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STIL binding to Polo-box 3 of PLK4 regulates centriole duplication

  1. Christian Arquint
  2. Anna-Maria Gabryjonczyk
  3. Stefan Imseng
  4. Raphael Böhm
  5. Evelyn Sauer
  6. Sebastian Hiller
  7. Erich A Nigg
  8. Timm Maier  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Basel, Switzerland
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07888
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  1. Christian Arquint
  2. Anna-Maria Gabryjonczyk
  3. Stefan Imseng
  4. Raphael Böhm
  5. Evelyn Sauer
  6. Sebastian Hiller
  7. Erich A Nigg
  8. Timm Maier
(2015)
STIL binding to Polo-box 3 of PLK4 regulates centriole duplication
eLife 4:e07888.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07888
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Abstract

Polo-like kinases (PLK) are eukaryotic regulators of cell cycle progression, mitosis and cytokinesis; PLK4 is a master regulator of centriole duplication. Here, we demonstrate that the SCL/TAL1 interrupting locus (STIL) protein interacts via its coiled-coil region (STIL-CC) with PLK4 in vivo. STIL-CC is the first identified interaction partner of Polo-box 3 (PB3) of PLK4 and also uses a secondary interaction site in the PLK4 L1 region. Structure determination of free PLK4-PB3 and its STIL-CC complex via NMR and crystallography reveals a novel mode of Polo-box-peptide interaction mimicking coiled-coil formation. In vivo analysis of structure-guided STIL mutants reveals distinct binding modes to PLK4-PB3 and L1, as well as interplay of STIL oligomerization with PLK4 binding. We suggest that the STIL-CC/PLK4 interaction mediates PLK4 activation as well as stabilization of centriolar PLK4 and plays a key role in centriole duplication.

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  1. Christian Arquint

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  2. Anna-Maria Gabryjonczyk

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  3. Stefan Imseng

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  4. Raphael Böhm

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  5. Evelyn Sauer

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  6. Sebastian Hiller

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  7. Erich A Nigg

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  8. Timm Maier

    Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  1. Christian Arquint
  2. Anna-Maria Gabryjonczyk
  3. Stefan Imseng
  4. Raphael Böhm
  5. Evelyn Sauer
  6. Sebastian Hiller
  7. Erich A Nigg
  8. Timm Maier
(2015)
STIL binding to Polo-box 3 of PLK4 regulates centriole duplication
eLife 4:e07888.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07888

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