Aurora A phosphorylation of TACC3/maskin is required for centrosome-dependent microtubule assembly in mitosis

Centrosomes act as sites of microtubule growth, but little is known about how the number and stability of microtubules emanating from a centrosome are controlled during the cell cycle. We studied the role of the TACC3–XMAP215 complex in this process by using purified proteins and Xenopus laevis egg...

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Autores principales: Kinoshita, Kazuhisa, Noetzel, Tim L., Pelletier, Laurence, Mechtler, Karl, Drechsel, David N., Schwager, Anne, Lee, Mike, Raff, Jordan W., Hyman, Anthony A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2005
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2171544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16172205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200503023
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Sumario:Centrosomes act as sites of microtubule growth, but little is known about how the number and stability of microtubules emanating from a centrosome are controlled during the cell cycle. We studied the role of the TACC3–XMAP215 complex in this process by using purified proteins and Xenopus laevis egg extracts. We show that TACC3 forms a one-to-one complex with and enhances the microtubule-stabilizing activity of XMAP215 in vitro. TACC3 enhances the number of microtubules emanating from mitotic centrosomes, and its targeting to centrosomes is regulated by Aurora A–dependent phosphorylation. We propose that Aurora A regulation of TACC3 activity defines a centrosome-specific mechanism for regulation of microtubule polymerization in mitosis.

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