Communications Biology (Mar 2021)

A non-canonical function for Centromere-associated protein-E controls centrosome integrity and orientation of cell division

  • Mikito Owa,
  • Brian Dynlacht

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01861-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Owa and Dynlacht employ an auxin-inducible degron system to achieve acute degradation of CENP-E. As a result, the authors reveal a kinetochore-independent role for CENP-E that removes PCM1 from centrosomes in interphase, with implications in microcephaly.