A dynamical model of the spindle position checkpoint

作者：Caydasi Ayse Koca; Lohel Maiko; Gruenert Gerd; Dittrich Peter; Pereira Gislene^*; Ibrahim Bashar

来源：Molecular Systems Biology, 2012, 8(1): 582.

DOI：10.1038/msb.2012.15

• Bfa1
• mitotic exit network
• modeling and simulation
• spindle position checkpoint
• Tem1

The orientation of the mitotic spindle with respect to the polarity axis is crucial for the accuracy of asymmetric cell division. In budding yeast, a surveillance mechanism called the spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) prevents exit from mitosis when the mitotic spindle fails to align along the mother-to-daughter polarity axis. SPOC arrest relies upon inhibition of the GTPase Tem1 by the GTPase-activating protein (GAP) complex Bfa1-Bub2. Importantly, reactions signaling mitotic exit take place at yeast centrosomes (named spindle pole bodies, SPBs) and the GAP complex also promotes SPB localization of Tem1. Yet, whether the regulation of Tem1 by Bfa1-Bub2 takes place only at the SPBs remains elusive. Here, we present a quantitative analysis of Bfa1-Bub2 and Tem1 localization at the SPBs. Based on the measured SPB-bound protein levels, we introduce a dynamical model of the SPOC that describes the regulation of Bfa1 and Tem1. Our model suggests that Bfa1 interacts with Tem1 in the cytoplasm as well as at the SPBs to provide efficient Tem1 inhibition. Molecular Systems Biology 8: 582; published online 8 May 2012; doi:10.1038/msb.2012.15

• 出版日期2012-5
• 单位上海生物信息技术研究中心