title: The Plk1-dependent phosphoproteome of the early mitotic spindle.
abstract: Polo-like kinases regulate many aspects of mitotic and meiotic progression from yeast to man. In early mitosis, mammalian Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) controls centrosome maturation, spindle assembly, and microtubule attachment to kinetochores. However, despite the essential and diverse functions of Plk1, the full range of Plk1 substrates remains to be explored. To investigate the Plk1-dependent phosphoproteome of the human mitotic spindle, we combined stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture with Plk1 inactivation or depletion followed by spindle isolation and mass spectrometry. Our study identified 358 unique Plk1-dependent phosphorylation sites on spindle proteins, including novel substrates, illustrating the complexity of the Plk1-dependent signaling network. Over 100 sites were validated by in vitro phosphorylation of peptide arrays, resulting in a broadening of the Plk1 consensus motif. Collectively, our data provide a rich source of information on Plk1-dependent phosphorylation, Plk1 docking to substrates, the influence of phosphorylation on protein localization, and the functional interaction between Plk1 and Aurora A on the early mitotic spindle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany. anna.santamaria@unibas.ch
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santamaria
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elowe
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Herman H W
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Silljé
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Körner
authors.forename: Erich A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nigg
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018385:Centrosome / Q000201:enzymology; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1
chemical_list: D064127:Aurora Kinases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D016547:Kinesins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D020543:Proteome; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1; C470243:KIF11 protein, human