Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 5, Issue 14, Pages 1487-1491Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.14.3003
Keywords
Nek2A; APC/C; Cdc20; Cdh1; mitosis
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/C000013/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/C000013/1] Funding Source: Medline
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The APC/C is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that, by targeting substrates for proteasomal degradation, plays a major role in cell cycle control. In complex with one of two WD40 activator proteins, Cdc20 or Cdh1, the APC/C is active from early mitosis through to late G(1) and during this time targets many critical regulators of the cell cycle for degradation. However, this destruction is carefully ordered to ensure that cell cycle events are executed in a timely fashion. Recent studies have begun to shed light on how the APC/C selects different substrates at different times in the cell cycle. One particular problem is how the APC/C recognizes its first set of substrates, Nek2A and cyclin A, in early mitosis when, at this time, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) inhibits most APC/C-dependent degradation. The answer may lie in how substrates are recruited to the APC/C. While checkpoint-dependent substrates appear to require Cdc20 for recruitment, experiments on the early mitotic substrate Nek2A demonstrate that it can bind the APC/C in the absence of Cdc20. The direct interaction of substrates with core subunits of the APC/C could allow their degradation to proceed unhindered even when the SAC is active.
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