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XB-ART-50491
Cell Cycle 2014 Jan 01;1311:1727-36. doi: 10.4161/cc.28630.
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Phosphorylation-mediated stabilization of Bora in mitosis coordinates Plx1/Plk1 and Cdk1 oscillations.

Feine O , Hukasova E , Bruinsma W , Freire R , Fainsod A , Gannon J , Mahbubani HM , Lindqvist A , Brandeis M .


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Cdk1 and Plk1/Plx1 activation leads to their inactivation through negative feedback loops. Cdk1 deactivates itself by activating the APC/C, consequently generating embryonic cell cycle oscillations. APC/C inhibition by the mitotic checkpoint in somatic cells and the cytostatic factor (CSF) in oocytes sustain the mitotic state. Plk1/Plx1 targets its co-activator Bora for degradation, but it remains unclear how embryonic oscillations in Plx1 activity are generated, and how Plk1/Plx1 activity is sustained during mitosis. We show that Plx1-mediated degradation of Bora in interphase generates oscillations in Plx1 activity and is essential for development. In CSF extracts, phosphorylation of Bora on the Cdk consensus site T52 blocks Bora degradation. Upon fertilization, Calcineurin dephosphorylates T52, triggering Plx1 oscillations. Similarly, we find that GFP-Bora is degraded when Plk1 activity spreads to somatic cell cytoplasm before mitosis. Interestingly, GFP-Bora degradation stops upon mitotic entry when Cdk1 activity is high. We hypothesize that Cdk1 controls Bora through an incoherent feedforward loop synchronizing the activities of mitotic kinases.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: bora cdk1 plk1 ppp3ca

References [+] :
Akopyan, Assessing kinetics from fixed cells reveals activation of the mitotic entry network at the S/G2 transition. 2014, Pubmed