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The Tubulin Code: A Navigation System for Chromosomes during Mitosis.

ABSTRACT: Before chromosomes segregate during mitosis in metazoans, they align at the cell equator by a process known as chromosome congression. This is in part mediated by the coordinated activities of kinetochore motors with opposite directional preferences that transport peripheral chromosomes along distinct spindle microtubule populations. Because spindle microtubules are all made from the same ?/?-tubulin heterodimers, a critical longstanding question has been how chromosomes are guided to specific locations during mitosis. This implies the existence of spatial cues/signals on specific spindle microtubules that are read by kinetochore motors on chromosomes and ultimately indicate the way towards the equator. Here, we discuss the emerging concept that tubulin post-translational modifications (PTMs), as part of the so-called tubulin code, work as a navigation system for kinetochore-based chromosome motility during early mitosis.

SUBMITTER: Barisic M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398581 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Tubulin Code: A Navigation System for Chromosomes during Mitosis.

Barisic Marin M Maiato Helder H

Trends in cell biology 20160622 10

Before chromosomes segregate during mitosis in metazoans, they align at the cell equator by a process known as chromosome congression. This is in part mediated by the coordinated activities of kinetochore motors with opposite directional preferences that transport peripheral chromosomes along distinct spindle microtubule populations. Because spindle microtubules are all made from the same α/β-tubulin heterodimers, a critical longstanding question has been how chromosomes are guided to specific l ...[more]

PMID: 27344407

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