Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Molecular requirements for the inter-subunit interaction and kinetochore recruitment of SKAP and Astrin

  • Alexandra Friese,
  • Alex C. Faesen,
  • Pim J. Huis in ‘t Veld,
  • Josef Fischböck,
  • Daniel Prumbaum,
  • Arsen Petrovic,
  • Stefan Raunser,
  • Franz Herzog,
  • Andrea Musacchio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11407
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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SKAP and Astrin form a heterodimer that localizes to spindle microtubules and to mature microtubule-kinetochore attachments during mitosis. Here, the authors identify molecular requirements for the inter-subunit interaction of SKAP and Astrin and kinetochore recruitment.