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Combining Mitotic Cell Synchronization and High Resolution Confocal Microscopy to Study the Role of Multifunctional Cell Cycle Proteins During Mitosis
Published on: December 5, 2017
La proteína Xenopus cdc2 es un componente del MPF, un regulador citoplasmático de la mitosis
W G Dunphy1, L Brizuela, D Beach
1Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
Cell
|July 29, 1988
Resumen
El producto del gen suc1 de la levadura (p13) inhibe el factor promotor de la maduración de Xenopus (MPF) al unirse a él. Esto sugiere que p13 interactúa con los componentes del MPF, incluida la proteína Xenopus cdc2.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
Sus antecedentes:
- El factor promotor de la maduración (MPF) en Xenopus induce la entrada mitótica.
- La quinasa cdc2 regula la iniciación mitótica en las levaduras de fisión.
- El producto del gen de la levadura suc1 (p13) interactúa con la cinasa cdc2.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el efecto inhibidor del producto del gen suc1 de la levadura (p13) sobre la MPF en extractos de huevo de Xenopus.
- Determinar el mecanismo por el cual la p13 inhibe la actividad del MPF.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizados extractos libres de células de huevos de Xenopus.
- Empleó cromatografía de afinidad p13 para aislar las proteínas que interactúan.
- Actividad de MPF evaluada en respuesta a la p13.
Principales resultados:
- La levadura p13 inhibió potentemente la actividad del MPF en extractos de Xenopus.
- p13 directamente ligado a MPF, lo que lleva a un agotamiento cuantitativo de la actividad de MPF.
- La proteína Xenopus cdc2 y una proteína 42 kd fueron identificadas como componentes del MPF que se unen a p13.
Conclusiones:
- El producto del gen suc1 de la levadura (p13) actúa como un inhibidor de Xenopus MPF.
- La proteína cdc2 de Xenopus y una proteína de 42 kd son componentes probables de la MPF.
- Estos hallazgos resaltan los mecanismos conservados en la regulación del ciclo celular entre la levadura y Xenopus.
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