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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 410, Issue -, Pages 535-542Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20071453
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cell cycle; cyclin; cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK); RINGO/Speedy; Xenopus oocyte
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Cell-cycle transitions are controlled by CDKs (cyclin-dependent kinases), whose activation is usually associated with the binding of cyclins. RINGO/Speedy proteins can also bind to and activate CDKs, although they do not have amino acid sequence homology with cyclins. The RINGO/Speedy family members studied so far positively regulate cell-cycle progression. In the present paper, we report the biochemical and functional characterization of RINGO/Speedy E. We show that RINGO/Speedy E is a functionally distant member of this protein family that negatively affects cell-cycle progression. RINGO/Speedy E overexpression inhibits the meiotic progression in Xenopus oocytes as well as the proliferation of mammalian cells. RINGO/Speedy E can bind to endogenous CDK1 and CDK2 in both cellular systems. However, the RINGO/Speedy E-activated CDKs have different substrate specificity than the CDKs activated by other RINGO/Speedy proteins, which may account for their different effects on the cell cycle. Our results indicate that, although all RINGO/Speedy family members can activate CDKs, they may differently regulate cell-cycle progression.
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