The spindle pole body plays a key role in controlling mitotic commitment in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
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Hagan, Iain MAffiliation
CRUK (Cancer Research UK) Cell Division Laboratory, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX, UK. ihagan@picr.man.ac.ukIssue Date
2008-10
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Commitment to mitosis is regulated by a conserved protein kinase complex called MPF (mitosis-promoting factor). MPF activation triggers a positive-feedback loop that further promotes the activity of its activating phosphatase Cdc25 and is assumed to down-regulate the MPF-inhibitory kinase Wee1. Four protein kinases contribute to this amplification loop: MPF itself, Polo kinase, MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) and Greatwall kinase. The fission yeast SPB (spindle pole body) component Cut12 plays a critical role in modulating mitotic commitment. In this review, I discuss the relationship between Cut12 and the fission yeast Polo kinase Plo1 in mitotic control. These results indicate that commitment to mitosis is co-ordinated by control networks on the spindle pole. I then describe how the Cut12/Plo1 control network links growth control signalling from TOR (target of rapamycin) and MAPK networks to the activation of MPF to regulate the timing of cell division.Citation
The spindle pole body plays a key role in controlling mitotic commitment in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. 2008, 36 (Pt 5):1097-101 Biochem. Soc. Trans.Journal
Biochemical Society TransactionsDOI
10.1042/BST0361097PubMed ID
18793196Type
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0300-5127ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1042/BST0361097
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