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XB-ART-3818
EMBO J 2004 Apr 07;237:1619-26. doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600149.
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Mammalian Cdh1/Fzr mediates its own degradation.

Listovsky T , Oren YS , Yudkovsky Y , Mahbubani HM , Weiss AM , Lebendiker M , Brandeis M .


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The Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) ubiquitin ligase mediates degradation of cell cycle proteins during mitosis and G1. Cdc20/Fzy and Cdh1/Fzr are substrate-specific APC/C activators. The level of mammalian Cdh1 is high in mitosis, but it is inactive and does not bind the APC/C. We show that when Cdh1 is active in G1 and G0, its levels are considerably lower and almost all of it is APC/C associated. We demonstrate that Cdh1 is subject to APC/C-specific degradation in G1 and G0, and that this degradation depends upon two RXXL-type destruction boxes. We further demonstrate that addition of Cdh1 to Xenopus interphase extracts, which have an inactive APC/C, activates it to degrade Cdh1. These observations indicate that Cdh1 mediates its own degradation by activating the APC/C to degrade itself. Elevated levels of Cdh1 are deleterious for cell cycle progression in various organisms. This auto-regulation of Cdh1 could thus play a role in ensuring that the level of Cdh1 is reduced during G1 and G0, allowing it to be switched off at the correct time.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cdc20 cdh1

References [+] :
Brandeis, The proteolysis of mitotic cyclins in mammalian cells persists from the end of mitosis until the onset of S phase. 1996, Pubmed