title: Regulation of the anaphase-promoting complex by the dual specificity phosphatase human Cdc14a.
abstract: Two forms of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) mediate the degradation of critical cell cycle regulators. APC(Cdc20) promotes sister-chromatid separation by ubiquitinating securin, whereas APC(Cdh1) ubiquitinates mitotic cyclins, allowing the exit from mitosis. Here we show that phosphorylation of human Cdh1 (hCdh1) by cyclin B-Cdc2 alters the conformation of hCdh1 and prevents it from activating APC. A human homologue of yeast Cdc14, human Cdc14a (hCdc14a), dephosphorylates hCdh1 and activates APC(Cdh1). In contrast, hCdc14a does not affect the activity of APC(Cdc20). hCdc14a is a major phosphatase for hCdh1 and localizes to centrosomes in HeLa cells. Therefore, hCdc14a may promote the activation of APC(Cdh1) and exit from mitosis in mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9041, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bembenek
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D018385:Centrosome / Q000201:enzymology; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000378:metabolism; D056744:Cyclin B1; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
chemical_list: C534699:CCNB1 protein, human; D019926:Cyclin B; D056744:Cyclin B1; D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes; D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; C120902:CDC14A protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D008025:Ligases