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mik1 y wee1 cooperan en la fosforilación inhibidora de la tirosina de cdc2
K Lundgren1, N Walworth, R Booher
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724.
Cell
|March 22, 1991
Resumen
Las kinasas mik1 y wee1 regulan la división celular mediante el control de la fosforilación cdc2 en S. pombe. La pérdida de ambas quinasas conduce a un bypass letal del ciclo celular, lo que sugiere que son esenciales para los puntos de control de la fase M.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- La Wee1 quinasa antagoniza la Cdc25 fosfatasa en la regulación de la actividad de la cdc2.
- El papel preciso de Wee1 en la fosforilación de la tirosina de cdc2 sigue sin estar claro.
- Mik1 es una quinasa relacionada con Wee1 con una función oscura.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el papel de Mik1 en la regulación del ciclo celular de S. pombe.
- Para determinar la relación funcional entre Mik1 y Wee1.1.
- Para dilucidar el mecanismo de regulación de cdc2 durante la fase M. fase.
Principales métodos:
- Construcción y análisis de mik1 y wee1 mutantes nulos en S. pombe.
- Evaluación de los puntos de control de la fase M y la progresión del ciclo celular.
- Análisis del estado de fosforilación de la tirosina cdc2 en varios antecedentes mutantes.
Principales resultados:
- Mik1 actúa de forma redundante con Wee1 en la regulación negativa del cdc2.
- Un doble mutante mik1 wee1 exhibe letalidad hipermitótica, evitando los puntos de control críticos de la fase M.
- La ausencia de Mik1 y Wee1 conduce a una rápida desfosforilación de la tirosina cdc2.
Conclusiones:
- Mik1 y Wee1 cooperan en la fosforilación inhibidora de la tirosina de cdc2.2.
- Estas quinasas son esenciales para mantener la integridad de la fase M y el control del punto de control.
- Los hallazgos sugieren que Mik1 y Wee1 son kinasas inhibidoras directas o activadores esenciales de la kinasa inhibidora para cdc2.
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