Greatwall kinase

نویسندگان

  • Jiangtao Yu
  • Shawna L. Fleming
  • Byron Williams
  • Erika V. Williams
  • ZeXiao Li
  • Patrizia Somma
  • Conly L. Rieder
  • Michael L. Goldberg
چکیده

Mutations in the Drosophila gene greatwall cause improper chromosome condensation and delay cell cycle progression in larval neuroblasts. Chromosomes are highly undercondensed, particularly in the euchromatin, but nevertheless contain phosphorylated histone H3, condensin, and topoisomerase II. Cells take much longer to transit the period of chromosome condensation from late G2 through nuclear envelope breakdown. Mutant cells are also subsequently delayed at metaphase, due to spindle checkpoint activity. These mutant phenotypes are not caused by spindle aberrations, by global defects in chromosome replication, or by activation of a caffeine-sensitive checkpoint. The Greatwall proteins in insects and vertebrates are located in the nucleus and belong to the AGC family of serine/threonine protein kinases; the kinase domain of Greatwall is interrupted by a long stretch of unrelated amino acids.

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Roles of Greatwall kinase in the regulation of cdc25 phosphatase.

We previously reported that immunodepletion of Greatwall kinase prevents Xenopus egg extracts from entering or maintaining M phase due to the accumulation of inhibitory phosphorylations on Thr14 and Tyr15 of Cdc2. M phase-promoting factor (MPF) in turn activates Greatwall, implying that Greatwall participates in an MPF autoregulatory loop. We show here that activated Greatwall both accelerates ...

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Greatwall kinase participates in the Cdc2 autoregulatory loop in Xenopus egg extracts.

Mutations in the Drosophila gene encoding the serine-threonine protein kinase Greatwall have previously been shown to disrupt mitotic progression. To investigate Greatwall's mitotic function, we examined its behavior in Xenopus egg extracts. Greatwall is activated during mitosis by phosphorylation; in vitro evidence indicates that maturation promoting factor (MPF) is an upstream kinase. Convers...

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Greatwall kinase and cyclin B-Cdk1 are both critical constituents of M-phase-promoting factor

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Greatwall is essential to prevent mitotic collapse after nuclear envelope breakdown in mammals.

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Polo, Greatwall, and Protein Phosphatase PP2A Jostle for Pole Position

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of Cell Biology

دوره 164  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004