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SUBMITTER: Hosoba K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4402231 | biostudies-other | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hosoba Kosuke K Komatsu Satoshi S Ikebe Mitsuo M Kotani Manato M Wenqin Xiao X Tachibana Taro T Hosoya Hiroshi H Hamao Kozue K
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 20150311 4
Zipper-interacting protein kinase (ZIPK) is known to regulate several functions such as apoptosis, smooth muscle contraction, and cell migration. While exogenously expressed GFP-ZIPK localizes to the cleavage furrow, role of ZIPK in cytokinesis is obscure. Here, we show that ZIPK is a major MRLC kinase during mitosis. Moreover, ZIPK siRNA-mediated knockdown causes delay of cytokinesis. The delay in cytokinesis of ZIPK-knockdown cells was rescued by the exogenous diphosphorylation-mimicking MRLC ...[more]