A molecular view of kinetochore assembly and function

A Musacchio, A Desai - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Kinetochores are large protein assemblies that connect chromosomes to microtubules of the
mitotic and meiotic spindles in order to distribute the replicated genome from a mother cell to …

The four causes: the functional architecture of centromeres and kinetochores

AD McAinsh, AL Marston - Annual review of genetics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Kinetochores are molecular machines that power chromosome segregation during the
mitotic and meiotic cell divisions of all eukaryotes. Aristotle explains how we think we have …

circTP63 functions as a ceRNA to promote lung squamous cell carcinoma progression by upregulating FOXM1

Z Cheng, C Yu, S Cui, H Wang, H **, C Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are identified as vital regulators in a variety of cancers. However,
the role of circRNA in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) remains largely unknown …

Structure of the human inner kinetochore bound to a centromeric CENP-A nucleosome

S Yatskevich, KW Muir, D Bellini, Z Zhang, J Yang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Kinetochores assemble onto specialized centromeric CENP-A (centromere protein A)
nucleosomes (CENP-ANuc) to mediate attachments between chromosomes and the mitotic …

Structure of the human inner kinetochore CCAN complex and its significance for human centromere organization

ME Pesenti, T Raisch, D Conti, K Walstein, I Hoffmann… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Centromeres are specialized chromosome loci that seed the kinetochore, a large protein
complex that effects chromosome segregation. A 16-subunit complex, the constitutive …

BUB1 and CENP-U, primed by CDK1, are the main PLK1 kinetochore receptors in mitosis

P Singh, ME Pesenti, S Maffini, S Carmignani… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Reflecting its pleiotropic functions, Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) localizes to various sub-cellular
structures during mitosis. At kinetochores, PLK1 contributes to microtubule attachments and …

Structure of the inner kinetochore CCAN complex assembled onto a centromeric nucleosome

K Yan, J Yang, Z Zhang, SH McLaughlin, L Chang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis maintains genome
stability and prevents aneuploidy. Kinetochores are large protein complexes that, by …

The cell cycle, cancer development and therapy

E Jamasbi, M Hamelian, MA Hossain… - Molecular biology reports, 2022 - Springer
The process of cell division plays a vital role in cancer progression. Cell proliferation and
error-free chromosomes segregation during mitosis are central events in life cycle. Mistakes …

Structure of the MIS12 complex and molecular basis of its interaction with CENP-C at human kinetochores

A Petrovic, J Keller, Y Liu, K Overlack, J John… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Kinetochores, multisubunit protein assemblies, connect chromosomes to spindle
microtubules to promote chromosome segregation. The 10-subunit KMN assembly …

Kinase and phosphatase cross-talk at the kinetochore

AT Saurin - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Multiple kinases and phosphatases act on the kinetochore to control chromosome
segregation: Aurora B, Mps1, Bub1, Plk1, Cdk1, PP1, and PP2A-B56, have all been shown …