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R N Bhattacharjee1, F Hamada, K Toyoshima
1Department of Oncogene Research, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan.
Abstract:
The APC gene is mutated in familial adenomatous polyposis and sporadic colorectal tumors. The product of this gene is a 300 kDa cytoplasmic protein and its overexpression results in the block of cell cycle progression from the G0/G1 to the S phase. In the present study, we studied the expression and phosphorylation of the APC protein through the cell cycle. The APC protein was found to be constantly expressed and phosphorylated at serine and threonine residues. Moreover, the APC protein immunoprecipitated from cells arrested in the M phase by nocodazole treatment migrated in SDS-PAGE more slowly than those from the G1 and S phases. Phosphatase treatment abolished this M phase-specific retarded migration, suggesting that APC is transiently hyperphosphorylated in the M phase.
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