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. 2017 Oct 2;6:1788. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12064.1

Table 1. Summary of available data for RhoA and Rac1 effector accumulation and furrowing phenotypes during cytokinesis in two key Caenorhabditis elegans cyk-4 GTPase-activating protein mutants.

CYK-4
variant
RhoA
effector
accumulation
at furrow
Rac1 effector
hyperaccumulation
at furrow
Furrow
ingression
Furrow
ingression in
the absence
of Rac1
Furrow
ingression in
the absence
of NOP-1
Furrow
ingression in
the absence of
NOP-1 and Rac1
Wild-type +++ Absent Normal,
complete
Normal,
complete
Normal,
complete
Normal,
complete
E448K * Not determined Slow, partial Slow,
complete
Absent Absent
R459A + Not determined Slow, partial Slow,
complete
Absent Absent

*Conflicting data; see the “cyk-4 GAP mutants have multiple defects” section.

+++ Wild-type accumulation of myosin II, RhoA biosensor.

+ Reduced accumulation of myosin II, RhoA biosensor.