Kawaguchi Shin-ichi, Zheng Yixian
Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA.
Mol Biol Cell. 2004 Jan;15(1):37-45. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e03-03-0191. Epub 2003 Oct 17.
The centrosome in animal cells provides a major microtubule-nucleating site that regulates the microtubule cytoskeleton temporally and spatially throughout the cell cycle. We report the identification in Drosophila melanogaster of a large coiled-coil centrosome protein that can bind to calmodulin. Biochemical studies reveal that this novel Drosophila centrosome protein, centrosome protein of 309 kDa (CP309), cofractionates with the gamma-tubulin ring complex and the centrosome-complementing activity. We show that CP309 is required for microtubule nucleation mediated by centrosomes and that it interacts with the gamma-tubulin small complex. These findings suggest that the microtubule-nucleating activity of the centrosome requires the function of CP309.
动物细胞中的中心体提供了一个主要的微管成核位点,在整个细胞周期中对微管细胞骨架进行时空调节。我们报告了在黑腹果蝇中鉴定出一种能与钙调蛋白结合的大型卷曲螺旋中心体蛋白。生化研究表明,这种新的果蝇中心体蛋白,即309 kDa的中心体蛋白(CP309),与γ-微管蛋白环复合物及中心体互补活性共分离。我们发现CP309是中心体介导的微管成核所必需的,并且它与γ-微管蛋白小复合物相互作用。这些发现表明中心体的微管成核活性需要CP309的功能。