The spindle assembly checkpoint

P Lara-Gonzalez, FG Westhorpe, SS Taylor - Current biology, 2012 - cell.com
During mitosis and meiosis, the spindle assembly checkpoint acts to maintain genome
stability by delaying cell division until accurate chromosome segregation can be …

Signalling dynamics in the spindle checkpoint response

N London, S Biggins - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
The spindle checkpoint ensures proper chromosome segregation during cell division.
Unravelling checkpoint signalling has been a long-standing challenge owing to the …

Molecular basis of APC/C regulation by the spindle assembly checkpoint

C Alfieri, L Chang, Z Zhang, J Yang, S Maslen… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
In the dividing eukaryotic cell, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) ensures that each
daughter cell inherits an identical set of chromosomes. The SAC coordinates the correct …

Phosphodependent recruitment of Bub1 and Bub3 to Spc7/KNL1 by Mph1 kinase maintains the spindle checkpoint

LA Shepperd, JC Meadows, AM Sochaj, TC Lancaster… - Current Biology, 2012 - cell.com
The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is the major surveillance system that ensures that
sister chromatids do not separate until all chromosomes are correctly bioriented during …

Bub3 reads phosphorylated MELT repeats to promote spindle assembly checkpoint signaling

I Primorac, JR Weir, E Chiroli, F Gross, I Hoffmann… - Elife, 2013 - elifesciences.org
Regulation of macromolecular interactions by phosphorylation is crucial in signaling
networks. In the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), which enables errorless chromosome …

Joined at the hip: kinetochores, microtubules, and spindle assembly checkpoint signaling

C Sacristan, GJPL Kops - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
Error-free chromosome segregation relies on stable connections between kinetochores and
spindle microtubules. The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) monitors such connections …

Direct binding between BubR1 and B56–PP2A phosphatase complexes regulate mitotic progression

T Kruse, G Zhang, MSY Larsen… - Journal of cell …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
BubR1 is a central component of the spindle assembly checkpoint that inhibits progression
into anaphase in response to improper kinetochore–microtubule interactions. In addition …

Cryo-EM of mitotic checkpoint complex-bound APC/C reveals reciprocal and conformational regulation of ubiquitin ligation

M Yamaguchi, R VanderLinden, F Weissmann, R Qiao… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
The mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC) coordinates proper chromosome biorientation on the
spindle with ubiquitination activities of CDC20-activated anaphase-promoting …

A molecular basis for the differential roles of Bub1 and BubR1 in the spindle assembly checkpoint

K Overlack, I Primorac, M Vleugel, V Krenn, S Maffini… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) monitors and promotes kinetochore–microtubule
attachment during mitosis. Bub1 and BubR1, SAC components, originated from duplication …

Evolution and function of the mitotic checkpoint

M Vleugel, E Hoogendoorn, B Snel, GJPL Kops - Developmental cell, 2012 - cell.com
The mitotic checkpoint evolved to prevent cell division when chromosomes have not
established connections with the chromosome segregation machinery. Many of the …