InterPro domain: IPR030614

General Information

  • Identifier IPR030614
  • Description Serine/threonine-protein kinase Aurora-3

Abstract

Serine/threonine-protein kinase Aurora-3 (AUR3) is a plant homologue of the animal and yeast Aurora kinase. It associates with cytoskeletal structures that are necessary for cytokinesis and with the microtubule spindle [ 1 ]. It is required for chromosome segregation in tobacco BY-2 cells [ 2 ]. Arabidopsis AtAUR3 shows dot-like distribution on condensed chromosomes at prophase and then localises at the metaphase plate. At late anaphase, AtAUR3 is evenly localised on chromosomes [ 3 ].


1. Characterization of plant Aurora kinases during mitosis. Plant Mol. Biol. 58, 1-13
2. Aurora kinase is required for chromosome segregation in tobacco BY-2 cells. Plant J. 48, 572-80

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