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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 715-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.10.011
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- Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders [G0B9917N, GOA5317N]
- Flemish Concerted Research Action [GOA/15/016]
- Belgian Foundation Against Cancer
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The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) generates a diffusible protein complex that prevents anaphase until all chromosomes are properly attached to spindle microtubules. A key step in SAC initiation is the recruitment of MAD1 to kinetochores, which is generally thought to be governed by the microtubule-kinetochore (MT-KT) attachment status. However, we demonstrate that the recruitment of MAD1 via BUB1, a conserved kinetochore receptor, is not affected by MT-KT interactions in human cells. Instead, BUB1: MAD1 interaction depends on BUB1 phosphorylation, which is controlled by a biochemical timer that integrates counteracting kinase and phosphatase effects on BUB1 into a pulse-generating incoherent feedforward loop. We propose that this attachment-independent timer serves to rapidly activate the SAC at mitotic entry, before the attachment-sensing MAD1 receptors have become fully operational. The BUB1-centered timer is largely impervious to conventional anti-mitotic drugs, and it is, therefore, a promising therapeutic target to induce cell death through permanent SAC activation.
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