Journal
MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 60, Issue 6, Pages 886-898Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.10.027
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- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences [GM088313, GM108718, GM082989]
- Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society [121776]
- NRSA [CA186430]
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Duringmitosis, the macromolecular kinetochore complex assembles on the centromere to orchestrate chromosome segregation. The properties and architecture of the 16-subunit Constitutive Centromere-Associated Network (CCAN) that allow it to build a robust platform for kinetochore assembly are poorly understood. Here, we use inducible CRISPR knockouts and biochemical reconstitutions to define the interactions between the human CCAN proteins. We find that the CCAN does not assemble as a linear hierarchy, and instead, each sub-complex requires multiple non-redundant interactions for its localization to centromeres and the structural integrity of the overall assembly. We demonstrate that the CENP-L-N complex plays a crucial role at the core of this assembly through interactions with CENP-C and CENP-H-I-KM. Finally, we show that the CCAN is remodeled over the cell cycle such that sub-complexes depend on their interactions differentially. Thus, an interdependent meshwork within the CCAN underlies the centromere specificity and stability of the kinetochore.
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