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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
卷 8, 期 2, 页码 137-U10出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1349
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM52022] Funding Source: Medline
The gamma-tubulin ring complex (gamma TuRC) is a large multi-protein complex that is required for microtubule nucleation from the centrosome. Here, we show that the GCP-WD protein ( originally named NEDD1) is the orthologue of the Drosophila Dgrip71WD protein, and is a subunit of the human gamma TuRC. GCP- WD has the properties of an attachment factor for the gamma TuRC: depletion or inhibition of GCP-WD results in loss of the gamma TuRC from the centrosome, abolishing centrosomal microtubule nucleation, although the gamma TuRC is intact and able to bind to microtubules. GCP-WD depletion also blocks mitotic chromatin-mediated microtubule nucleation, resulting in failure of spindle assembly. Mitotic phosphorylation of GCP-WD is required for association of gamma-tubulin with the spindle, separately from association with the centrosome. Our results indicate that GCP-WD broadly mediates targeting of the gamma TuRC to sites of microtubule nucleation and to the mitotic spindle, which is essential for spindle formation.
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