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Sun L, Xin G, Hou Z, Zhao X, Xu H, Bao X, Xia R, Li Y, Li L. Biosynthetic Mechanism of Key Volatile Biomarkers of Harvested Lentinula edodes Triggered by Spore Release. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:9350-9361. [PMID: 34369774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c02410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, multivariate analyses, and transcriptomics were used to explore the biosynthesis of key volatiles and the formation of spores in Lentinula (L.) edodes. Among the 50 volatiles identified, 1-octen-3-ol, phenethyl alcohol, and several esters were considered key aromas because of their higher odor activity values. Eleven volatiles were screened as biomarkers by orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis, and hierarchical cluster analysis showed that these biomarkers could represent all volatiles to distinguish the spore release stage. The activities of lipoxygenase (LOX), hydroperoxide lyase, alcohol dehydrogenase, and alcohol acyltransferase were higher in L. edodes with spore release. Moreover, linolenic acid and phenylalanine metabolism were involved in aroma biosynthesis. One LOX-related gene and five aryl alcohol dehydrogenase-related genes could regulate the biosynthesis of 1-octen-3-ol, phenethyl alcohol, and phenylacetaldehyde. In addition, several key genes were involved in meiosis to regulate sporulation.
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- Libin Sun
- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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Wu PS, Enervald E, Joelsson A, Palmberg C, Rutishauser D, Hällberg BM, Ström L. Post-translational Regulation of DNA Polymerase η, a Connection to Damage-Induced Cohesion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2020; 216:1009-1022. [PMID: 33033113 PMCID: PMC7768261 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Double-strand breaks that are induced postreplication trigger establishment of damage-induced cohesion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, locally at the break site and genome-wide on undamaged chromosomes. The translesion synthesis polymerase, polymerase η, is required for generation of damage-induced cohesion genome-wide. However, its precise role and regulation in this process is unclear. Here, we investigated the possibility that the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28 and the acetyltransferase Eco1 modulate polymerase η activity. Through in vitro phosphorylation and structure modeling, we showed that polymerase η is an attractive substrate for Cdc28 Mutation of the putative Cdc28-phosphorylation site Ser14 to Ala not only affected polymerase η protein level, but also prevented generation of damage-induced cohesion in vivo We also demonstrated that Eco1 acetylated polymerase η in vitro Certain nonacetylatable polymerase η mutants showed reduced protein level, deficient nuclear accumulation, and increased ultraviolet irradiation sensitivity. In addition, we found that both Eco1 and subunits of the cohesin network are required for cell survival after ultraviolet irradiation. Our findings support functionally important Cdc28-mediated phosphorylation, as well as post-translational modifications of multiple lysine residues that modulate polymerase η activity, and provide new insights into understanding the regulation of polymerase η for damage-induced cohesion.
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- Pei-Shang Wu
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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The nucleus is enclosed by a double-membrane structure, the nuclear envelope, which separates the nucleoplasm from the cytoplasm. The outer nuclear membrane is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), whereas the inner nuclear membrane (INM) is a specialized compartment with a unique proteome. In order to ensure compartmental homeostasis, INM-associated degradation (INMAD) is required for both protein quality control and regulated proteolysis of INM proteins. INMAD shares similarities with ER-associated degradation (ERAD). The mechanism of ERAD is well characterized, whereas the INMAD pathway requires further definition. Here we review the three different branches of INMAD, mediated by their respective E3 ubiquitin ligases: Doa10, Asi1-3, and APC/C. We clarify the distinction between ERAD and INMAD, their substrate recognition signals, and the subsequent processing by their respective degradation machineries. We also discuss the significance of cell-cycle and developmental regulation of protein clearance at the INM, and its relationship to human disease.
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- Bailey Koch
- a Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University , Tallahassee , FL , USA
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- a Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University , Tallahassee , FL , USA
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Koch BA, Jin H, Tomko RJ, Yu HG. The anaphase-promoting complex regulates the degradation of the inner nuclear membrane protein Mps3. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:839-854. [PMID: 30737264 PMCID: PMC6400550 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201808024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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How resident inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins are turned over is unclear. Koch et al. identify an APC/C-dependent mechanism controlling the degradation of Mps3, a conserved integral protein of the INM. The nucleus is enclosed by the inner nuclear membrane (INM) and the outer nuclear membrane (ONM). While the ONM is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the INM is independent and separates the nucleoplasm from the ER lumen. Turnover of ER proteins has been well characterized by the ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) pathway, but very little is known about turnover of resident INM proteins. Here we show that the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, regulates the degradation of Mps3, a conserved integral protein of the INM. Turnover of Mps3 requires the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc7, but was independent of the known ERAD ubiquitin ligases Doa10 and Hrd1 as well as the recently discovered Asi1–Asi3 complex. Using a genetic approach, we have found that Cdh1, a coactivator of APC/C, modulates Mps3 stability. APC/C controls Mps3 degradation through Mps3’s N terminus, which resides in the nucleoplasm and possesses two putative APC/C-dependent destruction motifs. Accumulation of Mps3 at the INM impairs nuclear morphological changes and cell division. Our findings therefore reveal an unexpected mechanism of APC/C-mediated protein degradation at the INM that coordinates nuclear morphogenesis and cell cycle progression.
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- Bailey A Koch
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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The separation of sister chromatids at anaphase, which is regulated by an E3 ubiquitin ligase called the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), is arguably the most important irrevocable event during the cell cycle. The APC/C and cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1) are just two of the many significant cell cycle regulators and exert control through ubiquitylation and phosphorylation, respectively. The temporal and spatial regulation of the APC/C is achieved by multiple mechanisms, including phosphorylation, interaction with the structurally related co-activators Cdc20 and Cdh1, loading of distinct E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, binding with inhibitors and differential affinities for various substrates. Since the discovery of APC/C 25 years ago, intensive studies have uncovered many aspects of APC/C regulation, but we are still far from a full understanding of this important cellular machinery. Recent high-resolution cryogenic electron microscopy analysis and reconstitution of the APC/C have greatly advanced our understanding of molecular mechanisms underpinning the enzymatic properties of APC/C. In this review, we will examine the historical background and current understanding of APC/C regulation.
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- Hiroyuki Yamano
- Cell Cycle Control Group, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, Paul O’Gorman Building, 72 Huntley Street, London, WC1E 6DD, UK
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Davey NE, Morgan DO. Building a Regulatory Network with Short Linear Sequence Motifs: Lessons from the Degrons of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex. Mol Cell 2017; 64:12-23. [PMID: 27716480 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) is a ubiquitin ligase that polyubiquitinates specific substrates at precise times in the cell cycle, thereby triggering the events of late mitosis in a strict order. The robust substrate specificity of the APC/C prevents the potentially deleterious degradation of non-APC/C substrates and also averts the cell-cycle errors and genomic instability that could result from mistimed degradation of APC/C targets. The APC/C recognizes short linear sequence motifs, or degrons, on its substrates. The specific and timely modification and degradation of APC/C substrates is likely to be modulated by variations in degron sequence and context. We discuss the extensive affinity, specificity, and selectivity determinants encoded in APC/C degrons, and we describe some of the extrinsic mechanisms that control APC/C-substrate recognition. As an archetype for protein motif-driven regulation of cell function, the APC/C-substrate interaction provides insights into the general properties of post-translational regulatory systems.
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- Norman E Davey
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Kumar R. An account of fungal 14-3-3 proteins. Eur J Cell Biol 2017; 96:206-217. [PMID: 28258766 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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14-3-3s are a group of relatively low molecular weight, acidic, dimeric, protein(s) conserved from single-celled yeast to multicellular vertebrates including humans. Despite lacking catalytic activity, these proteins have been shown to be involved in multiple cellular processes. Apart from their role in normal cellular physiology, recently these proteins have been implicated in various medical consequences. In this present review, fungal 14-3-3 protein localization, interactions, transcription, regulation, their role in the diverse cellular process including DNA duplication, cell cycle, protein trafficking or secretion, apoptosis, autophagy, cell viability under stress, gene expression, spindle positioning, role in carbon metabolism have been discussed. In the end, I also highlighted various roles of yeasts 14-3-3 proteins in tabular form. Thus this review with primary emphasis on yeast will help in appreciating the significance of 14-3-3 proteins in cell physiology.
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- Ravinder Kumar
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra, India.
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Wang ZK, Wang J, Liu J, Ying SH, Peng XJ, Feng MG. Proteomic and Phosphoproteomic Insights into a Signaling Hub Role for Cdc14 in Asexual Development and Multiple Stress Responses in Beauveria bassiana. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0153007. [PMID: 27055109 PMCID: PMC4824431 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cdc14 is a dual-specificity phosphatase that regulates nuclear behavior by dephosphorylating phosphotyrosine and phosphoserine/phosphothreonine in fungi. Previously, Cdc14 was shown to act as a positive regulator of cytokinesis, asexual development and multiple stress responses in Beauveria bassiana, a fungal insect pathogen. This study seeks to gain deep insight into a pivotal role of Cdc14 in the signaling network of B. bassiana by analyzing the Cdc14-specific proteome and phosphoproteome generated by the 8-plex iTRAQ labeling and MS/MS analysis of peptides and phosphopeptides. Under normal conditions, 154 proteins and 86 phosphorylation sites in 67 phosphoproteins were upregulated in Δcdc14 versus wild-type, whereas 117 proteins and 85 phosphorylation sites in 58 phosphoproteins were significantly downregulated. Co-cultivation of Δcdc14 with NaCl (1 M), H2O2 (3 mM) and Congo red (0.15 mg/ml) resulted in the upregulation / downregulation of 23/63, 41/39 and 79/79 proteins and of 127/112, 52/47 and 105/226 phosphorylation sites in 85/92, 45/36 and 79/146 phosphoproteins, respectively. Bioinformatic analyses revealed that Cdc14 could participate in many biological and cellular processes, such as carbohydrate metabolism, glycerophospholipid metabolism, the MAP Kinase signaling pathway, and DNA conformation, by regulating protein expression and key kinase phosphorylation in response to different environmental cues. These indicate that in B. bassiana, Cdc14 is a vital regulator of not only protein expression but also many phosphorylation events involved in developmental and stress-responsive pathways. Fourteen conserved and novel motifs were identified in the fungal phosphorylation events.
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- Zhi-Kang Wang
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Jingjie PTM Biolabs (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Uddin B, Chen NP, Panic M, Schiebel E. Genome editing through large insertion leads to the skipping of targeted exon. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:1082. [PMID: 26691863 PMCID: PMC4687116 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2284-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Highly efficient genome editing can be achieved through targeting an endonuclease to specific locus of interest. Engineered zinc-finger nuclease (ZFN) and CRISPR-associated protein-9 nuclease (Cas9) offer such an elegant approach for genome editing in vertebrate cells. In this study, we have utilized ZFN and Cas9-catalyzed double strand break followed by homologous recombination-mediated incorporation of premature stop codon and selection marker to target human cell division cycle 14A (hCDC14A) and cell division cycle 14B (hCDC14B) genes. Results Targeting of the hCDC14A and hCDC14B loci in telomerase immortalized human retinal pigment epithelium (hTERT-RPE1) and human colon cancer (HCT116) cells were confirmed by Southern blot hybridization. Nevertheless, DNA sequence analysis of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) products confirmed that in all the single/double allele ablations, the targeted exon was spliced out. The phenomenon of exon skipping was independent of the genome editing approaches exploited, Cas9 or ZFN. Because the exons had a nucleotide number that could be divided by 3, the reading frame of the exon deletion was maintained. This indicates an exon-skipping event possibly due to the insertion of large DNA fragment (1.7 to 2.5 Kb) within the targeted exons. As a proof-of-principle, we have used gene disruption followed by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) approach. Small alterations in the exon (one to fifteen bases) were transcribed to mRNA without exon skipping. Furthermore, loxP site-mediated removal of selection markers left a 45 bp scar within the targeted exon that can be traced in mRNA without exon skipping. Conclusion From this study, we conclude that insertion of a large DNA fragment into an exon by genome editing can lead to its skipping from the final transcript. Hence, more cautious approach needs to be taken while designing target sites in such that the possible skipping of targeted exon causes a frame-shift mediated incorporation of pre-mature stop codon. On the other hand, exon skipping may be a useful strategy for the introduction of protein deletions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2284-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Borhan Uddin
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (HBIGS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (HBIGS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (HBIGS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Melesse M, Choi E, Hall H, Walsh MJ, Geer MA, Hall MC. Timely activation of budding yeast APCCdh1 involves degradation of its inhibitor, Acm1, by an unconventional proteolytic mechanism. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103517. [PMID: 25072887 PMCID: PMC4114781 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Regulated proteolysis mediated by the ubiquitin proteasome system is a fundamental and essential feature of the eukaryotic cell division cycle. Most proteins with cell cycle-regulated stability are targeted for degradation by one of two related ubiquitin ligases, the Skp1-cullin-F box protein (SCF) complex or the anaphase-promoting complex (APC). Here we describe an unconventional cell cycle-regulated proteolytic mechanism that acts on the Acm1 protein, an inhibitor of the APC activator Cdh1 in budding yeast. Although Acm1 can be recognized as a substrate by the Cdc20-activated APC (APCCdc20) in anaphase, APCCdc20 is neither necessary nor sufficient for complete Acm1 degradation at the end of mitosis. An APC-independent, but 26S proteasome-dependent, mechanism is sufficient for complete Acm1 clearance from late mitotic and G1 cells. Surprisingly, this mechanism appears distinct from the canonical ubiquitin targeting pathway, exhibiting several features of ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation. For example, Acm1 degradation in G1 requires neither lysine residues in Acm1 nor assembly of polyubiquitin chains. Acm1 was stabilized though by conditional inactivation of the ubiquitin activating enzyme Uba1, implying some requirement for the ubiquitin pathway, either direct or indirect. We identified an amino terminal predicted disordered region in Acm1 that contributes to its proteolysis in G1. Although ubiquitin-independent proteasome substrates have been described, Acm1 appears unique in that its sensitivity to this mechanism is strictly cell cycle-regulated via cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) phosphorylation. As a result, Acm1 expression is limited to the cell cycle window in which Cdk is active. We provide evidence that failure to eliminate Acm1 impairs activation of APCCdh1 at mitotic exit, justifying its strict regulation by cell cycle-dependent transcription and proteolytic mechanisms. Importantly, our results reveal that strict cell-cycle expression profiles can be established independent of proteolysis mediated by the APC and SCF enzymes.
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- Michael Melesse
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Eissler CL, Mazón G, Powers BL, Savinov SN, Symington LS, Hall MC. The Cdk/cDc14 module controls activation of the Yen1 holliday junction resolvase to promote genome stability. Mol Cell 2014; 54:80-93. [PMID: 24631283 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Faithful genome transmission during cell division requires precise, coordinated action of DNA metabolic enzymes, including proteins responsible for DNA damage detection and repair. Dynamic phosphorylation plays an important role in controlling repair enzymes during the DNA damage response (DDR). Cdc14 phosphatases oppose cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) phosphorylation and have been implicated in the DDR in several model systems. Here, we have refined the substrate specificity of budding yeast Cdc14 and, using this insight, identified the Holliday junction resolvase Yen1 as a DNA repair target of Cdc14. Cdc14 activation at anaphase triggers nuclear accumulation and enzymatic activation of Yen1, likely to resolve persistent recombinational repair intermediates. Consistent with this, expression of a phosphomimetic Yen1 mutant increased sister chromatid nondisjunction. In contrast, lack of Cdk phosphorylation resulted in constitutive activity and elevated crossover-associated repair. The precise timing of Yen1 activation, governed by core cell-cycle regulators, helps coordinate DNA repair with chromosome segregation and safeguards against genome destabilization.
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- Christie L Eissler
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Kao L, Wang YT, Chen YC, Tseng SF, Jhang JC, Chen YJ, Teng SC. Global analysis of cdc14 dephosphorylation sites reveals essential regulatory role in mitosis and cytokinesis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 13:594-605. [PMID: 24319056 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.032680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Degradation of the M phase cyclins triggers the exit from M phase. Cdc14 is the major phosphatase required for the exit from the M phase. One of the functions of Cdc14 is to dephosphorylate and activate the Cdh1/APC/C complex, resulting in the degradation of the M phase cyclins. However, other crucial targets of Cdc14 for mitosis and cytokinesis remain to be elucidated. Here we systematically analyzed the positions of dephosphorylation sites for Cdc14 in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Quantitative mass spectrometry identified a total of 835 dephosphorylation sites on 455 potential Cdc14 substrates in vivo. We validated two events, and through functional studies we discovered that Cdc14-mediated dephosphorylation of Smc4 and Bud3 is essential for proper mitosis and cytokinesis, respectively. These results provide insight into the Cdc14-mediated pathways for exiting the M phase.
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- Li Kao
- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan
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He J, Chao W, Zhang Z, Yang J, Cronin N, Barford D. Insights into degron recognition by APC/C coactivators from the structure of an Acm1-Cdh1 complex. Mol Cell 2013; 50:649-60. [PMID: 23707760 PMCID: PMC3690534 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) regulates sister chromatid segregation and the exit from mitosis. Selection of most APC/C substrates is controlled by coactivator subunits (either Cdc20 or Cdh1) that interact with substrate destruction motifs--predominantly the destruction (D) box and KEN box degrons. How coactivators recognize D box degrons and how this is inhibited by APC/C regulatory proteins is not defined at the atomic level. Here, from the crystal structure of S. cerevisiae Cdh1 in complex with its specific inhibitor Acm1, which incorporates D and KEN box pseudosubstrate motifs, we describe the molecular basis for D box recognition. Additional interactions between Acm1 and Cdh1 identify a third protein-binding site on Cdh1 that is likely to confer coactivator-specific protein functions including substrate association. We provide a structural rationalization for D box and KEN box recognition by coactivators and demonstrate that many noncanonical APC/C degrons bind APC/C coactivators at the D box coreceptor.
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- Jun He
- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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Martinez JS, Hall H, Bartolowits MD, Hall MC. Acm1 contributes to nuclear positioning by inhibiting Cdh1-substrate interactions. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:384-94. [PMID: 22189709 DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.2.18944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The anaphase-promoting complex (APC) is tightly regulated during cell division, often by pseudosubstrate binding to its coactivators Cdh1 and Cdc20. Budding yeast Acm1 is a Cdh1 pseudosubstrate inhibitor whose biological function is unknown. We show here that cells lacking Acm1 have defects in nuclear positioning and spindle morphology during mitosis. However, Cdh1 substrates are not destabilized in the absence of Acm1 and expression of inactive Cdh1 mutants that retain substrate binding is sufficient for the acm1 phenotype. We conclude that Acm1 is not required to inhibit APC(Cdh1) activity but rather prevents untimely Cdh1-substrate interactions. We further provide evidence suggesting that the substrate primarily responsible for the acm1 phenotype is the bud neck-localized kinase, Hsl1. Our results imply that at least some coactivator-substrate interactions require regulation. Several unrelated APC pseudosubstrates have been identified in diverse eukaryotes and their ability to simultaneously inhibit enzymatic activity and substrate binding may partly explain why this regulatory mechanism has been selected repeatedly during evolution.
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- Juan S Martinez
- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Zhao W, Yang X, Dong S, Sheng Y, Wang Y, Zheng X. Transient silencing mediated by in vitro synthesized double-stranded RNA indicates that PsCdc14 is required for sporangial development in a soybean root rot pathogen. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2011; 54:1143-50. [PMID: 22227907 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4250-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In many eukaryotic organisms, Cdc14 phosphatase regulates multiple biological events during anaphase and is essential for mitosis. It has been shown that Cdc14 is required for sporulation in the potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans; however, the role that the Cdc14 homolog (PsCdc14) plays in the soil-borne soybean root rot pathogen P. sojae remains ambiguous. PsCdc14 is highly expressed in sporulation, zoospore, and cyst life stages, but not in vegetative mycelia and infection stages, suggesting that it contributes to asexual reproduction and thus the spread of the disease. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) mediates gene silencing, a post-transcriptional and highly conserved process in eukaryotes, involving specific gene silencing through degradation of target mRNA. We combined in vitro dsRNA synthesis and a polyethylene glycol-mediated transformation system to construct a dsRNA-mediated transient gene silencing system; and then performed a functional analysis of PsCdc14 in P. sojae. PsCdc14 mRNA was dramatically reduced in transformants after protoplasts were exposed in in vitro synthesized PsCdc14 dsRNA, resulting in low sporangial production and abnormal development in P. sojae silencing lines. Furthermore, dsRNA-mediated transient gene silencing could enable elucidation of P. sojae rapid gene function, facilitating our understanding of the development and pathogenicity mechanisms of this oomycete fungus.
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- Wei Zhao
- College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education of China, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Bremmer SC, Hall H, Martinez JS, Eissler CL, Hinrichsen TH, Rossie S, Parker LL, Hall MC, Charbonneau H. Cdc14 phosphatases preferentially dephosphorylate a subset of cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) sites containing phosphoserine. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:1662-9. [PMID: 22117071 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.281105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mitotic cell division is controlled by cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks), which phosphorylate hundreds of protein substrates responsible for executing the division program. Cdk inactivation and reversal of Cdk-catalyzed phosphorylation are universal requirements for completing and exiting mitosis and resetting the cell cycle machinery. Mechanisms that define the timing and order of Cdk substrate dephosphorylation remain poorly understood. Cdc14 phosphatases have been implicated in Cdk inactivation and are thought to be generally specific for Cdk-type phosphorylation sites. We show that budding yeast Cdc14 possesses a strong and unusual preference for phosphoserine over phosphothreonine at Pro-directed sites in vitro. Using serine to threonine substitutions in the Cdk consensus sites of the Cdc14 substrate Acm1, we demonstrate that phosphoserine specificity exists in vivo. Furthermore, it appears to be a conserved property of all Cdc14 family phosphatases. An invariant active site residue was identified that sterically restricts phosphothreonine binding and is largely responsible for phosphoserine selectivity. Optimal Cdc14 substrates also possessed a basic residue at the +3 position relative to the phosphoserine, whereas substrates lacking this basic residue were not effectively hydrolyzed. The intrinsic selectivity of Cdc14 may help establish the order of Cdk substrate dephosphorylation during mitotic exit and contribute to roles in other cellular processes.
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- Steven C Bremmer
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Chin CF, Bennett AM, Ma WK, Hall MC, Yeong FM. Dependence of Chs2 ER export on dephosphorylation by cytoplasmic Cdc14 ensures that septum formation follows mitosis. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 23:45-58. [PMID: 22072794 PMCID: PMC3248903 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-05-0434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Sequestration of Cdc14 from the cytoplasm ensures Chs2 ER retention after MEN activation. The interdependence of chromosome segregation, MEN activation, decrease in mitotic CDK activity, and Cdc14 dispersal provides an effective mechanism for cells to order late mitotic events. Cytokinesis, which leads to the physical separation of two dividing cells, is normally restrained until after nuclear division. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, chitin synthase 2 (Chs2), which lays down the primary septum at the mother–daughter neck, also ensures proper actomyosin ring constriction during cytokinesis. During the metaphase-to-anaphase transition, phosphorylation of Chs2 by the mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk1) retains Chs2 at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), thereby preventing its translocation to the neck. Upon Cdk1 inactivation at the end of mitosis, Chs2 is exported from the ER and targeted to the neck. The mechanism for triggering Chs2 ER export thus far is unknown. We show here that Chs2 ER export requires the direct reversal of the inhibitory Cdk1 phosphorylation sites by Cdc14 phosphatase, the ultimate effector of the mitotic exit network (MEN). We further show that only Cdc14 liberated by the MEN after completion of chromosome segregation, and not Cdc14 released in early anaphase by the Cdc fourteen early anaphase release pathway, triggers Chs2 ER exit. Presumably, the reduced Cdk1 activity in late mitosis further favors dephosphorylation of Chs2 by Cdc14. Thus, by requiring declining Cdk1 activity and Cdc14 nuclear release for Chs2 ER export, cells ensure that septum formation is contingent upon chromosome separation and exit from mitosis.
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- Cheen Fei Chin
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Eissler CL, Bremmer SC, Martinez JS, Parker LL, Charbonneau H, Hall MC. A general strategy for studying multisite protein phosphorylation using label-free selected reaction monitoring mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2011; 418:267-75. [PMID: 21810403 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Revised: 07/14/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The majority of eukaryotic proteins are phosphorylated in vivo, and phosphorylation may be the most common regulatory posttranslational modification. Many proteins are phosphorylated at numerous sites, often by multiple kinases, which may have different functional consequences. Understanding biological functions of phosphorylation events requires methods to detect and quantify individual sites within a substrate. Here we outline a general strategy that addresses this need and relies on the high sensitivity and specificity of selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mass spectrometry, making it potentially useful for studying in vivo phosphorylation without the need to isolate target proteins. Our approach uses label-free quantification for simplicity and general applicability, although it is equally compatible with stable isotope quantification methods. We demonstrate that label-free SRM-based quantification is comparable to conventional assays for measuring the kinetics of phosphatase and kinase reactions in vitro. We also demonstrate the capability of this method to simultaneously measure relative rates of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of substrate mixtures, including individual sites on intact protein substrates in the context of a whole cell extract. This strategy should be particularly useful for characterizing the physiological substrate specificity of kinases and phosphatases and can be applied to studies of other protein modifications as well.
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- Christie L Eissler
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Mechanisms of pseudosubstrate inhibition of the anaphase promoting complex by Acm1. EMBO J 2011; 30:1818-29. [PMID: 21460798 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Accepted: 03/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The anaphase promoting complex (APC) is a ubiquitin ligase that promotes the degradation of cell-cycle regulators by the 26S proteasome. Cdc20 and Cdh1 are WD40-containing APC co-activators that bind destruction boxes (DB) and KEN boxes within substrates to recruit them to the APC for ubiquitination. Acm1 is an APC(Cdh1) inhibitor that utilizes a DB and a KEN box to bind Cdh1 and prevent substrate binding, although Acm1 itself is not a substrate. We investigated what differentiates an APC substrate from an inhibitor. We identified the Acm1 A-motif that interacts with Cdh1 and together with the DB and KEN box is required for APC(Cdh1) inhibition. A genetic screen identified Cdh1 WD40 domain residues important for Acm1 A-motif interaction and inhibition that appears to reside near Cdh1 residues important for DB recognition. Specific lysine insertion mutations within Acm1 promoted its ubiquitination by APC(Cdh1) whereas lysine removal from the APC substrate Hsl1 converted it into a potent APC(Cdh1) inhibitor. These findings suggest that tight Cdh1 binding combined with the inaccessibility of ubiquitinatable lysines contributes to pseudosubstrate inhibition of APC(Cdh1).
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Iliuk A, Martinez JS, Hall MC, Tao WA. Phosphorylation assay based on multifunctionalized soluble nanopolymer. Anal Chem 2011; 83:2767-74. [PMID: 21395237 DOI: 10.1021/ac2000708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Quantitative phosphorylation analysis is essential to understanding cellular signal transductions. Here we present a novel technology for the highly efficient assay of protein phosphorylation in high-throughput format without the use of phospho-specific antibodies. The technique is based on a water-soluble, nanosize polymer, termed pIMAGO, that is multifunctionalized with titanium(IV) ions for specific binding to phosphoproteins and with biotin groups that allow for enzyme-linked spectrometric detection. The sensitivity, specificity, and quantitative nature of pIMAGO for phosphorylation assays were examined with standard phosphoproteins and with purified phosphoproteins from whole cell extracts. As low as 100 pg of phosphoprotein can be measured quantitatively with the pIMAGO chemiluminescence assay. The pIMAGO assay was applied to an in vitro kinase assay, kinase inhibitor screening, and measurement of endogenous phosphorylation events. The technique provides a universal, quantitative method for global phosphorylation analysis with high sensitivity and specificity.
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- Anton Iliuk
- Department of Biochemistry and Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Mocciaro A, Schiebel E. Cdc14: a highly conserved family of phosphatases with non-conserved functions? J Cell Sci 2011; 123:2867-76. [PMID: 20720150 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.074815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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CDC14 was originally identified by L. Hartwell in his famous screen for genes that regulate the budding yeast cell cycle. Subsequent work showed that Cdc14 belongs to a family of highly conserved dual-specificity phosphatases that are present in a wide range of organisms from yeast to human. Human CDC14B is even able to fulfill the essential functions of budding yeast Cdc14. In budding yeast, Cdc14 counteracts the activity of cyclin dependent kinase (Cdk1) at the end of mitosis and thus has important roles in the regulation of anaphase, mitotic exit and cytokinesis. On the basis of the functional conservation of other cell-cycle genes it seemed obvious to assume that Cdc14 phosphatases also have roles in late mitosis in mammalian cells and regulate similar targets to those found in yeast. However, analysis of the human Cdc14 proteins (CDC14A, CDC14B and CDC14C) by overexpression or by depletion using small interfering RNA (siRNA) has suggested functions that are quite different from those of ScCdc14. Recent studies in avian and human somatic cell lines in which the gene encoding either Cdc14A or Cdc14B had been deleted, have shown - surprisingly - that neither of the two phosphatases on its own is essential for viability, cell-cycle progression and checkpoint control. In this Commentary, we critically review the available data on the functions of yeast and vertebrate Cdc14 phosphatases, and discuss whether they indeed share common functions as generally assumed.
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- Annamaria Mocciaro
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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McLean JR, Chaix D, Ohi MD, Gould KL. State of the APC/C: organization, function, and structure. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2011; 46:118-36. [PMID: 21261459 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2010.541420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The ubiquitin-proteasome protein degradation system is involved in many essential cellular processes including cell cycle regulation, cell differentiation, and the unfolded protein response. The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), an evolutionarily conserved E3 ubiquitin ligase, was discovered 15 years ago because of its pivotal role in cyclin degradation and mitotic progression. Since then, we have learned that the APC/C is a very large, complex E3 ligase composed of 13 subunits, yielding a molecular machine of approximately 1 MDa. The intricate regulation of the APC/C is mediated by the Cdc20 family of activators, pseudosubstrate inhibitors, protein kinases and phosphatases and the spindle assembly checkpoint. The large size, complexity, and dynamic nature of the APC/C represent significant obstacles toward high-resolution structural techniques; however, over the last decade, there have been a number of lower resolution APC/C structures determined using single particle electron microscopy. These structures, when combined with data generated from numerous genetic and biochemical studies, have begun to shed light on how APC/C activity is regulated. Here, we discuss the most recent developments in the APC/C field concerning structure, substrate recognition, and catalysis.
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- Janel R McLean
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Tan GS, Magurno J, Cooper KF. Ama1p-activated anaphase-promoting complex regulates the destruction of Cdc20p during meiosis II. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 22:315-26. [PMID: 21118994 PMCID: PMC3031463 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-04-0360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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During meiosis, the APC/C is activated by either Cdc20 or the meiosis-specific activator Ama1. Upon exit from meiosis II, APC/CAma1 mediates Cdc20 destruction using Db1 and GxEN degrons. The amino terminus of Ama1, which contains the Cdc20-binding domain, is sufficient for Cdc20 degradation but not spore formation. The execution of meiotic divisions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is regulated by anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C)–mediated protein degradation. During meiosis, the APC/C is activated by association with Cdc20p or the meiosis-specific activator Ama1p. We present evidence that, as cells exit from meiosis II, APC/CAma1 mediates Cdc20p destruction. APC/CAma1 recognizes two degrons on Cdc20p, the destruction box and destruction degron, with either domain being sufficient to mediate Cdc20p destruction. Cdc20p does not need to associate with the APC/C to bind Ama1p or be destroyed. Coimmunoprecipitation analyses showed that the diverged amino-terminal region of Ama1p recognizes both Cdc20p and Clb1p, a previously identified substrate of APC/CAma1. Domain swap experiments revealed that the C-terminal WD region of Cdh1p, when fused to the N-terminal region of Ama1p, could direct most of Ama1p functions, although at a reduced level. In addition, this fusion protein cannot complement the spore wall defect in ama1Δ strains, indicating that substrate specificity is also derived from the WD repeat domain. These findings provide a mechanism to temporally down-regulate APC/CCdc20 activity as the cells complete meiosis II and form spores.
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- Grace S Tan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel Medical School, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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Zhai Y, Yung PYK, Huo L, Liang C. Cdc14p resets the competency of replication licensing by dephosphorylating multiple initiation proteins during mitotic exit in budding yeast. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:3933-43. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.075366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, replication licensing is achieved through sequential loading of several replication-initiation proteins onto replication origins to form pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs), and unscheduled replication licensing is prevented by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) through inhibitory phosphorylations of multiple initiation proteins. It is known that CDK inactivation during mitotic exit promotes pre-RC formation for the next cell cycle. However, whether the removal of the inhibitory phosphorylations on the initiation proteins is essential and the identity of the acting phosphatase(s) remain unknown. Here, we show that cell division cycle protein 14 (Cdc14p) dephosphorylates replication-initiation proteins Orc2p, Orc6p, Cdc6p and Mcm3p to restore their competence for pre-RC assembly in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cells without functional Cdc14p fail to dephosphorylate initiation proteins and to form pre-RCs – even when CDK activities are suppressed – and cannot replicate DNA in mitotic rereplication systems, whereas pulsed ectopic expression of Cdc14p in mitotic cells results in efficient pre-RC assembly and DNA rereplication. Furthermore, Cdc14p becomes dispensable for DNA rereplication in mitotic cells with combined non-phosphorylatable and/or phosphorylation-insensitive alleles of the initiation proteins. These data unravel the essential role of Cdc14p in replication licensing, beyond its established functions in mitotic exit, providing new insight into the intricate regulation of DNA replication through the interplay of CDKs and the Cdc14p phosphatase.
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- Yuanliang Zhai
- Section of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Division of Life Science, and Center for Cancer Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Section of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Division of Life Science, and Center for Cancer Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Section of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Division of Life Science, and Center for Cancer Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Section of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Division of Life Science, and Center for Cancer Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Robbins JA, Cross FR. Requirements and reasons for effective inhibition of the anaphase promoting complex activator CDH1. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:914-25. [PMID: 20089834 PMCID: PMC2836972 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-10-0901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdh1 by CDK and Polo kinase has been proposed to inactivate APC-Cdh1. Through an exact gene replacement approach, we find CDK, but not Polo, phosphorylation of Cdh1 to be a critical regulatory mechanism. APC-Cdh1 inhibits multiple aspects of spindle morphogenesis, and its activity is modulated by endogenous ACM1. Anaphase promoting complex (APC)-Cdh1 targets multiple mitotic proteins for degradation upon exit from mitosis into G1; inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdh1 by cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and Polo kinase has been proposed to prevent the premature degradation of substrates in the ensuing cell cycle. Here, we demonstrate essentiality of CDK phosphorylation of Cdh1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by exact endogenous gene replacement of CDH1 with CDK-unphosphorylatable CDH1-m11; in contrast, neither Cdh1 polo kinase sites nor polo interaction motifs are required. CDH1-m11 cells arrest in the first cycle with replicated DNA and sustained polarized growth; most cells have monopolar spindles. Blocking proteolysis of the Cin8 kinesin in CDH1-m11 cells does not promote spindle pole body (SPB) separation. In contrast, expression of undegradable mitotic cyclin results in both SPB separation and the restoration of isotropic growth. A minority of CDH1-m11 cells arrest with short bipolar spindles that fail to progress to anaphase; this can be accounted for by a failure to accumulate Cdc20 and consequent failure to cleave cohesin. Bipolar spindle assembly in CDH1-m11 cells is strikingly sensitive to gene dosage of the stoichiometric Cdh1 inhibitor ACM1. Thus, different spindle-regulatory pathways have distinct sensitivities to Cdh1, and ACM1 may buffer essential CDK phosphorylation of Cdh1.
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Shin MH, Mavila N, Wang WH, Vega Alvarez S, Hall MC, Andrisani OM. Time-dependent activation of Phox2a by the cyclic AMP pathway modulates onset and duration of p27Kip1 transcription. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:4878-90. [PMID: 19564421 PMCID: PMC2738275 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01928-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Revised: 02/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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In noradrenergic progenitors, Phox2a mediates cell cycle exit and neuronal differentiation by inducing p27(Kip1) transcription in response to activation of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) pathway. The mechanism of cAMP-mediated activation of Phox2a is unknown. We identified a cluster of phosphoserine-proline sites in Phox2a by mass spectrometry. Ser206 appeared to be the most prominent phosphorylation site. A phospho-Ser206 Phox2a antibody detected dephosphorylation of Phox2a that was dependent on activation of the cAMP pathway, which occurred prior to neuronal differentiation of noradrenergic CAD cells. Employing serine-to-alanine and serine-to-aspartic acid Phox2a substitution mutants expressed in inducible CAD cell lines, we demonstrated that the transcriptional activity of Phox2a is regulated by two sequential cAMP-dependent events: first, cAMP signaling promotes dephosphorylation of Phox2a in at least one site, Ser206, thereby allowing Phox2a to bind DNA and initiate p27(Kip1) transcription; second, following dephosphorylation of the phosphoserine cluster (Ser202 and Ser208), Phox2a becomes phosphorylated by protein kinase A (PKA) on Ser153, which prevents association of Phox2a with DNA and terminates p27(Kip1) transcription. This represents a novel mechanism by which the same stimulus, cAMP signaling, first activates Phox2a by dephosphorylation of Ser206 and then, after a built-in delay, inactivates Phox2a via PKA-dependent phosphorylation of Ser153, thereby modulating onset and duration of p27(Kip1) transcription.
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- Min Hwa Shin
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026, USA
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.1558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The unique N terminus of the UbcH10 E2 enzyme controls the threshold for APC activation and enhances checkpoint regulation of the APC. Mol Cell 2008; 31:544-556. [PMID: 18722180 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2007] [Revised: 04/09/2008] [Accepted: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In vitro, the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) E3 ligase functions with E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes of the E2-C and Ubc4/5 families to ubiquitinate substrates. However, only the use of the E2-C family, notably UbcH10, is genetically well validated. Here, we biochemically demonstrate preferential use of UbcH10 by the APC, specified by the E2 core domain. Importantly, an additional E2-E3 interaction mediated by the N-terminal extension of UbcH10 regulates APC activity. Mutating the highly conserved N terminus increases substrate ubiquitination and the number of substrate lysines targeted, allows ubiquitination of APC substrates lacking their destruction boxes, increases resistance to the APC inhibitors Emi1 and BubR1 in vitro, and bypasses the spindle checkpoint in vivo. Fusion of the UbcH10 N terminus to UbcH5 restricts ubiquitination activity but does not direct specific interactions with the APC. Thus, UbcH10 combines a specific E2-E3 interface and regulation via its N-terminal extension to limit APC activity for substrate selection and checkpoint control.
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Choi E, Dial JM, Jeong DE, Hall MC. Unique D box and KEN box sequences limit ubiquitination of Acm1 and promote pseudosubstrate inhibition of the anaphase-promoting complex. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:23701-10. [PMID: 18596038 PMCID: PMC3259782 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803695200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2008] [Revised: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The anaphase-promoting complex (APC) regulates cell division in eukaryotes by targeting specific proteins for destruction. APC substrates generally contain one or more short degron sequences that help mediate their recognition and poly-ubiquitination by the APC. The most common and well characterized degrons are the destruction box (D box) and the KEN box. The budding yeast Acm1 protein, an inhibitor of Cdh1-activated APC (APC(Cdh1)) also contains several conserved D and KEN boxes, and here we report that two of these located in the central region of Acm1 constitute a pseudosubstrate sequence required for APC(Cdh1) inhibition. Acm1 interacted with and inhibited substrate binding to the WD40 repeat domain of Cdh1. Combined mutation of the central D and KEN boxes strongly reduced both binding to the Cdh1 WD40 domain and APC(Cdh1) inhibition. Despite this, the double mutant, but not wild-type Acm1, was poly-ubiquitinated by APC(Cdh1) in vitro. Thus, unlike substrates in which D and KEN boxes promote ubiquitination, these same elements in the central region of Acm1 prevent ubiquitination. We propose that this unique property of the Acm1 degron sequences results from an unusually high affinity interaction with the substrate receptor site on the WD40 domain of Cdh1 that may serve both to promote APC inhibition and protect Acm1 from destruction.
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- Eunyoung Choi
- Biochemistry Department and
Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana 47907 and the Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina 27599
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- Biochemistry Department and
Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana 47907 and the Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina 27599
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- Biochemistry Department and
Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana 47907 and the Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina 27599
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- Biochemistry Department and
Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana 47907 and the Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina 27599
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Wu JQ, Kornbluth S. Not-so-pseudo a substrate: Acm1-mediated inhibition of the APC. Mol Cell 2008; 30:543-4. [PMID: 18538651 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In a recent issue of Molecular Cell, Enquist-Newman et al. (2008) demonstrate that Acm1 is ubiquitinated by APC(Cdc20). By contrast, the high-affinity interaction between Acm1 and APC(Cdh1) renders it a poor substrate, but a specific inhibitor, of the APC(Cdh1) complex.
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- Judy Qiju Wu
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Pseudosubstrate inhibition of the anaphase-promoting complex by Acm1: regulation by proteolysis and Cdc28 phosphorylation. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:4653-64. [PMID: 18519589 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00055-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The ubiquitin ligase activity of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC)/cyclosome needs to be tightly regulated for proper cell cycle progression. Substrates are recruited to the APC by the Cdc20 and Cdh1 accessory proteins. The Cdh1-APC interaction is inhibited through phosphorylation of Cdh1 by Cdc28, the major cyclin-dependent protein kinase in budding yeast. More recently, Acm1 was reported to be a Cdh1-binding and -inhibitory protein in budding yeast. We found that although Acm1 is an unstable protein and contains the KEN-box and D-box motifs typically found in APC substrates, Acm1 itself is not an APC substrate. Rather, it uses these motifs to compete with substrates for Cdh1 binding, thereby inhibiting their recruitment to the APC. Mutation of these motifs prevented Acm1-Cdh1 binding in vivo and rendered Acm1 inactive both in vitro and in vivo. Acm1 stability was critically dependent on phosphorylation by Cdc28, as Acm1 was destabilized following inhibition of Cdc28, mutation of consensus Cdc28 phosphorylation sites in Acm1, or deletion of the Bmh1 and Bmh2 phosphoprotein-binding proteins. Thus, Cdc28 serves dual roles in inhibiting Cdh1-dependent APC activity during the cell cycle: stabilization of the Cdh1 inhibitor Acm1 and direct phosphorylation of Cdh1 to prevent its association with the APC.
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