Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications
Self-Regulated Plk1 Recruitment to Kinetochores by the Plk1-PBIP1 Interaction is Critical for Proper Chromosome Segregation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-3-2006
Journal Title
Molecular Cell
ISSN
1097-2765
Volume
24
Issue
3
First Page
409
Last Page
422
DOI
10.1016/j.molcel.2006.10.016
PubMed ID
17081991
Abstract
The polo-box domain (PBD) of mammalian polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is essential in targeting its catalytic activity to specific subcellular structures critical for mitosis. The mechanism underlying Plk1 recruitment to the kinetochores and the role of Plk1 at this site remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that a PBD-binding protein, PBIP1, is crucial for recruiting Plk1 to the interphase and mitotic kinetochores. Unprecedentedly, Plk1 phosphorylated PBIP1 at T78, creating a self-tethering site that specifically interacted with the PBD of Plk1, but not Plk2 or Plk3. Later in mitosis, Plk1 also induced PBIP1 degradation in a T78-dependent manner, thereby enabling itself to interact with other components critical for proper kinetochore functions. Absence of the p-T78-dependent Plk1 localization induced a chromosome congression defect and compromised the spindle checkpoint, ultimately leading to aneuploidy. Thus, Plk1 self-regulates the Plk1-PBIP1 interaction to timely localize to the kinetochores and promote proper chromosome segregation.
Keywords
Amino acid motifs, amino acid sequence, carrier proteins, cell cycle proteins, chromosome segregation, epitopes, kinetochores, biological, phosphorylation, prometaphase, prophase, protein binding, protein processing, tertiary, proteins, proto-oncogene proteins, serine, threonine
Recommended Citation
Kang, Young H.; Park, Jung-Eun; Yu, Li-Rong; Soung, Nak-Kyun; Yun, Sang-Moon; Bang, Jeong K.; Seong, Yeon-Sun; Yu, Hongtao; Garfield, Susan; Veenstra, Timothy D.; and Lee, Kyung S., "Self-Regulated Plk1 Recruitment to Kinetochores by the Plk1-PBIP1 Interaction is Critical for Proper Chromosome Segregation" (2006). Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications. 379.
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