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A more recent version of this article appeared on August 1, 2006
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Submitted on March 27, 2006
Accepted on May 31, 2006
Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9041
Monitoring Editor: Mark Solomon
Plk1 is required for the generation of the tension-sensing 3F3/2 kinetochore epitope and facilitates kinetochore localization of Mad2 and other spindle checkpoint proteins. Here we investigate the mechanism by which Plk1 itself is recruited to kinetochores. We show that Plk1 binds to Bub1 in mitotic human cells. The Plk1-Bub1 interaction requires the polo-box domain (PBD) of Plk1 and is enhanced by Cdk1-mediated phosphorylation of Bub1 at T609. The PBD-dependent binding of Plk1 to Bub1 facilitates phosphorylation of Bub1 by Plk1 in vitro. Depletion of Bub1 in HeLa cells by RNA interference (RNAi) diminishes the kinetochore localization of Plk1. Ectopic expression of the wild-type Bub1, but not the Bub1-T609A mutant, in Bub1-RNAi cells restores the kinetochore localization of Plk1. Our results suggest that phosphorylation of Bub1 at T609 by Cdk1 creates a docking site for the PBD of Plk1 and facilitates the kinetochore recruitment of Plk1.
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