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Data from: Measuring NDC80 binding reveals the molecular basis of tension-dependent kinetochore-microtubule attachments

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Yoo, Tae Yeon et al. (2019). Data from: Measuring NDC80 binding reveals the molecular basis of tension-dependent kinetochore-microtubule attachments [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.14rr125

Abstract

Proper kinetochore-microtubule attachments, mediated by the NDC80 complex, are required for error-free chromosome segregation. Erroneous attachments are corrected by the tension dependence of kinetochore-microtubule interactions. Here, we present a method, based on fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and Förster resonance energy transfer, to quantitatively measure the fraction of NDC80 complexes bound to microtubules at individual kinetochores in living human cells. We found that NDC80 binding is modulated in a chromosome autonomous fashion over prometaphase and metaphase, and is predominantly regulated by centromere tension. We show that this tension dependency requires phosphorylation of the N-terminal tail of Hec1, a component of the NDC80 complex, and the proper localization of Aurora B kinase, which modulates NDC80 binding. Our results lead to a mathematical model of the molecular basis of tension-dependent NDC80 binding to kinetochore microtubules in vivo.

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Funding

National Science Foundation, Award: DBI-0959721