Quantitative characterization of a mitotic cyclin threshold regulating exit from mitosis.
Regulation of cyclin abundance is central to eukaryotic cell cycle control. Strong overexpression of mitotic cyclins is known to lock the system in mitosis, but the quantitative behavior of the control system as this threshold is approached has only been characterized in the in vitro Xenopus extract system. Here, we quantitate the threshold for mitotic block in budding yeast caused by constitutive overexpression of the mitotic cyclin Clb2. Near this threshold, the system displays marked loss of robustness, in that loss or even heterozygosity for some regulators becomes deleterious or lethal, even though complete loss of these regulators is tolerated at normal cyclin expression levels. Recently, we presented a quantitative kinetic model of the budding yeast cell cycle. Here, we use this model to generate biochemical predictions for Clb2 levels, asynchronous as well as through the cell cycle, as the Clb2 overexpression threshold is approached. The model predictions compare well with biochemical data, even though no data of this type were available during model generation. The loss of robustness of the Clb2 overexpressing system is also predicted by the model. These results provide strong confirmation of the model's predictive ability.
Cross
Frederick R
FR
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA. fcross@rockefeller.edu
Schroeder
Lea
L
Kruse
Martin
M
Chen
Katherine C
KC
D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007700:Kinetics; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
C093749:CLB2 protein, S cerevisiae; D019926:Cyclin B; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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