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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 198, Issue 2, Pages 205-217Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201202152
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- American Cancer Society [RSG-09-027-01-CCG]
- New York Community Trust Program in Blood Disease [P09-000694]
- Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Trusts Research Award
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How the state of spindle microtubule capture at the kinetochore is translated into mitotic checkpoint signaling remains largely unknown. In this paper, we demonstrate that the kinetochore-associated mitotic kinase BubR1 phosphorylates itself in human cells and that this autophosphorylation is dependent on its binding partner, the kinetochore motor CENP-E. This CENP-E-dependent BubR1 autophosphorylation at unattached kinetochores is important for a full-strength mitotic checkpoint to prevent single chromosome loss. Replacing endogenous BubR1 with a nonphosphorylatable BubR1 mutant, as well as depletion of CENP-E, the BubR1 kinase activator, results in metaphase chromosome misalignment and a decrease of Aurora B-mediated Ndc80 phosphorylation at kinetochores. Furthermore, expressing a phosphomimetic BubR1 mutant substantially reduces the incidence of polar chromosomes in CENP-E-depleted cells. Thus, the state of CENP-E-dependent BubR1 autophosphorylation in response to spindle microtubule capture by CENP-E is important for kinetochore function in achieving accurate chromosome segregation.
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