Thr28 phosphorylation in Cnp3 destroys the Dsn1-mediated interaction between Mis12C and Cnp3. (A) Sequence alignment of the two Aurora B phosphorylation sites in Dsn1 homologs (Hs, Homo sapiens; Mm, Mus musculus; Sc, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sp, Schizosaccharomyces pombe). Red triangles indicate two conserved serine residues that were phosphorylated by Aurora B. (B) GST pull-down assay of Mis12–Nnf1, Mis12CWT, and Mis12C–Dsn1DD with GST-Cnp3(1–60)WT. (C) GST pull-down assay of Mis12C–Dsn1DD with GST-Cnp3(1–60)T28E. (D) The kinetics curves of Ark1 on the Dsn1 peptide (red) and the Cnp3 peptide (black) were generated by fluorometry-based kinase assay. Data were fit to the Michae-lis-Menten equation to calculate the Km and Kcat values (Table S1).