The protein kinase Kin4 inhibits exit from mitosis in response to spindle position defects.

Autor: D'Aquino KE; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA., Monje-Casas F, Paulson J, Reiser V, Charles GM, Lai L, Shokat KM, Amon A
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecular cell [Mol Cell] 2005 Jul 22; Vol. 19 (2), pp. 223-34.
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.06.005
Abstrakt: Accurate nuclear position is essential for each daughter cell to receive one DNA complement. In budding yeast, a surveillance mechanism known as the spindle position checkpoint ensures that exit from mitosis only occurs when the anaphase nucleus is positioned along the mother-bud axis. We identified the protein kinase Kin4 as a component of the spindle position checkpoint. KIN4 prevents exit from mitosis in cells with mispositioned nuclei by inhibiting the mitotic exit network (MEN), a GTPase signaling cascade that promotes exit from mitosis. Kin4 is active in cells with mispositioned nuclei and predominantly localizes to mother cells, where it is ideally situated to inhibit MEN signaling at spindle pole bodies (SPBs) when anaphase spindle elongation occurs within the mother cell.
Databáze: MEDLINE