Principles and dynamics of spindle assembly checkpoint signalling

AD McAinsh, GJPL Kops - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The transmission of a complete set of chromosomes to daughter cells during cell division is
vital for development and tissue homeostasis. The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) …

The four causes: the functional architecture of centromeres and kinetochores

AD McAinsh, AL Marston - Annual review of genetics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Kinetochores are molecular machines that power chromosome segregation during the
mitotic and meiotic cell divisions of all eukaryotes. Aristotle explains how we think we have …

Distinct roles of RZZ and Bub1-KNL1 in mitotic checkpoint signaling and kinetochore expansion

JA Rodriguez-Rodriguez, C Lewis, KL McKinley… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Summary The Mad1-Mad2 heterodimer is the catalytic hub of the spindle assembly
checkpoint (SAC), which controls M phase progression through a multi-subunit anaphase …

RZZ‐Spindly and CENP‐E form an integrated platform to recruit dynein to the kinetochore corona

V Cmentowski, G Ciossani, E d'Amico… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Chromosome biorientation on the mitotic spindle is prerequisite to errorless genome
inheritance. CENP‐E (kinesin‐7) and dynein–dynactin (DD), microtubule motors with …

Conformational transitions of the Spindly adaptor underlie its interaction with Dynein and Dynactin

EA d'Amico, M Ud Din Ahmad, V Cmentowski… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
Cytoplasmic Dynein 1, or Dynein, is a microtubule minus end–directed motor. Dynein
motility requires Dynactin and a family of activating adaptors that stabilize the Dynein …

[HTML][HTML] Non-centrosomal microtubules at kinetochores promote rapid chromosome biorientation during mitosis in human cells

F Renda, C Miles, I Tikhonenko, R Fisher, L Carlini… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Proper segregation of chromosomes during mitosis depends on" amphitelic attachments"—
load-bearing connections of sister kinetochores to the opposite spindle poles via bundles of …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule nucleation from the fibrous corona by LIC1-pericentrin promotes chromosome congression

J Wu, A Larreategui-Aparicio, MLA Lambers, DL Bodor… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Error-free chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis relies on the assembly of a
microtubule-based spindle that interacts with kinetochores to guide chromosomes to the cell …

Evolutionary dynamics of the spindle assembly checkpoint in eukaryotes

GJPL Kops, B Snel, EC Tromer - Current biology, 2020 - cell.com
The tremendous diversity in eukaryotic life forms can ultimately be traced back to
evolutionary modifications at the level of molecular networks. Deep understanding of these …

Orchestration of the spindle assembly checkpoint by CDK1‐cyclin B1

D Hayward, T Alfonso‐Pérez, U Gruneberg - FEBS letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In mitosis, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) monitors the formation of microtubule‐
kinetochore attachments during capture of chromosomes by the mitotic spindle. Spindle …

Dynein at the kinetochore

R Gassmann - Journal of cell science, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The microtubule minus-end-directed motility of cytoplasmic dynein 1 (dynein), arguably the
most complex and versatile cytoskeletal motor, is harnessed for diverse functions, such as …