title: Kinetochore protein interactions and their regulation by the Aurora kinase Ipl1p.
abstract: Although there has been a recent explosion in the identification of budding yeast kinetochore components, the physical interactions that underlie kinetochore function remain obscure. To better understand how kinetochores attach to microtubules and how this attachment is regulated, we sought to characterize the interactions among kinetochore proteins, especially with respect to the microtubule-binding Dam1 complex. The Dam1 complex plays a crucial role in the chromosome-spindle attachment and is a key target for phospho-regulation of this attachment by the Aurora kinase Ipl1p. To identify protein-protein interactions involving the Dam1 complex, and the effects of Dam1p phosphorylation state on these physical interactions, we conducted both a genome-wide two-hybrid screen and a series of biochemical binding assays for Dam1p. A two-hybrid screen of a library of 6000 yeast open reading frames identified nine kinetochore proteins as Dam1p-interacting partners. From 113 in vitro binding reactions involving all nine subunits of the Dam1 complex and 32 kinetochore proteins, we found at least nine interactions within the Dam1 complex and 19 potential partners for the Dam1 complex. Strikingly, we found that the Dam1p-Ndc80p and Dam1p-Spc34p interactions were weakened by mutations mimicking phosphorylation at Ipl1p sites, allowing us to formulate a model for the effects of phosphoregulation on kinetochore function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202, USA.
authors.forename: Ching
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Tony R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hazbun
authors.forename: Iain M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Cheeseman
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aranda
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Drubin
authors.forename: Georjana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D064127:Aurora Kinases; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: C112472:NDC80 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C491504:ARK1 protein, S cerevisiae; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases