Mechanoregulated inhibition of formin facilitates contractile actomyosin ring assembly

oleh: Dennis Zimmermann, Kaitlin E. Homa, Glen M. Hocky, Luther W. Pollard, Enrique M. De La Cruz, Gregory A. Voth, Kathleen M. Trybus, David R. Kovar

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01

Deskripsi

The fission yeast cytokinetic ring assembles by Search-Capture-Pull-Release from precursor nodes that include formin Cdc12 and myosin Myo2. The authors reconstitute Search-Capture-Pull in vitro and find that Myo2 pulling on Cdc12-associated actin filaments mechano-inhibits Cdc12-mediated assembly, which enables proper ring assembly in vivo.