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Mol. Cell. Biol., 01 1998, 468-476, Vol 18, No. 1
PM Jorgensen, E Brundell, M Starborg and C Hoog
Sister chromatids in early mitotic cells are held together mainly by
interactions between centromeres. The separation of sister chromatids at
the transition between the metaphase and the anaphase stages of mitosis
depends on the anaphase-promoting complex (APC), a 20S ubiquitin-ligase
complex that targets proteins for destruction. A subunit of the APC, called
APC-alpha in Xenopus (and whose homologs are APC-1, Cut4, BIME, and Tsg24),
has recently been identified and shown to be required for entry into
anaphase. We now show that the mammalian APC-alpha homolog, Tsg24, is a
centromere-associated protein. While this protein is detected only during
the prophase to the anaphase stages of mitosis in Chinese hamster cells, it
is constitutively associated with the centromeres in murine cells. We show
that there are two forms of this protein in mammalian cells, a soluble form
associated with other components of the APC and a centromere-bound form. We
also show that both the Tsg24 protein and the Cdc27 protein, another APC
component, are bound to isolated mitotic chromosomes. These results
therefore support a model in which the APC by ubiquitination of a
centromere protein regulates the sister chromatid separation process.
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology
A subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex is a centromere-associated protein in mammalian cells
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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