Cytosolic division in mitotic cells involves the function of a number of cytoskeletal proteins, whose coordination in the spatio-temporal control of cytokinesis is poorly defined. We studied the role of p85/p110 phosphoinositide kinase (PI3K) in mammalian cytokinesis. Deletion of the p85alpha regulatory subunit induced cell accumulation in telophase and appearance of binucleated cells, whereas ...

Various methods can provide a readout of the physical interaction between two biomolecules. A recently described tripartite split-GFP system has the potential to report by direct visualization via a fluorescence signal the intimate association of minimally tagged proteins expressed at their endogenous level in their native cellular milieu and can capture transient or weak interactions. Here we ...

The septin family of hetero-oligomeric complex-forming proteins can be divided into subgroups, and subgroup members are interchangeable at specific positions in the septin complex. Drosophila melanogaster has five septin genes, including the two SEPT6 subgroup members Sep2 and Sep5 We previously found that Sep2 has a unique function in oogenesis, which is not performed by Sep5 Here, we find tha...

Assembly at the mother-bud neck of a filamentous collar containing five septins (Cdc3, Cdc10, Cdc11, Cdc12, and Shs1) is necessary for proper morphogenesis and cytokinesis. We show that Cdc10 and Cdc12 possess GTPase activity and appropriate mutations in conserved nucleotide-binding residues abrogate GTP binding and/or hydrolysis in vitro. In vivo, mutants unable to bind GTP prevent septin coll...

Chitosan is a partially deacetylated linear polysaccharide composed of ?-1,4-linked units d-glucosamine and N-acetyl glucosamine. As well as structural component fungal cell walls, chitosan potent antifungal agent. However, the mode action poorly understood. Here, we report that effective for control rice blast disease. application impairs growth fungus Magnaporthe oryzae has pronounced effect ...

ON THE INNER FRONT COVER: Septin‐caged Shigella flexneri in infected HEK293 cells. Bacteria and actin are labelled red, SEPT7 green, DNA blue. Credit: Gizem Ozbaykal‐Guler Serge Mostowy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine image

The mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) locus is involved in more than 60 different rearrangements with a remarkably diverse group of fusion partners in approximately 10% of human leukemias. MLL rearrangements include chromosomal translocations, gene internal duplications, chromosome 11q deletions or inversions and MLL gene insertions into other chromosomes, or vice versa. MLL fusion partners can be c...

Front Cover: The cover image is based on the Research Article Proper phosphorylation of septin 12 regulates 4 and soluble adenylyl cyclase expression to induce sperm capacitation by Han-Yu Wang et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.30951.