title: Regulation of p34cdc2/cyclinB H1 and NIMA kinases during the G2/M transition and checkpoint responses in Aspergillus nidulans.
abstract: In A. nidulans, activation of both p34cdc2/cyclinB H1 and NIMA kinases is required to initiate mitosis. These two kinases are regulated at several levels during interphase and are activated independently as protein kinases during G2. They are also targeted for negative regulation, to prevent mitosis by mitotic entry checkpoint controls, when DNA is not replicated or is damaged. Then, to initiate mitosis, they promote each other's mitotic functions to coordinately promote mitosis upon completion of interphase events. In addition, inactivation of both kinases by mitotic specific proteolysis is also required for progression through mitosis into G1.
authors.affiliation: Henry Hood Research Program, Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA 17822, USA.
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Osmani
mesh_terms: D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000378:metabolism*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D016195:G2 Phase / Q000502:physiology; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D000072380:NIMA-Related Kinase 1; D000072379:NIMA-Related Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D019926:Cyclin B; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D000072380:NIMA-Related Kinase 1; D000072379:NIMA-Related Kinases; C442331:NIMA-related kinase 6; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase