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El complejo de kinetocoros Ndc80 forma matrices oligoméricas a lo largo de los microtúbulos
Gregory M Alushin1, Vincent H Ramey, Sebastiano Pasqualato
1Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Nature
|October 15, 2010
Resumen
El complejo Ndc80 se une a los microtúbulos a través de las interacciones de la tubulina. Esta unión, junto con la autoasociación, revela cómo la Aurora B quinasa puede controlar los accesorios de la división celular.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología Estructural Biología estructural.
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- El complejo Ndc80 es crucial para las adherencias cinetocoro-microtubulares durante la división celular.
- El mecanismo molecular preciso de la función del complejo Ndc80 sigue sin estar claro.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para dilucidar el mecanismo molecular de la unión compleja de Ndc80 a los microtúbulos.
- Para entender cómo se produce la autoasociación compleja de Ndc80 y la regulación por la Aurora B quinasa.
Principales métodos:
- Microscopía cryoelectrónica (cryo-EM) de resolución subnanométrica del complejo Ndc80 humano unido a los microtúbulos.
- Integración de los datos cryo-EM con las estructuras cristalinas de las proteínas componentes.
Principales resultados:
- El complejo Ndc80 se une a los microtúbulos a través de las repeticiones del monómero de la tubulina, interactuando tanto con la alfa como con la beta-tubulina.
- Las interacciones son sensibles a la conformación de las tubulinas e implican interfaces de dímeros intra e intertubulinas.
- Los complejos Ndc80 se autoasocian a lo largo de los protofilamentos a través de la cola amino-terminal de la proteína NDC80.
- Esta cola es un sitio para la regulación del fosfo por la Aurora B quinasa.
Conclusiones:
- El estudio revela el modo detallado de la interacción compleja de Ndc80 con los microtúbulos.
- La oligomerización del complejo Ndc80 sugiere un mecanismo regulador para la estabilidad de la fijación cinetocoro-microtubular.
- Es probable que la aurora B quinasa regule la estabilidad de la unión a través de la regulación fosfórica del complejo Ndc80.
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