title: Integrin control of cell cycle: a new role for ubiquitin ligase.
abstract: Receptor tyrosine kinases and integrins are activated by growth factors and extracellular matrix, respectively. Their activation leads to signal transduction cascades that control many aspects of cell phenotype, including progression through the G(1) phase of the cell cycle. However, the signalling cassettes driven by growth factors and matrix do not work independently of each other. Integrin triggering is essential to facilitate kinase- and GTPase-mediated signals and thereby drive efficient transfer of information through the growth factor-cyclin axis. A recent study indicates that an additional type of player has a key role in adhesion-regulated control of cell cycle, namely ubiquitin ligase.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Qing Qiu
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Streuli
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016213:Cyclins / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D044786:S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D016213:Cyclins; D006133:Growth Substances; D016023:Integrins; D044786:S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D025801:Ubiquitin; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D008025:Ligases