The influence of catalysis on mad2 activation dynamics.

Mad2 is a key component of the spindle assembly checkpoint, a safety device ensuring faithful sister chromatid separation in mitosis. The target of Mad2 is Cdc20, an activator of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). Mad2 binding to Cdc20 is a complex reaction that entails the conformati...

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Hlavní autoři: Simonetta, M, Manzoni, R, Mosca, R, Mapelli, M, Massimiliano, L, Vink, M, Novak, B, Musacchio, A, Ciliberto, A
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: 2009
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author Simonetta, M
Manzoni, R
Mosca, R
Mapelli, M
Massimiliano, L
Vink, M
Novak, B
Musacchio, A
Ciliberto, A
author_facet Simonetta, M
Manzoni, R
Mosca, R
Mapelli, M
Massimiliano, L
Vink, M
Novak, B
Musacchio, A
Ciliberto, A
author_sort Simonetta, M
collection OXFORD
description Mad2 is a key component of the spindle assembly checkpoint, a safety device ensuring faithful sister chromatid separation in mitosis. The target of Mad2 is Cdc20, an activator of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). Mad2 binding to Cdc20 is a complex reaction that entails the conformational conversion of Mad2 from an open (O-Mad2) to a closed (C-Mad2) conformer. Previously, it has been hypothesized that the conversion of O-Mad2 is accelerated by its conformational dimerization with C-Mad2. This hypothesis, known as the Mad2-template hypothesis, is based on the unproven assumption that the natural conversion of O-Mad2 required to bind Cdc20 is slow. Here, we provide evidence for this fundamental assumption and demonstrate that conformational dimerization of Mad2 accelerates the rate of Mad2 binding to Cdc20. On the basis of our measurements, we developed a set of rate equations that deliver excellent predictions of experimental binding curves under a variety of different conditions. Our results strongly suggest that the interaction of Mad2 with Cdc20 is rate limiting for activation of the spindle checkpoint. Conformational dimerization of Mad2 is essential to accelerate Cdc20 binding, but it does not modify the equilibrium of the Mad2:Cdc20 interaction, i.e., it is purely catalytic. These results surpass previously formulated objections to the Mad2-template model and predict that the release of Mad2 from Cdc20 is an energy-driven process.
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spelling oxford-uuid:f2d3c6a3-5dc8-4b0d-9f17-f00c371a507d2022-03-27T12:07:09ZThe influence of catalysis on mad2 activation dynamics.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f2d3c6a3-5dc8-4b0d-9f17-f00c371a507dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Simonetta, MManzoni, RMosca, RMapelli, MMassimiliano, LVink, MNovak, BMusacchio, ACiliberto, AMad2 is a key component of the spindle assembly checkpoint, a safety device ensuring faithful sister chromatid separation in mitosis. The target of Mad2 is Cdc20, an activator of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). Mad2 binding to Cdc20 is a complex reaction that entails the conformational conversion of Mad2 from an open (O-Mad2) to a closed (C-Mad2) conformer. Previously, it has been hypothesized that the conversion of O-Mad2 is accelerated by its conformational dimerization with C-Mad2. This hypothesis, known as the Mad2-template hypothesis, is based on the unproven assumption that the natural conversion of O-Mad2 required to bind Cdc20 is slow. Here, we provide evidence for this fundamental assumption and demonstrate that conformational dimerization of Mad2 accelerates the rate of Mad2 binding to Cdc20. On the basis of our measurements, we developed a set of rate equations that deliver excellent predictions of experimental binding curves under a variety of different conditions. Our results strongly suggest that the interaction of Mad2 with Cdc20 is rate limiting for activation of the spindle checkpoint. Conformational dimerization of Mad2 is essential to accelerate Cdc20 binding, but it does not modify the equilibrium of the Mad2:Cdc20 interaction, i.e., it is purely catalytic. These results surpass previously formulated objections to the Mad2-template model and predict that the release of Mad2 from Cdc20 is an energy-driven process.
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Manzoni, R
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Mapelli, M
Massimiliano, L
Vink, M
Novak, B
Musacchio, A
Ciliberto, A
The influence of catalysis on mad2 activation dynamics.
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