A Wee1 checkpoint inhibits anaphase onset.

Cdk1 drives both mitotic entry and the metaphase-to-anaphase transition. Past work has shown that Wee1 inhibition of Cdk1 blocks mitotic entry. Here we show that the budding yeast Wee1 kinase, Swe1, also restrains the metaphase-to-anaphase transition by preventing Cdk1 phosphorylation and activation of the mitotic form of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome ...
(APC(Cdc20)). Deletion of SWE1 or its opposing phosphatase MIH1 (the budding yeast cdc25(+)) altered the timing of anaphase onset, and activation of the Swe1-dependent morphogenesis checkpoint or overexpression of Swe1 blocked cells in metaphase with reduced APC activity in vivo and in vitro. The morphogenesis checkpoint also depended on Cdc55, a regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). cdc55Δ checkpoint defects were rescued by mutating 12 Cdk1 phosphorylation sites on the APC, demonstrating that the APC is a target of this checkpoint. These data suggest a model in which stepwise activation of Cdk1 and inhibition of PP2A(Cdc55) triggers anaphase onset.
Mesh Terms:
Anaphase, CDC2 Protein Kinase, Cell Cycle Proteins, Genes, cdc, Metaphase, Phosphorylation, Protein Phosphatase 2, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Ubiquitination, ras-GRF1
J. Cell Biol.
Date: Jun. 10, 2013
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