Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Putting one step before the other: distinct activation pathways for Cdk1 and Cdk2 bring order to the mammalian cell cycle.
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Merrick, Karl A. Fisher, Robert P. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | Eukaryotic cell division is controlled by the activity of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). Cdk1 and Cdk2, which function at different stages of the mammalian cell cycle, both require cyclin-binding and phosphorylation of the activation (T-) loop for full activity, but differ with respect to the order in which the two steps occur in vivo. To form stable complexes with either of its partners-cyclins A and B-Cdk1 must be phosphorylated on its T-loop, but that phosphorylation in turn depends on the presence of cyclin. Cdk2 can follow a kinetically distinct path to activation in which T-loop phosphorylation precedes cyclin-binding, and thereby out-compete the more abundant Cdk1 for limiting amounts of cyclin A. Mathematical modeling suggests this could be a principal basis for the temporal ordering of CDK activation during S phase, which may dictate the sequence in which replication origins fire. Still to be determined are how: (1) the activation machinery discriminates between closely related CDKs, and (2) coordination of the cell cycle is affected when this mechanism of pathway insulation breaks down. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851199/pdf |
| Ending Page | 714 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 706 |
| ISSN | 15384101 |
| e-ISSN | 15514005 |
| DOI | 10.4161/cc.9.4.10732 |
| Journal | Cell Cycle |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2010-02-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Cell Cycle Biology Phosphorylation Mammalian Cell Cycle Cdk1 and Cdk2 Mathematical Modeling Cyclin Binding Cdks |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Developmental Biology Medicine Molecular Biology |