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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 430-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2695
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- EMBO Short Term Fellowship
- ETHZ
- Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- IGBMC
- ATIP-AVENIR program
- CNRS
- INSERM
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
- European Research Council (ERC)
- MRC [G1100713] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G1100713] Funding Source: researchfish
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Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) critically regulates mitosis through its dynamic localization to kinetochores, centrosomes and the midzone. The polo-box domain (PBD) and activity of PLK1 mediate its recruitment to mitotic structures, but the mechanisms regulating PLK1 dynamics remain poorly understood. Here, we identify PLK1 as a target of the cullin 3 (CUL3)-based E3 ubiquitin ligase, containing the BTB adaptor KLHL22, which regulates chromosome alignment and PLK1 kinetochore localization but not PLK1 stability. In the absence of KLHL22, PLK1 accumulates on kinetochores, resulting in activation of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). CUL3-KLHL22 ubiquitylates Lys 492, located within the PBD, leading to PLK1 dissociation from kinetochore phosphoreceptors. Expression of a non-ubiquitylatable PLK1-K492R mutant phenocopies inactivation of CUL3-KLHL22. KLHL22 associates with the mitotic spindle and its interaction with PLK1 increases on chromosome bi-orientation. Our data suggest that CUL3-KLHL22-mediated ubiquitylation signals degradation-independent removal of PLK1 from kinetochores and SAC satisfaction, which are required for faithful mitosis.
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