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Studying Proteolysis of Cyclin B at the Single Cell Level in Whole Cell Populations
Published on: September 17, 2012
Yeast Hct1 is a regulator of Clb2 cyclin proteolysis
Abstract:
Stage-specific proteolysis of mitotic cyclins is fundamental to eukaryotic cell cycle regulation. We found that yeast Hct1, a conserved protein of eukaryotes, is a necessary and rate-limiting component of this proteolysis pathway. In hct1 mutants, the mitotic cyclin Clb2 is highly stabilized and inappropriately induces DNA replication, while G1 cyclins and other proteolytic substrates remain short-lived. Viability of hct1 mutants depends on SIC1. This and further results suggest that inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases may compensate for defects in cyclin proteolysis. Remarkably, elevated levels of Hct1 ectopically activate destruction box- and Cdc23-dependent degradation of Clb2 and cause phenotypic effects characteristic for a depletion of M-phase cyclins. Hct1 and the related Cdc20 may function as substrate-specific regulators of proteolysis during mitosis.
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