title: Human MPS1 kinase is required for mitotic arrest induced by the loss of CENP-E from kinetochores.
abstract: We have determined that the previously identified dual-specificity protein kinase TTK is the human orthologue of the yeast MPS1 kinase. Yeast MPS1 (monopolar spindle) is required for spindle pole duplication and the spindle checkpoint. Consistent with the recently identified vertebrate MPS1 homologues, we found that hMPS1 is localized to centrosomes and kinetochores. In addition, hMPS1 is part of a growing list of kinetochore proteins that are localized to nuclear pores. hMPS1 is required by cells to arrest in mitosis in response to spindle defects and kinetochore defects resulting from the loss of the kinesin-like protein, CENP-E. The pattern of kinetochore localization of hMPS1 in CENP-E defective cells suggests that their interaction with the kinetochore is sensitive to microtubule occupancy rather than kinetochore tension. hMPS1 is required for MAD1, MAD2 but not hBUB1, hBUBR1 and hROD to bind to kinetochores. We localized the kinetochore targeting domain in hMPS1 and found that it can abrogate the mitotic checkpoint in a dominant negative manner. Last, hMPS1 was found to associate with the anaphase promoting complex, thus raising the possibility that its checkpoint functions extend beyond the kinetochore.
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA.
authors.forename: Song-Tao
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gordon K T
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hittle
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: Tim J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000705:Anaphase / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D018385:Centrosome / Q000378:metabolism; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007399:Interphase / Q000502:physiology; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D022022:Nuclear Pore / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C501384:MAD1L1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C068688:centromere protein E; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C075840:TTK protein, human