Mutations in SPC110, encoding the yeast spindle pole body calmodulin-binding protein, cause defects in cell integrity as well as spindle formation.

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The 110 kDa spindle pole body component, Spc110p, is an essential target of calmodulin in budding yeast. Cells with mutations which reduce calmodulin binding to Spc110p are unable to form a mitotic spindle and die. Here we show that these effects can be overcome either directly by increasing extracellular calcium or calmodulin expression, which reverse the primary spindle defect, or indirectly through increased...

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