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MBC in Press, published online ahead of print July 1, 2009
Mol. Biol. Cell 10.1091/mbc.E09-04-0289

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Submitted on April 9, 2009
Revised on June 18, 2009
Accepted on June 19, 2009

A Link between Aurora Kinase and Clp1/Cdc14 Regulation Uncovered by the Identification of a Fission Yeast Borealin-like Protein

K. Adam Bohnert,*{dagger} Jun-Song Chen,*{dagger} Dawn M. Clifford,*{ddagger} Craig W. Vander Kooi,{sect} and Kathleen L. Gould*

*Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232; {sect}Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536

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The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) regulates various events in cell division. This complex is composed of a catalytic subunit, Aurora B kinase, and three nonenzymatic subunits, INCENP, Survivin, and Borealin. Together, these four subunits interdependently regulate CPC function, and they are highly conserved among eukaryotes. However, a Borealin homolog has never been characterized in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Here, we isolate a previously uncharacterized S. pombe protein through association with the Cdc14 phosphatase homolog, Clp1/Flp1, and identify it as a Borealin-like member of the CPC. Nbl1 (novel Borealin-like 1) physically associates with known CPC components, affects the kinase activity and stability of the S. pombe Aurora B homolog, Ark1, colocalizes with known CPC subunits during mitosis, and shows sequence similarity to human Borealin. Further analysis of the Clp1-Nbl1 interaction indicates that Clp1 requires CPC activity for proper accumulation at the contractile ring (CR). Consistent with this, we describe negative genetic interactions between mutant alleles of CPC and CR components. Thus, this study characterizes a fission yeast Borealin homolog and reveals a previously unrecognized connection between the CPC and the process of cytokinesis in S. pombe.

{dagger}These authors contributed equally to this work.

{ddagger}Present address: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401.

Address correspondence to: Kathleen L. Gould (kathy.gould{at}vanderbilt.edu)






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