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The Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex Functionally Interacts With Components Of The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint, Tatiana Louk, Oliver Kerscher, Robert J. Scott, Munira A. Basrai, Richard W. Wozniak
The Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex Functionally Interacts With Components Of The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint, Tatiana Louk, Oliver Kerscher, Robert J. Scott, Munira A. Basrai, Richard W. Wozniak
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Aphysical and functional link between the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and the spindle checkpoint machinery has been established in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show that two proteins required for the execution of the spindle checkpoint, Mad1p and Mad2p, reside predominantly at the NPC throughout the cell cycle. There they are associated with a subcomplex of nucleoporins containing Nup53p, Nup170p, and Nup157p. The association of the Mad1p–Mad2p complex with the NPC requires Mad1p and is mediated in part by Nup53p. On activation of the spindle checkpoint, we detect changes in the interactions between these proteins, including the release of ...