The APC/C recruits cyclin B1-Cdk1-Cks in prometaphase before D box recognition to control mitotic exit.

The ubiquitin ligase anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is activated at prometaphase by mitotic phosphorylation and binding of its activator, Cdc20. This initiates cyclin A degradation, whereas cyclin B1 is stabilized by the spindle checkpoint. Upon checkpoint release, the RXXL destruction box (D box) was proposed to direct cyclin B1 to core ...
APC/C or Cdc20. In this study, we report that endogenous cyclin B1-Cdk1 is recruited to checkpoint-inhibited, phosphorylated APC/C in prometaphase independently of Cdc20 or the cyclin B1 D box. Like cyclin A, cyclin B1 binds the APC/C by the Cdk cofactor Cks and the APC3 subunit. Prior binding to APC/C(Cdc20) makes cyclin B1 a better APC/C substrate in metaphase, driving mitotic exit and cytokinesis. We conclude that in prometaphase, the phosphorylated APC/C can recruit both cyclin A and cyclin B1 in a Cks-dependent manner. This suggests that the spindle checkpoint blocks D box recognition of APC/C-bound cyclin B1, whereas distinctive complexes between the N terminus of cyclin A and Cdc20 evade checkpoint control.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, CDC2 Protein Kinase, Carrier Proteins, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cell Line, Cyclin A, Cyclin B1, Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, Humans, Mitosis, Neoplasm Proteins, Nocodazole, Phosphorylation, Prometaphase, Protein Binding, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Purines, RNA Interference, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Tubulin Modulators, Ubiquitin, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes
J. Cell Biol.
Date: Aug. 23, 2010
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