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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 276, Issue 18, Pages 15415-15422Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M011101200
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Mitotic cyclins A and B contain a conserved N-terminal helix upstream of the cyclin box fold that contributes to a significant interface between cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK). To address its contribution on cyclin-CDK interaction, we have constructed mutants in conserved residues of the N-terminal helix of Xenopus cyclins B2 and A1. The mutants showed altered binding affinities to Cdc2 and/or Cdk2, We also screened for mutations in the C-terminal lobe of CDK that exhibited different binding affinities for the cyclin-CDK complex. These mutations were at residues that interact with the cyclin N-terminal helix motif. The cyclin N-terminal helix mutations have a significant effect on the interaction between the cyclin-CDK complex and specific substrates, Xenopus Cdc6 and Cdc25C, These results suggest that the N-terminal helix of mitotic cyclins is required for specific interactions with CDKs and that to interact with CDK, specific substrates Cdc6 and Cdc25C require the CDK to be associated with a cyclin, The interaction between the cyclin N-terminal helix and the CDK C-terminal lobe may contribute to binding specificity of the cyclin-CDK complex.
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