Abstract：
:In Drosophila, telomere-capping proteins have the remarkable capacity to recognize chromosome ends in a sequence-independent manner. This epigenetic protection is essential to prevent catastrophic ligations of chromosome extremities. Interestingly, capping proteins occupy a large telomere chromatin domain of several kilobases; however, the functional relevance of this to end protection is unknown. Here, we investigate the role of the large capping domain by manipulating HOAP (encoded by caravaggio) capping-protein expression in the male germ cells, where telomere protection can be challenged without compromising viability. We show that the exhaustion of HOAP results in a dramatic reduction of other capping proteins at telomeres, including K81 [encoded by ms(3)K81], which is essential for male fertility. Strikingly however, we demonstrate that, although capping complexes are barely detected in HOAP-depleted male germ cells, telomere protection and male fertility are not dramatically affected. Our study thus demonstrates that efficient protection of Drosophila telomeres can be achieved with surprisingly low amounts of capping complexes. We propose that these complexes prevent fusions by acting at the very extremity of chromosomes, reminiscent of the protection conferred by extremely short telomeric arrays in yeast or mammalian systems.
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J Cell Scijournal_title
Journal of cell scienceauthors
Dubruille R,Loppin Bdoi
10.1242/jcs.167825subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-05-15 00:00:00pages
1969-81issue
10eissn
0021-9533issn
1477-9137pii
jcs.167825journal_volume
128pub_type
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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doi：10.1242/jcs.03415
更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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doi：10.1242/jcs.203844
更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of cell science
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更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00
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