Journal: The Journal of Cell Biology
Article Title: Phosphorylation at serine 331 is required for Aurora B activation
doi: 10.1083/jcb.201104023
Figure Lengend Snippet: Phosphorylation of Ser331 is required for complete Aurora B activation. (A) Phosphorylation of Ser331 (pS331) during unperturbed prometaphase. CHO WT and CHO S331A cells expressing CENP-A–GFP were induced with tetracycline. (B) Immunoprecipitation kinase assay. CHO WT and CHO S331A cells induced with tetracycline were untreated (un) or treated with nocodazole (nocod) or taxol for 8 h in the absence or presence of VX-680. (top) Western blot analysis of Myc-associated phosphorylation of Ser10 of histone H3 (pH3). (bottom) Western blot of immunoprecipitated (IP) Myc. (C) Densitometric analysis of pH3 levels from B. pH3 levels in sample 1 were arbitrarily set to 1. Error bars show the standard deviation from the mean from three independent experiments. The p-values were calculated using the Student’s t test. (D) Mitotic index of each sample from B at the time of harvesting (untreated or shake-off cells). (E) In vitro kinase assay. Complexes of purified Chk1, Aurora B, and GST-INCENP 826–919 were incubated with histone H3, and pH3 (top) or pS331 activities (bottom) were determined. Values show the relative levels of pH3 or pS331, and levels at 0 min were arbitrarily set to 1. Western blot analysis of total H3 and Aurora B is also shown. Black lines indicate that intervening lanes have been spliced out. (F) Coimmunoprecipitation assay. (top) Western blot analysis of immunoprecipitated (IP) 6×Myc–Aurora B (Myc) and V 5 -INCENP (V 5 ) after induction of CHO WT and CHO S331A cells with tetracycline. (bottom) Western blot analysis of total Myc, V 5 , and actin. (G) Phosphorylation of Thr232 (pT232). CHO WT and CHO S331A cells were induced with tetracycline and treated with taxol for 4 h. The frequency of cells exhibiting the respective phenotype and mean pT232/CENP-B fluorescence intensity values (boxed numbers) are shown. Insets show magnified kinetochores. WT, wild type. Bars, 5 µm.
Article Snippet: Recombinant proteins histone H1, histone H3, Chk1, GST-INCENP 826–916 , kinase-active Aurora B, and Aurora B KD (D200A) were obtained from Millipore.
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Activation Assay, Expressing, Immunoprecipitation, Kinase Assay, Western Blot, Standard Deviation, In Vitro, Purification, Incubation, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Fluorescence