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CELL REPORTS
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 1086-1099Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.001
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- Research Grants Council [662213, T13-607/12R]
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Biochemical studies have indicated that p31(comet) and TRIP13 are critical for inactivating MAD2. To address unequivocally whether p31(comet) and TRIP13 are required for mitotic exit at the cellular level, their genes were ablated either individually or together in human cells. Neither p31(comet) nor TRIP13 were absolutely required for unperturbed mitosis. MAD2 inactivation was only partially impaired in p31(comet) - deficient cells. In contrast, TRIP13-deficient cells contained MAD2 exclusively in the C-MAD2 conformation. Our results indicate that although p31(comet) enhanced TRIP13-mediated MAD2 conversion, it was not absolutely necessary for the process. Paradoxically, TRIP13-deficient cells were unable to activate the spindle-assembly checkpoint, revealing that cells lacking the ability to inactivate MAD2 were incapable in mounting a checkpoint response. These results establish a paradigm of the roles of p31(comet) and TRIP13 in both checkpoint activation and inactivation.
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