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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2026

Kinetochore clustering is mediated by Mps1 phosphorylation of conserved MELT motifs in Stu1.

Darren R Mallett, Mengqiu Jiang, Gianna M Minnuto, Sue Biggins

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Darren R MallettMolecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Washington , Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4505-5481
Mengqiu JiangDivision of Basic Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2170-0722
Gianna M MinnutoDivision of Basic Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-9420-6491
Sue BigginsDivision of Basic Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4499-6319

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric Collisson · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Mechanisms underlying chromosome segregationR35GM149357 · NIGMS · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER · PI Susan Biggins · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149357NIH HHS P30 CA015704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unattached kinetochores promote microtubule capture while preventing cell cycle progression during mitosis. The Mps1 kinase controls these events by mediating kinetochore assembly of the fibrous corona in animal cells and by triggering the spindle checkpoint. In budding yeast, which does not assemble a fibrous corona, the Stu1 and Slk19 spindle proteins promote microtubule capture by clustering unattached kinetochores, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Here, we show that Mps1 controls this pathway by phosphorylating two conserved MELT motifs in Stu1 to recruit Slk19 and mediate kinetochore clustering. Structural analysis of the Stu1:Slk19 complex reveals long, string-like filaments and offers mechanistic insight into how kinetochores might cluster. Our findings suggest the regulation of kinetochore capture is a conserved Mps1 function across eukaryotes.

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Cell Cycle ProteinsKinetochoresProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsAmino Acid MotifsMicrotubulesMitosisPhosphorylationCell Cycle ProteinsMPS1 protein, S cerevisiaeProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID42461244
PMCPMC13431455

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