title: PP2A function toward mitotic kinases and substrates during the cell cycle.
abstract: To maintain cellular homeostasis against the demands of the extracellular environment, a precise regulation of kinases and phosphatases is essential. In cell cycle regulation mechanisms, activation of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK1) and cyclin B complex (CDK1:cyclin B) causes a remarkable change in protein phosphorylation. Activation of CDK1:cyclin B is regulated by two auto-amplification loops-CDK1:cyclin B activates Cdc25, its own activating phosphatase, and inhibits Wee1, its own inhibiting kinase. Recent biological evidence has revealed that the inhibition of its counteracting phosphatase activity also occurs, and it is parallel to CDK1:cyclin B activation during mitosis. Phosphatase regulation of mitotic kinases and their substrates is essential to ensure that the progression of the cell cycle is ordered. Outlining how the mutual control of kinases and phosphatases governs the localization and timing of cell division will give us a new understanding about cell cycle regulation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Women's Disease, Department of Biological Science, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul 140-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Ae Lee
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D064096:Aurora Kinase A / Q000378:metabolism; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D002453:Cell Cycle; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1
chemical_list: D064096:Aurora Kinase A; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D019926:Cyclin B; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1