MISP is a novel Plk1 substrate required for proper spindle orientation and mitotic progression.
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Zhu M, Settele F, Kotak S, Sanchez-Pulido L, Ehret L, Ponting CP, Gonczy P, Hoffmann I
MISP is a novel Plk1 substrate required for proper spindle orientation and mitotic progression.
J Cell Biol. 2013 Mar 18;200(6):773-87. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201207050.
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Precise positioning of the mitotic spindle determines the correct cell division axis and is crucial for organism development. Spindle positioning is mediated through a cortical machinery by capturing astral microtubules, thereby generating pushing/pulling forces at the cell cortex. However, the molecular link between these two structures remains elusive. Here we describe a previously uncharacterized protein, MISP (C19orf21), as a substrate of Plk1 that is required for correct mitotic spindle positioning. MISP is an actin-associated protein throughout the cell cycle. MISP depletion led to an impaired metaphase-to-anaphase transition, which depended on phosphorylation by Plk1. Loss of MISP induced mitotic defects including spindle misorientation accompanied by shortened astral microtubules. Furthermore, we find that MISP formed a complex with and regulated the cortical distribution of the +TIP binding protein p150(glued), a subunit of the dynein-dynactin complex. We propose that Plk1 phosphorylates MISP, thus stabilizing cortical and astral microtubule attachments required for proper mitotic spindle positioning.