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ArticleCytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)2021

The myosin regulatory light chain Myl5 localizes to mitotic spindle poles and is required for proper cell division.

Ivan Ramirez, Ankur A Gholkar, Erick F Velasquez, Xiao Guo, Bobby Tofig, Robert Damoiseaux, Jorge Z Torres

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Article in Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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7 authors.

Ivan RamirezDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ankur A GholkarDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Erick F VelasquezDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Xiao GuoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bobby TofigCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Robert DamoiseauxCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jorge Z TorresDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2158-889X

Funding

Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Robert Damoiseaux · 1985 to 2026
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Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myosins are ATP-dependent actin-based molecular motors critical for diverse cellular processes like intracellular trafficking, cell motility, and cell invasion. During cell division, myosin MYO10 is important for proper mitotic spindle assembly, the anchoring of the spindle to the cortex, and positioning of the spindle to the cell mid-plane. However, myosins are regulated by myosin regulatory light chains (RLCs), and whether RLCs are important for cell division has remained unexplored. Here, we have determined that the previously uncharacterized myosin RLC Myl5 associates with the mitotic spindle and is required for cell division. We show that Myl5 localizes to the leading edge and filopodia during interphase and to mitotic spindle poles and spindle microtubules during early mitosis. Importantly, depletion of Myl5 led to defects in mitotic spindle assembly, chromosome congression, and chromosome segregation and to a slower transition through mitosis. Furthermore, Myl5 bound to MYO10 in vitro and co-localized with MYO10 at the spindle poles. These results suggest that Myl5 is important for cell division and that it may be performing its function through MYO10.

Indexed as

Myosin Light ChainsSpindle ApparatusMicrotubulesMitosisSpindle PolesMyosin Light Chainscell divisionmitosismitotic spindleMyl5myosin light chain

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PMID33641240
PMCPMC8722072

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