Mitotic enriched extracts were obtained from parental HeLa cells incubated for 12-16 h in media containing 5 μM of STLC (S-trityl-L-cysteine, Sigma) before harvesting by mitotic shake off. For inhibition of different mitotic kinases the following drugs were used for 1 h at 37ºC: 10 μM RO 3306 (Cdk1 inhibitor, Enzo Life Sciences), 100 nM BI 2536 (Plk1 inhibitor, Axon Medchem), 2 μM ZM 447439 (AurkB inhibitor, AstraZeneca), 5 μM MPS1-IN-1 (Kwiatkowski et al. 2010 (link)) and 40 mM LiCl (GSK3β inhibition). Mitotic exit was blocked with 10 μM of the proteasome inhibitor MG132 (EMD Millipore).