Mimicking Ndc80 phosphorylation triggers spindle assembly checkpoint signalling |
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Authors: | Manuel Stach Maria Knapp Jennifer Ortiz Thomas Ruppert Johannes Lechner |
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Institution: | 1.Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, Heidelberg, Germany;2.Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg, Germany |
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Abstract: | The protein kinase Mps1 is, among others, essential for the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). We found that Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mps1 interacts physically with the N-terminal domain of Ndc80 (Ndc801−257), a constituent of the Ndc80 kinetochore complex. Furthermore, Mps1 effectively phosphorylates Ndc801−257 in vitro and facilitates Ndc80 phosphorylation in vivo. Mutating 14 of the phosphorylation sites to alanine results in compromised checkpoint signalling upon nocodazole treatment of mutants. Mutating the identical sites to aspartate (to simulate constitutive phosphorylation) causes a metaphase arrest with wild-type-like bipolar kinetochore–microtubule attachment. This arrest is due to a constitutively active SAC and consequently the inviable aspartate mutant can be rescued by disrupting SAC signalling. Therefore, we conclude that a putative Mps1-dependent phosphorylation of Ndc80 is important for SAC activation at kinetochores. |
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Keywords: | centromere kinetochore Mps1 Ndc80 spindle assembly checkpoint |
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