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Casein kinase II is required for the spindle assembly checkpoint by regulating Mad2p in fission yeast |
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| Authors: | Midori Shimada Yuko Murakami-Tonami Makoto Nakanishi Hirofumi Aiba |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya City University, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan b Department of Chemistry, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Sizuoka 422-8529, Japan c Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan |
| Abstract: | The spindle checkpoint is a surveillance mechanism that ensures the fidelity of chromosome segregation in mitosis. Here we show that fission yeast casein kinase II (CK2) is required for this checkpoint function. In the CK2 mutants mitosis occurs in the presence of a spindle defect, and the spindle checkpoint protein Mad2p fails to localize to unattached kinetochores. The CK2 mutants are sensitive to the microtubule depolymerising drug thiabendazole, which is counteracted by ectopic expression of mad2+. The level of Mad2p is low in the CK2 mutants. These results suggest that CK2 has a role in the spindle checkpoint by regulating Mad2p. |
| Keywords: | Cell cycle Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mitosis |
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