Histone H3 Thr-3 phosphorylation by Haspin positions Aurora B at centromeres in mitosis.

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Wang F, Dai J, Daum JR, Niedzialkowska E, Banerjee B, Stukenberg PT, Gorbsky GJ, Higgins JM

Histone H3 Thr-3 phosphorylation by Haspin positions Aurora B at centromeres in mitosis.

Science. 2010 Oct 8;330(6001):231-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1189435. Epub 2010 Aug 12.

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Abstract

Aurora B is a component of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) required for correct spindle-kinetochore attachments during chromosome segregation and for cytokinesis. The chromatin factors that recruit the CPC to centromeres are unknown, however. Here we show that phosphorylation of histone H3 threonine 3 (H3T3ph) by Haspin is necessary for CPC accumulation at centromeres and that the CPC subunit Survivin binds directly to H3T3ph. A nonbinding Survivin-D70A/D71A mutant does not support centromeric CPC concentration, and both Haspin depletion and Survivin-D70A/D71A mutation diminish centromere localization of the kinesin MCAK and the mitotic checkpoint response to taxol. Survivin-D70A/D71A mutation and microinjection of H3T3ph-specific antibody both compromise centromeric Aurora B functions but do not prevent cytokinesis. Therefore, H3T3ph generated by Haspin positions the CPC at centromeres to regulate selected targets of Aurora B during mitosis.

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Polypeptides
NameUniProt ID
Serine/threonine-protein kinase haspinQ8TF76Details