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Molecular determinants of the Ska-Ndc80 interaction and their influence on microtubule tracking and force-coupling

  1. Pim J Huis in 't Veld
  2. Vladimir A Volkov
  3. Isabelle D Stender
  4. Andrea Musacchio  Is a corresponding author
  5. Marileen Dogterom  Is a corresponding author
  1. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany
  2. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49539
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  1. Pim J Huis in 't Veld
  2. Vladimir A Volkov
  3. Isabelle D Stender
  4. Andrea Musacchio
  5. Marileen Dogterom
(2019)
Molecular determinants of the Ska-Ndc80 interaction and their influence on microtubule tracking and force-coupling
eLife 8:e49539.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49539
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Abstract

Errorless chromosome segregation requires load-bearing attachments of the plus ends of spindle microtubules to chromosome structures named kinetochores. How these end-on kinetochore attachments are established following initial lateral contacts with the microtubule lattice is poorly understood. Two microtubule-binding complexes, the Ndc80 and Ska complexes, are important for efficient end-on coupling and may function as a unit in this process, but precise conditions for their interaction are unknown. Here, we report that the Ska-Ndc80 interaction is phosphorylation-dependent and does not require microtubules, applied force, or several previously identified functional determinants including the Ndc80-loop and the Ndc80-tail. Both the Ndc80-tail, which we reveal to be essential for microtubule end-tracking, and Ndc80-bound Ska stabilize microtubule ends in a stalled conformation. Modulation of force-coupling efficiency demonstrates that the duration of stalled microtubule disassembly predicts whether a microtubule is stabilized and rescued by the kinetochore, likely reflecting a structural transition of the microtubule end.

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  1. Pim J Huis in 't Veld

    Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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  2. Vladimir A Volkov

    Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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  3. Isabelle D Stender

    Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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  4. Andrea Musacchio

    Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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  5. Marileen Dogterom

    Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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Funding

European Commission (ERC AdG RECEPIANCE (proposal 669686))

  • Andrea Musacchio

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC1093)

  • Andrea Musacchio

European Commission (ERC SG MODELCELL (proposal 609822))

  • Marileen Dogterom

European Molecular Biology Organization (STF7203)

  • Pim J Huis in 't Veld

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Andrew D McAinsh, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Version history

  1. Received: June 20, 2019
  2. Accepted: November 26, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 5, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: December 23, 2019 (version 2)

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© 2019, Huis in 't Veld et al.

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  1. Pim J Huis in 't Veld
  2. Vladimir A Volkov
  3. Isabelle D Stender
  4. Andrea Musacchio
  5. Marileen Dogterom
(2019)
Molecular determinants of the Ska-Ndc80 interaction and their influence on microtubule tracking and force-coupling
eLife 8:e49539.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49539

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