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Papers In Press, published online ahead of print November 18, 2005
J. Biol. Chem, 10.1074/jbc.M507028200
Submitted on June 28, 2005
Revised on November 14, 2005
Accepted on November 18, 2005
Laboratory of Molecular and Genetic Information, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032
Corresponding Author: akiyama{at}iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp
During mitosis, kinesin and dynein motor proteins play critical roles in the equal segregation of chromosomes between two daughter cells. Kinesin-2 is composed of two microtubule-based motor subunits, KIF3A/3B, and a kinesin-associated protein known as KAP3, which links KIF3A/3B to cargo that is carried to cellular organelles along microtubules in interphase cells. We show here that the kinesin-2 complex is localized with components of the mitotic apparatus such as spindle microtubules and centrosomes. Furthermore, we found that expression of a mutant KIF3B, which is able to associate with KIF3A but not KAP3 in NIH3T3 cells, caused chromosomal aneuploidy and abnormal spindle formation. Our data suggest that the kinesin-2 complex plays an important role not only in interphase but also in mitosis.
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