title: repp86: A human protein associated in the progression of mitosis.
abstract: Human repp86 becomes detectable in the nucleoplasm of cycling cells at the G(1)-S boundary, condenses at the centrosomes with the onset of mitosis, during which it progressively locates to the mitotic spindle and to the midbody, and vanishes at the completion of cytokinesis. The repp86 cDNA was cloned and sequenced. Full-length repp86 and its COOH-terminal domain cosediment with polymerized microtubules, linking repp86 to the family of microtubule-associated proteins. During prophase and metaphase, repp86 interacts on the mitotic spindle with the putative motor protein Hklp2. Thus, repp86 may function in targeting Hklp2 to the microtubule minus ends, its activity being regulated by phosphorylation of serine/threonine residues. Exogenous overexpression of repp86 provokes accumulation of cells in G(2)-M phase and subsequent polyploidization, suggesting that excess repp86 may interfere with correct nuclear division.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematopathology and Lymph Node Registry, University of Kiel, Germany. hheidebrecht@path.uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: Hans-Juergen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Heidebrecht
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adam-Klages
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczepanowski
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pollmann
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Buck
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Endl
authors.forename: Marie-Luise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudolph
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parwaresch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004720:Endonucleases; D016195:G2 Phase; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008938:Mitosis; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C486567:KIF15 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D004720:Endonucleases; C095221:SND1 protein, human; D016547:Kinesins