Abstract
Entry into mitosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe is negatively regulated by the wee1 + gene, which encodes a protein kinase with serine-, theonine-, and tyrosine-phosphorylating activities. The wee1 + kinase negatively regulates mitosis by phosphorylating p34 cdc2 on tyrosine 15, thereby inactivating the p34 cdc2 -cyclin B complex. The human homolog of the wee1 + gene ( WEE1Hu ) was overproduced in bacteria and assayed in an in vitro system. Unlike its fission yeast homolog, the product of the WEE1Hu gene encoded a tyrosine-specific protein kinase. The human WEE1 kinase phosphorylated the p34 cdc2 -cyclin B complex on tyrosine 15 but not on threonine 14 in vitro and inactivated the p34 cdc2 -cyclin B kinase. This inhibition was reversed by the human Cdc25C protein, which catalyzed the dephosphorylation of p34 cdc2 . These results indicate that the product of the WEE1Hu gene directly regulates the p34 cdc2 -cyclin B complex in human cells and that a kinase other than that encoded by WEE1Hu phosphorylates p34 cdc2 on threonine 14.
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Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 7:03 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2024, 11:04 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 week, 1 day ago (Aug. 24, 2025, 7:06 p.m.) |
Issued | 32 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 25, 1992) |
Published | 32 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 25, 1992) |
Published Print | 32 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 25, 1992) |
@article{Parker_1992, title={Inactivation of the p34 cdc2 -Cyclin B Complex by the Human WEE1 Tyrosine Kinase}, volume={257}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1384126}, DOI={10.1126/science.1384126}, number={5078}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Parker, Laura L. and Piwnica-Worms, Helen}, year={1992}, month=sep, pages={1955–1957} }