journal article Jun 12, 2015

Kinetochore attachment sensed by competitive Mps1 and microtubule binding to Ndc80C

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Abstract
How cells sense connected chromosomes

Cells have a “checkpoint” that pauses cell division until all chromosomes are properly arranged on the mitotic spindle to allow precise distribution of one copy of each chromosome to each daughter cell. Hiruma
et al.
and Ji
et al.
explain the molecular mechanism by which cells sense that they are ready to divide. The protein kinase MPS1 associates with a protein complex at the kinetochore of the chromosome. Its activity produces signals that pause the cell cycle. When the chromosome becomes properly attached to the mitotic spindle, microtubules of the spindle physically compete for binding to the same site on the kinetochore where MPS1 is bound. Thus, once the kinetochore is properly attached, MPS1 dissociates, the inhibitory signal is lost, and cell division is allowed to proceed.


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Lindsey A. Shepperd, JOHN C. MEADOWS, Alicja M. Sochaj et al.

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Two Histone Marks Establish the Inner Centromere and Chromosome Bi-Orientation

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Science 10.1126/science.1194498
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Published
Jun 12, 2015
Vol/Issue
348(6240)
Pages
1260-1264
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Funding
Welch Foundation Award: I-1441
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Award: RP110465-P3
Cite This Article
Zhejian Ji, Haishan Gao, Hongtao Yu (2015). Kinetochore attachment sensed by competitive Mps1 and microtubule binding to Ndc80C. Science, 348(6240), 1260-1264. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa4029
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