Borealin: a novel chromosomal passenger required for stability of the bipolar mitotic spindle.

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Gassmann R, Carvalho A, Henzing AJ, Ruchaud S, Hudson DF, Honda R, Nigg EA, Gerloff DL, Earnshaw WC

Borealin: a novel chromosomal passenger required for stability of the bipolar mitotic spindle.

J Cell Biol. 2004 Jul 19;166(2):179-91. Epub 2004 Jul 12.

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Abstract

The chromosomal passenger complex of Aurora B kinase, INCENP, and Survivin has essential regulatory roles at centromeres and the central spindle in mitosis. Here, we describe Borealin, a novel member of the complex. Approximately half of Aurora B in mitotic cells is complexed with INCENP, Borealin, and Survivin; and Borealin binds Survivin and INCENP in vitro. A second complex contains Aurora B and INCENP, but no Borealin or Survivin. Depletion of Borealin by RNA interference delays mitotic progression and results in kinetochore-spindle misattachments and an increase in bipolar spindles associated with ectopic asters. The extra poles, which apparently form after chromosomes achieve a bipolar orientation, severely disrupt the partitioning of chromosomes in anaphase. Borealin depletion has little effect on histone H3 serine10 phosphorylation. These results implicate the chromosomal passenger holocomplex in the maintenance of spindle integrity and suggest that histone H3 serine10 phosphorylation is performed by an Aurora B-INCENP subcomplex.

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Polypeptides
NameUniProt ID
Aurora kinase BQ96GD4Details
Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 5O15392Details
Inner centromere proteinQ9NQS7Details