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ArticleNature communications2026

Native yeast kinetochore structures identify an essential inner kinetochore interaction.

Mengqiu Jiang, Changkun Hu, Sabrine Hedouin, Angelica Andrade Latino, Yasuhiro Arimura, Andrew B Stergachis, Sue Biggins

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Mengqiu JiangDivision of Basic Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Changkun HuDivision of Basic Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4407-7144
Sabrine HedouinDivision of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-1852
Angelica Andrade LatinoDivision of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-7906-3349
Yasuhiro ArimuraDivision of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-6076
Andrew B StergachisDepartment of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-3674
Sue BigginsDivision of Basic Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA. sbiggins@fredhutch.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-6319

Funding

Mechanisms underlying chromosome segregationR35GM149357 · NIGMS · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER · PI Susan Biggins · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149357U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R35 GM149357
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Abstract

Kinetochores must accurately assemble on centromeres for faithful chromosome segregation. Although a conserved centromeric nucleosome is essential for kinetochore assembly, budding yeast centromeric DNA is a poor template for nucleosome formation in vitro, perhaps due to its intrinsic rigidity. To better understand yeast inner kinetochore assembly, we develop a one-step protocol to purify native inner kinetochore subcomplexes for structural studies. We perform cryoelectron microscopy on the purifications and generate density maps of four separate inner kinetochore complexes, two of which have not been previously visualized and may represent intermediate assemblage states. We identify an Ndc10 trimerization domain that engages centromeric DNA and a pair of CBF3 complexes and is associated with substantial bending of centromeric DNA. Ndc10 trimerization is essential for kinetochore assembly and chromosome segregation. We propose that Ndc10 trimerization facilitates centromeric DNA bending to stabilize the centromeric nucleosome and inner kinetochore.

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KinetochoresSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCentromereChromosome SegregationCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA, FungalNuclear ProteinsNucleosomesDNA, FungalNuclear ProteinsNucleosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID42686770
PMCPMC13538507

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