XRHAMM functions in ran-dependent microtubule nucleation and pole formation during anastral spindle assembly |
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Authors: | Groen Aaron C Cameron Lisa A Coughlin Margaret Miyamoto David T Mitchison Timothy J Ohi Ryoma |
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Institution: | Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. aaron_groen@students.hms.harvard.edu |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: The regulated assembly of microtubules is essential for bipolar spindle formation. Depending on cell type, microtubules nucleate through two different pathways: centrosome-driven or chromatin-driven. The chromatin-driven pathway dominates in cells lacking centrosomes. RESULTS: Human RHAMM (receptor for hyaluronic-acid-mediated motility) was originally implicated in hyaluronic-acid-induced motility but has since been shown to associate with centrosomes and play a role in astral spindle pole integrity in mitotic systems. We have identified the Xenopus ortholog of human RHAMM as a microtubule-associated protein that plays a role in focusing spindle poles and is essential for efficient microtubule nucleation during spindle assembly without centrosomes. XRHAMM associates both with gamma-TuRC, a complex required for microtubule nucleation and with TPX2, a protein required for microtubule nucleation and spindle pole organization. CONCLUSIONS: XRHAMM facilitates Ran-dependent, chromatin-driven nucleation in a process that may require coordinate activation of TPX2 and gamma-TuRC. |
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