title: Kinetochore orientation during meiosis is controlled by Aurora B and the monopolin complex.
abstract: Kinetochores of sister chromatids attach to microtubules emanating from the same pole (coorientation) during meiosis I and microtubules emanating from opposite poles (biorientation) during meiosis II. We find that the Aurora B kinase Ipl1 regulates kinetochore-microtubule attachment during both meiotic divisions and that a complex known as the monopolin complex ensures that the protein kinase coorients sister chromatids during meiosis I. Furthermore, the defining of conditions sufficient to induce sister kinetochore coorientation during mitosis provides insight into monopolin complex function. The monopolin complex joins sister kinetochores independently of cohesins, the proteins that hold sister chromatids together. We propose that this function of the monopolin complex helps Aurora B coorient sister chromatids during meiosis I.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monje-Casas
authors.forename: Vineet R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: Brian H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boselli
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amon
mesh_terms: D064127:Aurora Kinases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002842:Chromatids / Q000378:metabolism; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008540:Meiosis; D008938:Mitosis; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D064127:Aurora Kinases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000097722:Cohesins; C518266:Mam1 protein, S cerevisiae; C097192:SPO13 protein, S cerevisiae; C576961:IPL1 protein, S cerevisiae