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Title | Electron cryotomography analysis of Dam1C/DASH at the kinetochore-spindle interface in situ. |
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Journal, issue, pages | J Cell Biol, Vol. 218, Issue 2, Page 455-473, Year 2019 |
Publish date | Feb 4, 2019 |
Authors | Cai Tong Ng / Li Deng / Chen Chen / Hong Hwa Lim / Jian Shi / Uttam Surana / Lu Gan / |
PubMed Abstract | In dividing cells, depolymerizing spindle microtubules move chromosomes by pulling at their kinetochores. While kinetochore subcomplexes have been studied extensively in vitro, little is known about ...In dividing cells, depolymerizing spindle microtubules move chromosomes by pulling at their kinetochores. While kinetochore subcomplexes have been studied extensively in vitro, little is known about their in vivo structure and interactions with microtubules or their response to spindle damage. Here we combine electron cryotomography of serial cryosections with genetic and pharmacological perturbation to study the yeast chromosome segregation machinery in vivo. Each kinetochore microtubule has one (rarely, two) Dam1C/DASH outer kinetochore assemblies. Dam1C/DASH contacts the microtubule walls and does so with its flexible "bridges"; there are no contacts with the protofilaments' curved tips. In metaphase, ∼40% of the Dam1C/DASH assemblies are complete rings; the rest are partial rings. Ring completeness and binding position along the microtubule are sensitive to kinetochore attachment and tension, respectively. Our study and those of others support a model in which each kinetochore must undergo cycles of conformational change to couple microtubule depolymerization to chromosome movement. |
External links | J Cell Biol / PubMed:30504246 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (tomography) |
Resolution | 32.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-6912: EMDB-6914: |
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