Mitosis and Meiosis Flashcards
Mitosis
take diploid parent cell and make 2 identical diploid daughter cells; interphase and M phase; mitosis refers to the division of the nucleus
interphase
includes S phase and DNA replication where you get an exact copy of each
M phase
chromosome separation and cytokenesis (division of the cytoplasm) (mitosis is 2 parts one is mitosis or division of nucleus the other is cytokenisis or division of cytoplasm
cell cycle driven by
Cdk - cyclin dependent kinase; promotes cell cycle progression by phosphorylating specific kinases at different stages of cell cycle; protein kinases have associated cyclin subunits required for cyclin activity; cyclin subunits regulated at protein stability level
Stages of mitosis
- Prophase
- Pro-metaphase
- Metaphase
- Anaphse
- Telophase
- Interphase (rest of cell cycle)
Prophase
- chromosomes condense
- centrosomes migrate to poles
- spindle starts to form outside nucleus
Pro-metaphase
- nuclear envelope breaks dow; initiated by Cdk-mediated phosphorylation of lamins
- chromsomes attach to spindle
Metaphase
- sister chromatids become linked to opposite spindle poles
- chromosomes align at equatorial plane
Anaphase
- sister chromatids separate
- Daughter chromosomes are pulled to opposite ends of the cell
Telophase
- chromosomes arise at poles
- nuclear membrane reforms
- chromsomes decondense
cytokenesis
division of cytoplasm via contractile ring composed of actin and myosin which forms in same plane as metaphase plate inside of plasma membrane; starts during anaphase ends completed by end of telophase
Interphase
rest of cell cycle; consists of G1 (Gap 1 where cell commits to new round of cell division), S (where genome is duplicated), and G2 (Gap 2 where cell prepares to divide)
centrosome
microtubule organizing center; each contains a pair of centrioles; replicate during interphase, move poles during prophase
centrosome cycle
each cell starts with one centrosome, at G1 it replicates, at prophase centrosomes separate, nucleate spindle, each daughter cell inherits one centrosome
cohesion
deposited during DNA replication, holds sister chromatids together; these are dissolved during anaphase allowing chromatids to separate and migrate to opposite ends of the cell
Condensin
promotes DNA coiling; 50 fold condensing during prophase
separase
enzyme that promotes separation of chromatids by cleaving a component of cohesion complex; this acts between metaphase and anaphase in mitosis and metaphase I and anaphase I and metaphase II and anaphase II in meiosis
securin
prior to anaphase separase exists in inactive state with securin
anaphase promoting complex
APC: this is activated by Cdk during anaphase, this induces cleaving of securing which frees separase which promotes separation of chromatids by cleaving a component oc cohesion complex; this will not start until all of the chromosomes are properly attached to the spindle
chromosome separation
- kinetochore microtubules shorten which drags attached chromatid toward core
- spindle poles themselves further separate pulling chromatids farther apart via motor proteins that overlap microtubules and outward force exerted by astral microtubules
kinetochore microtubule
link spindle pole to chromosomes via kinetochore (protein complex that forms at centromere); kinetochore assembles during prophase
Overlap microtubule
aka polar microtubules; give spindle its symmetrical bipolar shape; act in pole separation; also called polar microtubule
Astral microtubule
radiate out from centrosome; act in pole separation and spindle positioning
chromosome attachment to spindle
made possible by nuclear envelope breakdown, point of attachment is centromere which is a heterochromatic region with repeats of DNA (alpha satellite repeats every 175 nucleotides)
proper spindle alignment
should have bipolar attachment with 2 sister chromatids attaching to kinetochore to each pole this leads to tension between centromeres indicating stable attachment, anaphase doesnt begin unless chromosomes properly attached, can end up with 2 chromatids attaching to same pole, kinetochore attached to both poles, attachment of only 1 kinetocore; if one of these goes on get aniploidy
aniploidy
gain or loss of chromosome that should be in cell and isn’t due to spindle alignment issue
metaphase to anaphase transition
metaphase sister chromatids lined up on spindle, anaphase they start moving to daughter cells
microtubules fixed in
state of dynamic instability which puts chromosome under tension and poles pull in opposite directions creating tension