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- Title
γ-Tubulin complex-mediated anchoring of spindle microtubules to spindle-pole bodies requires Msd1 in fission yeast.
- Authors
Toya, Mika; Sato, Masamitsu; Haselmann, Uta; Asakawa, Kazuhide; Brunner, Damian; Antony, Claude; Toda, Takashi
- Abstract
The anchoring of microtubules to subcellular structures is critical for cell polarity and motility. Although the process of anchoring cytoplasmic microtubules to the centrosome has been studied in some detail, it is not known how spindle microtubules are anchored to the mitotic centrosome and, particularly, whether anchoring and nucleation of mitotic spindles are functionally separate. Here, we show that a fission yeast coiled-coil protein, Msd1, is required for anchoring the minus end of spindle microtubules to the centrosome equivalent, the spindle-pole body (SPB). msd1 deletion causes spindle microtubules to abnormally extend beyond SPBs, which results in chromosome missegregation. Importantly, this protruding spindle is phenocopied by the amino-terminal deletion mutant of Alp4, a component of the γ-tubulin complex (γ-TuC), which lacks the potential Msd1-interacting domain. We propose that Msd1 interacts with γ-TuC, thereby specifically anchoring the minus end of microtubules to SPBs without affecting microtubule nucleation.
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2007, Vol 9, Issue 6, p646
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/ncb1593