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KMID : 0613820080180010114
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Journal of Life Science
2008 Volume.18 No. 1 p.114 ~ p.119
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The Roles of Amino and Carboxyl Domains in the Mouse Wee1 Kinases
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Han Seung-Jin
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Abstract
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The molecular machinery controlling cell cycle is centered around the regulation of the activity of maturation-promoting factor (MPF), a complex composed of a catalytic Cdc2 and the cyclinB regulatory subunit. Cdc2 kinase is inactivated by phosphorylation of inhibitory kinase, Wee1. It has been known that there are three different Wee1 kinases in the mammalian cell, Wee1A, Wee1B and Myt1. To investigate the regulatory mechanism of Wee1 kinases, the phosphorylation and degradation of Wee1A and Wee1B were checked in the Xenopus oocyte cell cycle. When Wee1 kinases were injected into frog oocyte, Wee1B was more stable than Wee1A. Wee1A and Wee1B kinase were phosphorylated by many kinases such as PKA and Akt. The roles of amino or carboxyl terminal in mouse Wee1A or Wee1B kinase were investigated using chimeric constructs. The degree of protein phosphorylation, degradation and cell cycle progression were different between chimeric constructs. The amino domain of Wee1A was implicated in the protein phosphorylation and degradation while amino domain of Wee1B and carboxyl domain of Wee1A were involved in the activity regulation. These results suggested that the domains of Wee1 kinase have different and significant roles in regulating the Wee1 kinases in the cell cycle progression.
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KEYWORD
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Wee1A, Wee1B, Myt1, chimeric construct, protein phosphorylation
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