The eukaryotic cell cycle is driven by a set of cyclin-dependent kinases associated with their regulatory partners, the cyclins, which confer activity, substrate specificities and proper localization of the kinase activity. We describe the cell cycle of Karenia brevis and provide evidence for the presence of a cyclin B homologue in this dinoflagellate using two antibodies with different specificities. This cyclin B homologue has an unusual behavior, since its expression is permanent and it has a cytoplasmic location throughout the cell cycle. There is no evidence for translocation to the nucleus during mitosis. However, it appears also to be specifically bound to the nucleolus throughout the cell cycle. The permanent expression and the cytoplasmic localization during mitosis of this cyclin B homologue is similar to p56, a cyclin B homologue previously described in a different species of dinoflagellate, Crypthecodinium cohnii. Here we discuss this unusual behavior of the cyclin B homologue in dinoflagellates, its relationship to the unusual characteristics of dinomitosis, and its potential implications regarding the evolution of cell cycle regulation among eukaryotes.
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1 March 2003
Permanent Expression of a Cyclin B Homologue in the Cell Cycle of the Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis
MICHELE BARBIER,
TOD A. LEIGHFIELD,
MARIE-ODILE SOYER-GOBILLARD,
FRANCES M. VAN DOLAH
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The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Vol. 50 • No. 2
March 2003
Vol. 50 • No. 2
March 2003
cell cycle
cyclin B homologue
dinoflagellates
immunolocalization
Karenia brevis
nuclear cycle