A Pathway Containing the Ipl1/Aurora Protein Kinase and the Spindle Midzone Protein Ase1 Regulates Yeast Spindle Assembly
Open Access
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Developmental Cell
- Vol. 13 (3), 433-445
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2007.07.003
Abstract
It is critical to elucidate the pathways that mediate spindle assembly and therefore ensure accurate chromosome segregation during cell division. Our studies of a unique allele of the budding yeast Ipl1/Aurora protein kinase revealed that it is required for centrosome-mediated spindle assembly in the absence of the BimC motor protein Cin8. In addition, we found that the Ase1 spindle midzone-associated protein is required for bipolar spindle assembly. The cin8 ipl1 and cin8 ase1 double mutant cells exhibit similar defects, and Ase1 overexpression completely restores spindle assembly in cin8 ipl1 strains. Consistent with the possibility that Ipl1 regulates Ase1, an ase1 mutant lacking the Ipl1 consensus phosphorylation sites cannot assemble spindles in the absence of Cin8. In addition, Ase1 phosphorylation and localization were altered in an ipl1 mutant. We therefore propose that Ipl1/Aurora and Ase1 constitute a previously unidentified spindle assembly pathway that becomes essential in the absence of Cin8.Keywords
Funding Information
- Sidney Kimmel Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of Defense
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