Microtubule attachment and spindle assembly checkpoint signalling at the kinetochore

作者:Foley Emily A*; Kapoor Tarun M
来源:Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2013, 14(1): 25-37.
DOI:10.1038/nrm3494

摘要

In eukaryotes, chromosome segregation during cell division is facilitated by the kinetochore, a multiprotein structure that is assembled on centromeric DNA. The kinetochore attaches chromosomes to spindle microtubules, modulates the stability of these attachments and relays the microtubule-binding status to the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), a cell cycle surveillance pathway that delays chromosome segregation in response to unattached kinetochores. Recent studies are shaping current thinking on how each of these kinetochore-centred processes is achieved, and how their integration ensures faithful chromosome segregation, focusing on the essential roles of kinase-phosphatase signalling and the microtubule-binding KMN protein network.

  • 出版日期2013-1