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Phosphorylation of mammalian Sgo2 by Aurora B recruits PP2A and MCAK to centromeres

Journal

GENES & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 24, Issue 19, Pages 2169-2179

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COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1945310

Keywords

Chromosome segregation; centromere; shugoshin; Aurora B; MCAK; PP2A

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  1. JSPS
  2. MEXT-Japan
  3. Global COE Program
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21000010] Funding Source: KAKEN

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Shugoshin (Sgo) is a conserved centromeric protein. Mammalian Sgo1 collaborates with protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) to protect mitotic cohesin from the prophase dissociation pathway. Although another shugoshin-like protein, Sgo2, is required for the centromeric protection of cohesion in germ cells, its precise molecular function remains largely elusive. We demonstrate that hSgo2 plays a dual role in chromosome congression and centromeric protection of cohesion in HeLa cells, while the latter function is exposed only in perturbed mitosis. These functions partly overlap with those of Aurora B, a kinase setting faithful chromosome segregation. Accordingly, we identified the phosphorylation of hSgo2 by Aurora B at the N-terminal coiled-coil region and the middle region, and showed that these phosphorylations separately promote binding of hSgo2 to PP2A and MCAK, factors required for centromeric protection and chromosome congression, respectively. Furthermore, these phosphorylations are essential for localizing PP2A and MCAK to centromeres. This mechanism seems applicable to germ cells as well. Thus, our study identifies Sgo2 as a hitherto unknown crucial cellular substrate of Aurora B in mammalian cells.

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