The functional diversity of Aurora kinases: a comprehensive review

E Willems, M Dedobbeleer, M Digregorio, A Lombard… - Cell division, 2018 - Springer
Aurora kinases are serine/threonine kinases essential for the onset and progression of
mitosis. Aurora members share a similar protein structure and kinase activity, but exhibit …

Aurora A kinase (AURKA) in normal and pathological cell division

AS Nikonova, I Astsaturov, IG Serebriiskii… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Temporally and spatially controlled activation of the Aurora A kinase (AURKA) regulates
centrosome maturation, entry into mitosis, formation and function of the bipolar spindle, and …

Aurora-PLK1 cascades as key signaling modules in the regulation of mitosis

V Joukov, A De Nicolo - Science signaling, 2018 - science.org
Mitosis is controlled by reversible protein phosphorylation involving specific kinases and
phosphatases. A handful of major mitotic protein kinases, such as the cyclin B–CDK1 …

Ki-67 is a PP1-interacting protein that organises the mitotic chromosome periphery

DG Booth, M Takagi, L Sanchez-Pulido, E Petfalski… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
When the nucleolus disassembles during open mitosis, many nucleolar proteins and RNAs
associate with chromosomes, establishing a perichromosomal compartment coating the …

The role of mitotic kinases in coupling the centrosome cycle with the assembly of the mitotic spindle

G Wang, Q Jiang, C Zhang - Journal of cell science, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
The centrosome acts as the major microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) for cytoskeleton
maintenance in interphase and mitotic spindle assembly in vertebrate cells. It duplicates …

Centrosome dysfunction contributes to chromosome instability, chromoanagenesis, and genome reprograming in cancer

GA Pihan - Frontiers in oncology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The unique ability of centrosomes to nucleate and organize microtubules makes them
unrivaled conductors of important interphase processes, such as intracellular payload traffic …

Aurora A kinase is a priority pharmaceutical target for the treatment of cancers

AP Damodaran, L Vaufrey, O Gavard… - Trends in pharmacological …, 2017 - cell.com
Aurora kinases control multiple events during cell cycle progression and are essential for
mitotic and meiotic bipolar spindle assembly and function. There are three Aurora kinases in …

Cross-talk between AURKA and Plk1 in mitotic entry and spindle assembly

IA Asteriti, F De Mattia, G Guarguaglini - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Aurora kinase A (AURKA) is involved in different aspects of mitotic control, from mitotic
entry to cytokinesis. Consistent with its pleiotropic roles, several AURKA interactors are able …

Allosteric modulation of AURKA kinase activity by a small-molecule inhibitor of its protein-protein interaction with TPX2

M Janeček, M Rossmann, P Sharma, A Emery… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
The essential mitotic kinase Aurora A (AURKA) is controlled during cell cycle progression
via two distinct mechanisms. Following activation loop autophosphorylation early in mitosis …

Aurora A protein kinase: to the centrosome and beyond

L Magnaghi-Jaulin, G Eot-Houllier, E Gallaud, R Giet - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Accurate chromosome segregation requires the perfect spatiotemporal rearrangement of the
cellular cytoskeleton. Isolated more than two decades ago from Drosophila, Aurora A is a …