title: Dependence of Mos-induced Cdc2 activation on MAP kinase function in a cell-free system.
abstract: The progression of G2-arrested Xenopus laevis oocytes into meiotic M-phase is accompanied by the nearly simultaneous activation of p42 MAP kinase and Cdc2/cyclin B. This timing raises the possibility that the activation of one kinase might depend upon the other. Here we have examined whether Cdc2 activation requires p42 MAP kinase function. We have reconstituted Mos-induced Cdc2 activation in cell-free Xenopus oocyte extracts, and have found that Mos-induced Cdc2 activation requires active p42 MAP kinase, is inhibited by a MAP kinase phosphatase and is independent of protein synthesis. These findings indicate that p42 MAP kinase is an essential component of the M phase trigger in this system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5332, USA.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ferrell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002474:Cell-Free System; D016213:Cyclins / Q000378:metabolism; D054638:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017231:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mos / Q000378:metabolism*; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D016213:Cyclins; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017231:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mos; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D054638:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases