title: Mitotic exit: closing the gap.
abstract: Completion of mitosis is triggered by the activation of the Ras-like GTP-binding protein Tem1p. In the November 30, 2001 issue of Cell, Hu et al. suggest that Tem1p activation is achieved by inhibition of its two-component GAP Bub2p/Bfa1p via phosphorylation of Bfa1p by the Polo kinase Cdc5p. Interestingly, activation of spindle checkpoints inhibits Bfa1p phosphorylation, suggesting that these signaling pathways prevent mitotic exit by maintaining the GAP activity of Bub2p/Bfa1p.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pintard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008938:Mitosis; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015003:Yeasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C119117:BFA1 protein, S cerevisiae; C070351:BUB2 protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C089965:TEM1 protein, S cerevisiae; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C081927:CDC5 protein, S cerevisiae; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins