when nutrients are suboptimal for cell growth and division, the cell cycle arrests. at which stage of the cell cycle/checkpoint would you predict this arrest to occur?



Answer :

The cell cycle stops when nutrients are insufficient for cell growth and division. You anticipate this arrest to take place at the G1 checkpoint.

A cell can be stopped in its tracks during different checkpoints of the tightly regulated cell cycle due to various internal or external stimuli. In yeast cells, it has been found that when nutrients are insufficient, the cell is halted in the late G1 phase (also known as the "Gap 1 phase") or at "START." Because of the low accumulation of phosphorylated Whi5 protein brought on by the low food content or small cell size, the cells are halted at this stage.

If the cell notices any anomaly in terms of chromosome replication or DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) damage, the cells are arrested at the G2 (Gap 2) phase. Such circumstances prevent the cell from continuing on its path to mitosis. The cell must maintain appropriate chromosomal attachment to spindle microtubules at their kinetochores in order to progress to the M (mitotic phase) checkpoint, also known as the spindle checkpoint, and found towards the conclusion of the metaphase stage.

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