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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
卷 177, 期 6, 页码 1005-1015出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200702062
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T he eukaryotic spindle assembly checkpoint ( SAC) monitors microtubule attachment to kinetochores and prevents anaphase onset until all kineto chores are aligned on the metaphase plate. In higher eukaryotes, cytoplasmic dynein is involved in silencing the SAC by removing the checkpoint proteins Mad2 and the Rod - Zw10 - Zwilch complex ( RZZ) from aligned kinetochores ( Howell, B. J., B. F. McEwen, J. C. Canman, D. B. Hoffman, E. M. Farrar, C. L. Rieder, and E. D. Salmon. 2001. J. Cell Biol. 155: 1159 - 1172; Wojcik, E., R. Basto, M. Serr, F. Scaerou, R. Karess, and T. Hays. 2001. Nat. Cell Biol. 3: 1001 - 1007). Using a high throughput RNA interference screen in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells, we have identified a new protein ( Spindly) that accumulates on unat tached kinetochores and is required for silencing the SAC. After the depletion of Spindly, dynein cannot target to kinetochores, and, as a result, cells arrest in metaphase with high levels of kinetochore- bound Mad2 and RZZ. We also identified a human homologue of Spindly that serves a similar function. However, dynein's non-kinetochore functions are unaffected by Spindly depletion. Our findings indicate that Spindly is a novel regulator of mitotic dynein, functioning specifically to target dynein to kinetochores.
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