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SAS-1 is a C2 domain protein critical for centriole integrity in C. elegans.

Lukas von Tobel, Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali, Marie Delattre, Fernando R Balestra, Simon Blanchoud, Susanne Finger, Graham Knott, Thomas Muller-Reichert, and Pierre Gonczy (2014)

PLoS Genet, 10(11):e1004777.

Centrioles are microtubule-based organelles important for the formation of cilia, flagella and centrosomes. Despite progress in understanding the underlying assembly mechanisms, how centriole integrity is ensured is incompletely understood, including in sperm cells, where such integrity is particularly critical. We identified C. elegans sas-1 in a genetic screen as a locus requiredfor bipolar spindle assembly in the early embryo. Our analysis reveals that sperm-derived sas-1 mutant centrioles lose their integrity shortly after fertilization, and that a related defect occurs when maternal sas-1 function is lacking. We establish that sas-1 encodes a C2 domain containing protein that localizes to centrioles in C. elegans, and which can bind and stabilize microtubules when expressed in human cells. Moreover, we uncover that SAS-1 is related to C2CD3, a protein required for complete centriole formation in human cells and affected in a type of oral-facial-digital (OFD) syndrome.

 
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