Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

USP35 regulates mitotic progression by modulating the stability of Aurora B

  • Jinyoung Park,
  • Mi-Sun Kwon,
  • Eunice EunKyeong Kim,
  • Hyunsook Lee,
  • Eun Joo Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03107-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Aurora B kinase is a member of the chromosomal passenger complex, which is an indispensable regulator of mitosis. Here the authors show that the deubiquitinating enzyme USP35 has a role in mitotic progression by inhibiting proteasomal degradation of Aurora B kinase, leading to its activation.