Mechanisms for chromosome and plasmid segregation.

Abstract	The fundamental problems in duplicating and transmitting genetic information posed by the geometric and topological features of DNA, combined with its large size, are qualitatively similar for prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosomes. The evolutionary solutions to these problems reveal common themes. However, depending on differences in their organization, ploidy, and copy number, chromosomes and plasmids display distinct segregation strategies as well. In bacteria, chromosome duplication, likely mediated by a stationary replication factory, is accompanied by rapid, directed migration of the daughter duplexes with assistance from DNA-compacting and perhaps translocating proteins. The segregation of unit-copy or low-copy bacterial plasmids is also regulated spatially and temporally by their respective partitioning systems. Eukaryotic chromosomes utilize variations of a basic pairing and unpairing mechanism for faithful segregation during mitosis and meiosis. Rather surprisingly, the yeast plasmid 2-micron circle also resorts to a similar scheme for equal partitioning during mitosis.
Authors	Santanu Kumar Ghosh, Sujata Hajra, Andrew Paek, Makkuni Jayaram
Journal	Annual review of biochemistry (Annu Rev Biochem) Vol. 75 Pg. 211-41 ( 2006) ISSN: 0066-4154 [Print] United States
PMID	16756491 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
Chemical References	Bacterial Proteins Cell Cycle Proteins Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone DNA, Bacterial DNA-Binding Proteins Multiprotein Complexes Nuclear Proteins cohesins condensin complexes Adenosine Triphosphatases
Topics	Adenosine Triphosphatases (metabolism) Bacterial Proteins (genetics, metabolism) Cell Cycle (physiology) Cell Cycle Proteins (metabolism) Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone (metabolism) Chromosome Segregation Chromosomes, Bacterial Cytoskeleton (metabolism) DNA Replication DNA, Bacterial DNA-Binding Proteins (metabolism) Multiprotein Complexes (metabolism) Nuclear Proteins (metabolism) Plasmids (genetics, metabolism) Spindle Apparatus (metabolism)

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