Phosphorylation of human Sgo1 by NEK2A is essential for chromosome congression in mitosis

• 来源期刊: 细胞研究（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2007,（7）
• 页码范围: 608-618
• 页数: 11页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Chromosome segregation in mitosis is orchestrated by the interaction of the kinetochore with spindle microtubules. Our recent study shows that NEK2A interacts with MAD1 at the kinetochore and possibly functions as a novel integrator of spindle checkpoint signaling. However, it is unclear how NEK2 A regulates kinetochore-microtubule attachment in mitosis. Here we show that NEK2A phosphorylates human Sgol and such phosphorylation is essential for faithful chromosome congression in mitosis. NEK2A binds directly to HsSgol in vitro and co-distributes with HsSgol to the kinetochore of mitotic cells. Our in vitro phosphorylation experiment demonstrated that HsSgol is a substrate of NEK2A and the phosphorylation sites were mapped to Ser14 and Ser507 as judged by the incorporation of 32P. Although such phosphorylation is not required for assembly of HsSgol to the kinetochore, expression of non-phosphorylatable mutant HsSgol perturbed chromosome congression and resulted in a dramatic increase in microtubule attachment errors, including syntelic and monotelic attachments. These findings reveal a key role for the NEK2A-mediated phosphorylation of HsSgol in orchestrating dynamic kinetochore-microtubule interaction. We propose that NEK2A-mediated phosphorylation of human Sgol provides a link between centromeric cohesion and spindle microtubule attachment at the kinetochores.