Misato Controls Mitotic Microtubule Generation by Stabilizing the TCP-1 Tubulin Chaperone Complex [corrected].
Misato Controls Mitotic Microtubule Generation by Stabilizing the TCP-1 Tubulin Chaperone Complex [corrected].
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10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.033
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发表时间:
2015-06-29
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Wakefield JG
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Palumbo V;Pellacani C;Heesom KJ;Rogala KB;Deane CM;Mottier-Pavie V;Gatti M;Bonaccorsi S;Wakefield JG
Mitotic spindles are primarily composed of microtubules (MTs), generated by polymerization of α- and β-Tubulin hetero-dimers. Tubulins undergo a series of protein folding and post-translational modifications in order to fulfill their functions. Defects in Tubulin polymerization dramatically affect spindle formation and disrupt chromosome segregation. We recently described a role for the product of the conserved misato (mst) gene in regulating mitotic MT generation in flies, but the molecular function of Mst remains unknown. Here, we use affinity purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS) to identify interacting partners of Mst in the Drosophila embryo. We demonstrate that Mst associates stoichiometrically with the hetero-octameric Tubulin Chaperone Protein-1 (TCP-1) complex, with the hetero-hexameric Tubulin Prefoldin complex, and with proteins having conserved roles in generating MT-competent Tubulin. We show that RNAi-mediated in vivo depletion of any TCP-1 subunit phenocopies the effects of mutations in mst or the Prefoldin-encoding gene merry-go-round (mgr), leading to monopolar and disorganized mitotic spindles containing few MTs. Crucially, we demonstrate that Mst, but not Mgr, is required for TCP-1 complex stability and that both the efficiency of Tubulin polymerization and Tubulin stability are drastically compromised in mst mutants. Moreover, our structural bioinformatic analyses indicate that Mst resembles the three-dimensional structure of Tubulin monomers and might therefore occupy the TCP-1 complex central cavity. Collectively, our results suggest that Mst acts as a co-factor of the TCP-1 complex, playing an essential role in the Tubulin-folding processes required for proper assembly of spindle MTs. Misato interacts biochemically with the Tubulin Chaperone Protein-1 (TCP-1) complex Misato stabilizes the TCP-1 complex, possibly by filling its Tubulin-folding cavity Loss of Misato or TCP-1 complex subunits leads to similar mitotic phenotypes In the absence of Misato, Tubulin is unstable and unable to efficiently polymerize Palumbo et al. show the conserved protein Misato interacts with the Tubulin Chaperone Protein-1 (TCP-1) complex in Drosophila. In the absence of Misato, TCP-1 subunit levels are reduced, functional Tubulin is unstable, and mitotic microtubule generation is compromised. The predicted structure of Misato suggests it acts as a molecular placeholder in the absence of Tubulin, stabilizing the TCP-1 complex.