Mitotic exit network (MEN) scaffold protein; core component of the SPB outer plaque that functions in astral microtubule organization via Spc72p; scaffold for recruitment of MEN components, such as Cdc15p, Tem1p and the Bfa1p-Bub2p checkpoint complex; phosphorylation by Cdc15p creates a Dbf2p-Mob1p phospho-docking site enabling Cdc15p-dependent complex activation and mitotic exit; acts through the MEN to specify Kar9p-mediated asymmetric SPB inheritance; homologous to mammalian centriolin
