Human p55(CDC)/Cdc20 associates with cyclin A and is phosphorylated by the cyclin A-Cdk2 complex.
The initiation of anaphase and exit from mitosis depend on the activation of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a multicomponent, ubiquitin-protein ligase. The WD-repeat protein called p55(CDC)(Cdc20) directly binds to and activates APC/C. By using yeast two-hybrid screening, we found that cyclin A, a critical cell cycle regulator in the S and G2/M phases, specifically interacts with p55(CDC). Ectopically expressed p55(CDC) and cyclin A form a stable protein complex in mammalian cells. The p55(CDC)-cyclin A interaction occurs through the region containing the WD repeats of p55(CDC) and the region between the destruction box and the cyclin box of cyclin A. In addition to the physical interaction, p55(CDC) is phosphorylated by cyclin A-associated kinase. These findings suggest that the function of p55(CDC) is mediated or regulated by its complex formation with cyclin A.
Ohtoshi
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Department of Viral Oncology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, 170-8455, Japan.
Maeda
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Higashi
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Ashizawa
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Hatakeyama
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D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D042846:CDC2-CDC28 Kinases; D019556:COS Cells; D064199:Cdc20 Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D019925:Cyclin A / Q000378:metabolism*; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000378:metabolism; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae
D064199:Cdc20 Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D019925:Cyclin A; D019926:Cyclin B; D011506:Proteins; C577488:CDC20 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D042846:CDC2-CDC28 Kinases; C495894:CDK2 protein, human; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases