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  • Proline-rich protein PRR19 functions with cyclin-like CNTD1 to promote meiotic crossing over in mouse.

Proline-rich protein PRR19 functions with cyclin-like CNTD1 to promote meiotic crossing over in mouse.

Nature communications (2020-06-20)
Anastasiia Bondarieva, Kavya Raveendran, Vladyslav Telychko, H B D Prasada Rao, Ramya Ravindranathan, Chrysoula Zorzompokou, Friederike Finsterbusch, Ihsan Dereli, Frantzeskos Papanikos, Daniel Tränkner, Alexander Schleiffer, Ji-Feng Fei, Anna Klimova, Masaru Ito, Dhananjaya S Kulkarni, Ingo Roeder, Neil Hunter, Attila Tóth
ABSTRACT

Orderly chromosome segregation is enabled by crossovers between homologous chromosomes in the first meiotic division. Crossovers arise from recombination-mediated repair of programmed DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Multiple DSBs initiate recombination, and most are repaired without crossover formation, although one or more generate crossovers on each chromosome. Although the underlying mechanisms are ill-defined, the differentiation and maturation of crossover-specific recombination intermediates requires the cyclin-like CNTD1. Here, we identify PRR19 as a partner of CNTD1. We find that, like CNTD1, PRR19 is required for timely DSB repair and the formation of crossover-specific recombination complexes. PRR19 and CNTD1 co-localise at crossover sites, physically interact, and are interdependent for accumulation, indicating a PRR19-CNTD1 partnership in crossing over. Further, we show that CNTD1 interacts with a cyclin-dependent kinase, CDK2, which also accumulates in crossover-specific recombination complexes. Thus, the PRR19-CNTD1 complex may enable crossover differentiation by regulating CDK2.

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