Vanoosthuyse Vincent, Hardwick Kevin G
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom.
Genes Dev. 2009 Dec 15;23(24):2799-805. doi: 10.1101/gad.1882109.
Spindle checkpoint silencing is a critical step during mitosis that initiates chromosome segregation, yet surprisingly little is known about its mechanism. Protein phosphatase I (PP1) was shown recently to be a key player in this process, and in this issue of Genes & Deverlopment, Akiyoshi and colleagues (pp. 2887-2899) identify budding yeast Fin1p as a kinetochore-localized regulator of PP1 activity toward checkpoint targets. Here we review recent mechanistic insights and propose a working model for spindle checkpoint silencing.
纺锤体检查点沉默是有丝分裂过程中启动染色体分离的关键步骤,但令人惊讶的是,其机制鲜为人知。蛋白磷酸酶I(PP1)最近被证明是这一过程中的关键因子,在本期《基因与发育》中,秋吉及其同事(第2887 - 2899页)确定出芽酵母Fin1p是一种定位于动粒的PP1针对检查点靶标的活性调节因子。在此,我们综述了最近的机制见解,并提出了一个纺锤体检查点沉默的工作模型。