air-2

Summary

Gene Symbol: air-2
Description: Aurora/IPL1-related protein kinase 2
Alias: Aurora/IPL1-related protein kinase 2
Species: Caenorhabditis elegans

Top Publications

  1. Rogers E, Bishop J, Waddle J, Schumacher J, Lin R. The aurora kinase AIR-2 functions in the release of chromosome cohesion in Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis. J Cell Biol. 2002;157:219-29 pubmed
    ..We propose that AIR-2 promotes the release of chromosome cohesion via phosphorylation of REC-8 at specific chromosomal locations and that CeGLC-7alpha/beta, directly or indirectly, antagonize AIR-2 activity. ..
  2. Bishop J, Schumacher J. Phosphorylation of the carboxyl terminus of inner centromere protein (INCENP) by the Aurora B Kinase stimulates Aurora B kinase activity. J Biol Chem. 2002;277:27577-80 pubmed
    ..Since the Aurora B phosphorylation site within INCENP and the functions of INCENP and Aurora B have been conserved among eukaryotes, the feedback loop we have identified is also likely to be evolutionarily conserved. ..
  3. Schumacher J, Golden A, Donovan P. AIR-2: An Aurora/Ipl1-related protein kinase associated with chromosomes and midbody microtubules is required for polar body extrusion and cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. J Cell Biol. 1998;143:1635-46 pubmed
    ..Our results suggest that during each meiotic and mitotic division, AIR-2 may coordinate the congression of metaphase chromosomes with the subsequent events of polar body extrusion and cytokinesis. ..
  4. Speliotes E, Uren A, Vaux D, Horvitz H. The survivin-like C. elegans BIR-1 protein acts with the Aurora-like kinase AIR-2 to affect chromosomes and the spindle midzone. Mol Cell. 2000;6:211-23 pubmed
    ..elegans. Deregulation of bir-1 promotes changes in ploidy, suggesting that similar deregulation of mammalian BIRPs may contribute to tumorigenesis. ..
  5. Kaitna S, Pasierbek P, Jantsch M, Loidl J, Glotzer M. The aurora B kinase AIR-2 regulates kinetochores during mitosis and is required for separation of homologous Chromosomes during meiosis. Curr Biol. 2002;12:798-812 pubmed
    ..Condensin mediates chromosome condensation during prophase, and condensin-independent pathways contribute to chromosome condensation during metaphase. ..
  6. Severson A, Hamill D, Carter J, Schumacher J, Bowerman B. The aurora-related kinase AIR-2 recruits ZEN-4/CeMKLP1 to the mitotic spindle at metaphase and is required for cytokinesis. Curr Biol. 2000;10:1162-71 pubmed
    ..AIR-2 has two functions during mitosis: one in chromosome segregation, and a second, independent function in cytokinesis through ZEN-4. AIR-2 and ZEN-4 may act in parallel to a second pathway that includes CYK-1. ..
  7. Kaitna S, Mendoza M, Jantsch Plunger V, Glotzer M. Incenp and an aurora-like kinase form a complex essential for chromosome segregation and efficient completion of cytokinesis. Curr Biol. 2000;10:1172-81 pubmed
    ..We propose that this complex acts by promoting dissolution of sister chromatid cohesion and the assembly of the central spindle. ..
  8. Han Z, Riefler G, Saam J, Mango S, Schumacher J. The C. elegans Tousled-like kinase contributes to chromosome segregation as a substrate and regulator of the Aurora B kinase. Curr Biol. 2005;15:894-904 pubmed
  9. Woollard A, Hodgkin J. Stu-7/air-2 is a C. elegans aurora homologue essential for chromosome segregation during embryonic and post-embryonic development. Mech Dev. 1999;82:95-108 pubmed
    ..Multicopy expression of stu-7 also causes mitotic defects, suggesting that the level of this protein must be tightly controlled in order to maintain genetic stability during development. ..

More Information

Publications18

  1. Tzur Y, Egydio de Carvalho C, Nadarajan S, Van Bostelen I, Gu Y, Chu D, et al. LAB-1 targets PP1 and restricts Aurora B kinase upon entrance into meiosis to promote sister chromatid cohesion. PLoS Biol. 2012;10:e1001378 pubmed publisher
  2. BEMBENEK J, Verbrugghe K, Khanikar J, Csankovszki G, Chan R. Condensin and the spindle midzone prevent cytokinesis failure induced by chromatin bridges in C. elegans embryos. Curr Biol. 2013;23:937-46 pubmed publisher
    ..We postulate that condensin I is recruited by Aurora B(AIR-2) to aid in the resolution of chromatin obstructions and also helps generate a signal to maintain the delay in cytokinesis...
  3. Sasagawa Y, Higashitani A, Urano T, Ogura T, Yamanaka K. CDC-48/p97 is required for proper meiotic chromosome segregation via controlling AIR-2/Aurora B kinase localization in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Struct Biol. 2012;179:104-11 pubmed publisher
    ..However, the amount and localization of PP1 were not changed by the depletion of CDC-48s. These results suggest that CDC-48s control the restricted localization of AIR-2 to the cohesion sites of homologous chromatids in meiosis I. ..
  4. Collette K, Petty E, Golenberg N, BEMBENEK J, Csankovszki G. Different roles for Aurora B in condensin targeting during mitosis and meiosis. J Cell Sci. 2011;124:3684-94 pubmed publisher
    ..By contrast, during meiosis, AIR-2 is not required for condensin I chromosomal association, but it provides cues for correct spatial targeting of the complex. ..
  5. Dumont J, Oegema K, Desai A. A kinetochore-independent mechanism drives anaphase chromosome separation during acentrosomal meiosis. Nat Cell Biol. 2010;12:894-901 pubmed publisher
    ..We suggest that separation is controlled by a meiosis-specific chromosomal domain to coordinate cohesin removal and chromosome segregation. ..
  6. Yeh C, Yang H, Lee I, Wu Y. Caenorhabditis elegans TLK-1 controls cytokinesis by localizing AIR-2/Aurora B to midzone microtubules. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010;400:187-93 pubmed publisher
    ..Interestingly, human TLK2 could functionally substitute for tlk-1, suggesting that the mitotic roles of TLK members might be evolutionarily conserved. ..
  7. Heallen T, Adams H, Furuta T, Verbrugghe K, Schumacher J. An Afg2/Spaf-related Cdc48-like AAA ATPase regulates the stability and activity of the C. elegans Aurora B kinase AIR-2. Dev Cell. 2008;15:603-16 pubmed publisher
  8. Bishop J, Han Z, Schumacher J. The Caenorhabditis elegans Aurora B kinase AIR-2 phosphorylates and is required for the localization of a BimC kinesin to meiotic and mitotic spindles. Mol Biol Cell. 2005;16:742-56 pubmed
    ..Together with our previous data, these results suggest that at least one function of the Aurora B kinases is to recruit spindle-associated motor proteins to their sites of action. ..
  9. Romano A, Guse A, Krascenicova I, Schnabel H, Schnabel R, Glotzer M. CSC-1: a subunit of the Aurora B kinase complex that binds to the survivin-like protein BIR-1 and the incenp-like protein ICP-1. J Cell Biol. 2003;161:229-36 pubmed
    ..ICP-1 dramatically stimulates AIR-2 kinase activity. This activity is not stimulated by CSC-1/BIR-1, suggesting that these two subunits function as targeting subunits for AIR-2 kinase. ..