18+ Gene Product
1999
The fission yeast cdc18 + gene is required for both initiation of DNA replication and the mitotic checkpoint that normally inhibits mitosis in the absence of DNA replication. The cdc18 + gene product contains conserved Walker A and B box motifs. Studies of other ATPases have shown that these motifs are required for nucleotide binding and hydrolysis, respectively. We have observed that mutant strains in which either of these motifs is disrupted are inviable. The effects of these mutations were examined by determining the phenotypes of mutant strains following depletion of complementing wild-type Cdc18. In both synchronous and asynchronous cultures, the nucleotide-hydrolysis motif mutant (DE286AA) arrests with a 1C–2C DNA content, and thus exhibits no obvious defects in entry into S phase or in the mitotic checkpoint. In contrast, in cultures synchronized by hydroxyurea arrest and release, the nucleotide-binding motif mutant (K205A) exhibits the null phenotype, with 1C and
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