RecQL4-Aurora B kinase axis is essential for cellular proliferation, cell cycle progression, and mitotic integrity.

ABSTRACT: Human RecQL4 helicase plays critical roles in the maintenance of genomic stability. Mutations in RecQL4 helicase results in three clinically related autosomal recessive disorders: Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS), RAPADILINO, and Baller-Gerold syndrome. In addition to several premature aging features, RTS patients are characterized by aneuploidy involving either loss or gain of a single chromosome. Chromosome mosaicism and isochromosomes involving chromosomes 2, 7, and 8 have been reported in RecQL4-deficient RTS patients, but the precise role of RecQL4 in chromosome segregation/stability remains to be elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that RecQL4 physically and functionally interacts with Aurora B kinase (AURKB) and stabilizes its expression by inhibiting its ubiquitination process. Our stu

SUBMITTER: Fang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6134139 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature