Cell cycle regulation of central spindle assembly

Masanori Mishima, Visnja Pavicic, Ulrike Grüneberg, Erich A. Nigg and Michael Glotzer ()
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Masanori Mishima: Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Visnja Pavicic: Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Ulrike Grüneberg: Max-Planck-Institute für Biochemie
Erich A. Nigg: Max-Planck-Institute für Biochemie
Michael Glotzer: Research Institute of Molecular Pathology

Nature, 2004, vol. 430, issue 7002, 908-913

Abstract: Abstract The bipolar mitotic spindle is responsible for segregating sister chromatids at anaphase. Microtubule motor proteins generate spindle bipolarity and enable the spindle to perform mechanical work1. A major change in spindle architecture occurs at anaphase onset when central spindle assembly begins. This structure regulates the initiation of cytokinesis and is essential for its completion2. Central spindle assembly requires the centralspindlin complex composed of the Caenorhabditis elegans ZEN-4 (mammalian orthologue MKLP1) kinesin-like protein and the Rho family GAP CYK-4 (MgcRacGAP). Here we describe a regulatory mechanism that controls the timing of central spindle assembly. The mitotic kinase Cdk1/cyclin B phosphorylates the motor domain of ZEN-4 on a conserved site within a basic amino-terminal extension characteristic of the MKLP1 subfamily. Phosphorylation by Cdk1 diminishes the motor activity of ZEN-4 by reducing its affinity for microtubules. Preventing Cdk1 phosphorylation of ZEN-4/MKLP1 causes enhanced metaphase spindle localization and defects in chromosome segregation. Thus, phosphoregulation of the motor domain of MKLP1 kinesin ensures that central spindle assembly occurs at the appropriate time in the cell cycle and maintains genomic stability.

Date: 2004
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