| 2002 |
MAD2L1BP (CMT2/p31comet) was identified as a novel MAD2-binding protein; upon completion of spindle attachment, the CMT2-MAD2 complex forms coincident with dissociation of the p55CDC-MAD2 complex. Overexpression causes premature securin destruction and mitotic exit without chromosome segregation; depletion induces cell death after a transient anaphase delay. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, overexpression and depletion (RNAi) in mammalian cells with securin degradation and mitotic timing readouts |
The EMBO journal |
High |
12456649
|
| 2004 |
p31comet binds selectively to the Cdc20-bound (closed) conformation of Mad2, antagonizes Mad2-dependent APC/C(Cdc20) inhibition in vitro and in Xenopus egg extracts, and forms a transient complex with APC/C(Cdc20)-bound Mad2 during checkpoint inactivation in HeLa cells, enhancing APC/C activity without disrupting the Mad2-Cdc20 interaction. |
Purified recombinant protein APC/C ubiquitination assay, Xenopus egg extract checkpoint assay, Co-immunoprecipitation from HeLa cells, RNAi depletion |
The EMBO journal |
High |
15257285
|
| 2006 |
p31comet competes with O-Mad2 for binding to the C-Mad2 conformer, thereby blocking the O-Mad2:C-Mad2 conformational dimer that is required for SAC amplification. NMR chemical shift perturbations showed O-Mad2 undergoes a major conformational rearrangement upon C-Mad2 binding, and p31comet's negative effect on the SAC is based on this competition. |
NMR chemical shift perturbation, mutagenesis of Mad2 dimer interface with SAC rescue assay in S. cerevisiae, in vitro binding assays |
The EMBO journal |
High |
16525508
|
| 2011 |
p31comet binds Mad2 when Mad2 is incorporated in the Mitotic Checkpoint Complex (MCC) together with BubR1 and Cdc20, and promotes extraction of Mad2 from the MCC to silence the checkpoint downstream of kinetochores. RNAi of p31comet increased Mad2 bound to BubR1-Cdc20; addition of recombinant p31comet to checkpoint-arrested extracts removes Mad2 from MCC; a p31comet mutant unable to bind Mad2 is inactive. |
RNAi, Co-immunoprecipitation, recombinant protein addition to checkpoint-arrested cell extracts, live-cell imaging of mitotic timing |
Journal of cell science |
High |
22100920
|
| 2011 |
p31comet promotes disassembly of the Mitotic Checkpoint Complex (MCC) causing dissociation of Cdc20 from BubR1, and this process requires hydrolyzable ATP (β,γ-hydrolyzable ATP), linking p31comet action to an ATPase activity. |
In vitro MCC disassembly assay using isolated MCC from checkpoint-arrested HeLa cells, ATP analog experiments |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
21300909
|
| 2011 |
p31comet localizes to kinetochores and cytosol during mitosis, traffics on and off kinetochores like Mad2, and is required for timely mitotic exit even when kinetochore-microtubule attachments are mature; cells depleted of p31comet arrest in metaphase with high cyclin B and satisfied checkpoint. |
Live-cell fluorescence imaging, RNAi depletion, kinetochore tracking, cyclin B level measurement |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
21965286
|
| 2014 |
TRIP13 AAA-ATPase, working jointly with p31comet, disassembles the MCC by promoting release of Mad2 and Cdc20 from the complex, abrogating APC/C inhibition. TRIP13 was identified in HeLa cell extracts as the ATP-hydrolyzing factor required for p31comet-dependent MCC disassembly. |
Biochemical fractionation and identification of HeLa extract factor by mass spectrometry, in vitro MCC disassembly assay, APC/C activity assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
25092294
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| 2015 |
Oligomeric TRIP13 binds both p31comet and MCC simultaneously; p31comet and checkpoint complexes mutually promote each other's binding to TRIP13. The substrate-binding site of TRIP13 contains subsites specific for p31comet and for C-Mad2-containing complex, and simultaneous occupancy of both subsites is required for high-affinity binding. |
Pulldown/binding assays with purified recombinant TRIP13, p31comet, and MCC; competition experiments; mutagenesis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
26324890
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| 2014 |
Phosphorylation of p31comet on Ser-102 weakens its binding to Mad2, thereby paradoxically promoting SAC activity in mitosis. Attenuating p31comet-Mad2 affinity by this phosphorylation enhances p31comet-mediated bypass of the SAC. |
Phospho-mutagenesis (S102A/S102D), Co-immunoprecipitation, cell-based SAC activity assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
24596092
|
| 2019 |
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) binds p31comet, phosphorylates it on S102, and thereby suppresses the ability of p31comet (together with TRIP13) to disassemble MCC during active checkpoint, preventing futile MCC assembly/disassembly cycles. |
Selective Plk1 inhibitor (BI-2536) experiments in checkpoint-arrested HeLa extracts, in vitro kinase assay with purified Plk1, S102A mutagenesis, MCC disassembly assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
31118282
|
| 2015 |
In Xenopus egg extracts, p31comet is phosphorylated by IKK-β during mitosis, and this phosphorylation enhances p31comet's ability to antagonize the SAC and promote M-phase exit. |
Xenopus egg extract checkpoint assay, identification of IKK-β as p31comet kinase, phosphomutant analysis |
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) |
Medium |
25892037
|
| 2020 |
p31comet-mediated suppression of Mad2 activation controls the timing of mitotic slippage; reduction of kinetochore-associated MAD2 (dependent on APC/CCDC20) leads to progressive SAC weakening during prolonged arrest, enabling cyclin B1 degradation and mitotic exit by slippage. |
RNAi depletion, live-cell imaging, kinetochore Mad2 quantification, APC/C activity assays |
Oncogene |
Medium |
32029899
|
| 2020 |
p31comet binds to the REV7-Shieldin complex in cells, promotes TRIP13-dependent inactivation and extraction of REV7 from chromatin, thereby promoting homologous recombination over NHEJ. p31comet also counteracts REV7 function in translesion synthesis by releasing it from REV3 in the Pol ζ complex. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, chromatin fractionation, HR/NHEJ repair assays, PARP inhibitor resistance assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
33051298
|
| 2009 |
p31comet overexpression induces cellular senescence dependent on Mad2 binding; a p31comet mutant lacking the Mad2-binding region does not cause senescence, and depletion of Mad2 by siRNA phenocopies p31comet-induced senescence. Senescence requires p21(Waf1/Cip1) accumulation downstream of p31comet-Mad2 interaction. |
Overexpression with Mad2-binding domain deletion mutant, siRNA knockdown, senescence assays, p21 knockdown rescue |
Molecular cancer research : MCR |
Medium |
19276188
|
| 2023 |
Biallelic loss-of-function variants in MAD2L1BP cause female infertility due to oocyte metaphase I arrest. Truncating variants abolish MAD2 binding; microinjection of full-length MAD2L1BP cRNA rescues polar body extrusion in patient oocytes, while truncated variants cannot. |
Whole-exome sequencing, recombinant protein binding assay, mouse oocyte cRNA microinjection rescue, patient oocyte rescue |
eLife |
High |
37334967
|
| 2023 |
Homozygous MAD2L1BP nonsense variant (R253*) causes mosaic variegated aneuploidy, microcephaly, epileptic encephalopathy, and juvenile granulosa cell tumors. Recombinant truncated p31comet was defective in TRIP13, Mad2, and Rev7 binding, unable to support SAC silencing or homology-directed repair, and failed to interact with tp53. |
Patient-derived cell aneuploidy analysis, recombinant protein binding assays, SAC silencing assay, HDR assay |
JCI insight |
High |
37796616
|
| 2012 |
p31comet levels are closely linked to susceptibility to mitotic slippage; depletion of p31comet increases MCC levels, prolongs mitotic block, sensitizes cells to spindle poisons, and increases mitotic cell death upon challenge with nocodazole, vincristine, or taxol. |
RNAi knockdown, flow cytometry, drug sensitivity assays, time-lapse microscopy |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
22544748
|
| 2013 |
The Rb-E2F pathway regulates p31comet expression, and a narrow ratio of p31comet:Mad2 is required for cellular viability; coordinate regulation of this antagonist-effector pair is important for oncogenic cell outgrowth. |
Rb-E2F pathway manipulation, expression analysis, cell viability assays with titrated expression ratios |
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) |
Low |
24131926
|
| 2025 |
HOIP E3 ubiquitin ligase modifies p31comet by linear (M1-linked) polyubiquitination on C-terminal lysine residues after cytokine stimulation; ubiquitinated p31comet shows reduced PLK1 binding, allowing p31comet activation. HOIP-deficient cells phenocopy p31comet-knockout with prolonged mitotic duration; ubiquitination-deficient p31comet mutant extends M-phase. |
Ubiquitination assays, Co-immunoprecipitation of HOIP-p31comet and PLK1-p31comet, HOIP knockout cells, mitotic duration live imaging, ubiquitination-site mutant analysis |
Cell & bioscience |
Medium |
40462232
|
| 2025 |
p31comet is expressed as two splice variants: Variant 1 (with additional 32 N-terminal residues) and Variant 2. Variant 1 exhibits reduced MAD2 binding affinity and reduced ability to promote mitotic progression compared to Variant 2; Variant 1 also shows reduced protein stability. Variant 1 is uniquely expressed in the testes. |
Binding assays, mitotic progression assays, protein stability measurements, tissue expression analysis |
International journal of molecular sciences |
Medium |
40243841
|