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Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2006, p. 2648-2660, Vol. 26, No. 7
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.26.7.2648-2660.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Glc7/Protein Phosphatase 1 Regulatory Subunits Can Oppose the Ipl1/Aurora Protein Kinase by Redistributing Glc7

Benjamin A. Pinsky,1,2 Chitra V. Kotwaliwale,1,2 Sean Y. Tatsutani,2 Christopher A. Breed,2 and Sue Biggins2*

Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington,1 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 981952

Received 26 July 2005/ Returned for modification 26 September 2005/ Accepted 10 January 2006

Faithful chromosome segregation depends on the opposing activities of the budding yeast Glc7/PP1 protein phosphatase and Ipl1/Aurora protein kinase. We explored the relationship between Glc7 and Ipl1 and found that the phosphorylation of the Ipl1 substrate, Dam1, was altered by decreased Glc7 activity, whereas Ipl1 levels, localization, and kinase activity were not. These data strongly suggest that Glc7 ensures accurate chromosome segregation by dephosphorylating Ipl1 targets rather than regulating the Ipl1 kinase. To identify potential Glc7 and Ipl1 substrates, we isolated ipl1-321 dosage suppressors. Seven genes (SDS22, BUD14, GIP3, GIP4, SOL1, SOL2, and PEX31) encode newly identified ipl1 dosage suppressors, and all 10 suppressors encode proteins that physically interact with Glc7. The overexpression of the Gip3 and Gip4 suppressors altered Glc7 localization, indicating they are previously unidentified Glc7 regulatory subunits. In addition, the overexpression of Gip3 and Gip4 from the galactose promoter restored Dam1 phosphorylation in ipl1-321 mutant cells and caused wild-type cells to arrest in metaphase with unsegregated chromosomes, suggesting that Gip3 and Gip4 overexpression impairs Glc7's mitotic functions. We therefore propose that the overexpression of Glc7 regulatory subunits can titrate Glc7 away from relevant Ipl1 targets and thereby suppress ipl1-321 cells by restoring the balance of phosphatase/kinase activity.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 1100 Fairview Ave. N., P.O. Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109. Phone: (206) 667-1351. Fax: (206) 667-6526. E-mail: sbiggins{at}fhcrc.org.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2006, p. 2648-2660, Vol. 26, No. 7
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.26.7.2648-2660.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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