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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 2216-2225Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-11-0987
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- NCRR NIH HHS [RR000592, P41 RR000592] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM33787, R01 GM033787] Funding Source: Medline
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Chromosome biorientation, the attachment of sister kinetochores to sister spindle poles, is vitally important for accurate chromosome segregation. We have studied this process by following the congression of pole-proximal kinetochores and their subsequent anaphase segregation in fission yeast cells that carry deletions in any or all of this organism's minus end-directed, microtubule-dependent motors: two related kinesin 14s (Pkl1p and Klp2p) and dynein. None of these deletions abolished biorientation, but fewer chromosomes segregated normally without Pkl1p, and to a lesser degree without dynein, than in wild-type cells. In the absence of Pkl1p, which normally localizes to the spindle and its poles, the checkpoint that monitors chromosome biorientation was defective, leading to frequent precocious anaphase. Ultrastructural analysis of mutant mitotic spindles suggests that Pkl1p contributes to error-free biorientation by promoting normal spindle pole organization, whereas dynein helps to anchor a focused bundle of spindle microtubules at the pole.
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