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MOLECULAR CELL
卷 46, 期 3, 页码 274-286出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.03.005
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- Max Planck Gesellschaft
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM)
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Swiss Cancer League [KFS 02657-08-2010]
- [Sonderforschungsbereich SFB646]
The Ska complex is an essential mitotic component required for accurate cell division in human cells. It is composed of three subunits that function together to establish stable kinetochore-microtubule interactions in concert with the Ndc80 network. We show that the structure of the Ska core complex is a W-shaped dimer of coiled coils, formed by intertwined interactions between Ska1, Ska2, and Ska3. The C-terminal domains of Skal and Ska3 protrude at each end of the homodimer, bind microtubules in vitro when connected to the central core, and are essential in vivo. Mutations disrupting the central coiled coil or the dimerization interface result in chromosome congression failure followed by cell death. The Ska complex is thus endowed with bipartite and cooperative tubulin-binding properties at the ends of a 350 angstrom-long molecule. We discuss how this symmetric architecture might complement and stabilize the Ndc80-microtubule attachments with analogies to the yeast Dam1/DASH complex.
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