The localization of SIN components including Spg1p to the SPB is required for cytokinesis and is dependent on Sid4p, a constitutive resident of SPBs.
We report that Cdc11p is present constitu- tively at SPBs and that its function appears to be required for the localization of all other SIN components to SPBs with the exception of Sid4p.
Spg1p (Schmidt et al., 1997), a small Ras-superfamily GTPase that resides at the SPB(s)
During metaphase, it becomes activated at both SPBs (GTP-bound form), but during anaphase B, it becomes inactivated at only one pole giving rise to a poorly understood asymmetric state (Sohrmann et al., 1998).
The Sid1p protein kinase, in a complex with Cdc14p, is then recruited to the SPB that contains Cdc7p and activated Spg1p at this time (Guertin et al., 2000).