Article
Phosphorylation and activation of Bub1 on unattached chromosomes facilitate the spindle checkpoint.
The EMBO journal - 4 Aug 2004
Chen Rey-Huei
Abstract excerpt
The spindle checkpoint inhibits anaphase until all kinetochores have attached properly to spindle microtubules. The protein kinase Bub1 is an essential checkpoint component that resides at kinetochores during mitosis. It is shown herein that Xenopus Bub1 becomes hyperphosphorylated and the kinase is activated on unattached chromosomes. MAP kinase (MAPK) contributes to this phosphorylation, as inhibiting MAPK or...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Chromosomes
- Enzyme Activation
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
- Kinetochores
- Mutation
- Ovum
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Kinases
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
