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Darling S, Fujimitsu K, Chia KH, Zou J, Rappsilber J, Yamano H. The C-terminal disordered loop domain of Apc8 unlocks APC/C mitotic activation. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114262. [PMID: 38776225 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024] Open
Abstract
The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a critical and tightly regulated E3 ligase that orchestrates the cellular life cycle by controlling the degradation of cell cycle regulators. An intriguing feature of this complex is an autoinhibition mechanism: an intrinsically disordered loop domain, Apc1-300L, blocks Cdc20 coactivator binding, yet phosphorylation of Apc1-300L counteracts this autoinhibition. Many such disordered loops within APC/C remain unexplored. Our systematic analysis of loop-deficient APC/C mutants uncovered a pivotal role for Apc8's C-terminal loop (Apc8-L) in mitotic activation. Apc8-L directly recruits the CDK adaptor protein, Xe-p9/Cks2, positioning the Xe-p9-CDK-CycB complex near Apc1-300L. This stimulates the phosphorylation and removal of Apc1-300L, prompting the formation of active APC/CCdc20. Strikingly, without both Apc8-L and Apc3-L, the APC/C is rendered inactive during mitosis, highlighting Apc8-L's synergistic role with other loops and kinases. This study broadens our understanding of the intricate dynamics in APC/C regulation and provides insights on the regulation of macromolecular complexes.
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- Sarah Darling
- Cell Cycle Control Group, University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute, London WC1E 6DD, UK
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- Cell Cycle Control Group, University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute, London WC1E 6DD, UK
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- Cell Cycle Control Group, University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute, London WC1E 6DD, UK
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- University of Edinburgh, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK
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- University of Edinburgh, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK; Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Bioanalytics, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Cell Cycle Control Group, University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute, London WC1E 6DD, UK.
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Zhang Y, Young R, Garvanska DH, Song C, Zhai Y, Wang Y, Jiang H, Fang J, Nilsson J, Alfieri C, Zhang G. Functional analysis of Cdc20 reveals a critical role of CRY box in mitotic checkpoint signaling. Commun Biol 2024; 7:164. [PMID: 38337031 PMCID: PMC10858191 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05859-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Accurate mitosis is coordinated by the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) through the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC), which inhibits the anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C). As an essential regulator, Cdc20 promotes mitotic exit through activating APC/C and monitors kinetochore-microtubule attachment through activating SAC. Cdc20 requires multiple interactions with APC/C and MCC subunits to elicit these functions. Functionally assessing these interactions within cells requires efficient depletion of endogenous Cdc20, which is highly difficult to achieve by RNA interference (RNAi). Here we generated Cdc20 RNAi-sensitive cell lines which display a penetrant metaphase arrest by a single RNAi treatment. In this null background, we accurately measured the contribution of each known motif of Cdc20 on APC/C and SAC activation. The CRY box, a previously identified degron, was found critical for SAC by promoting MCC formation and its interaction with APC/C. These data reveal additional regulation within the SAC and establish a novel method to interrogate Cdc20.
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- Yuqing Zhang
- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Chester Beatty Laboratories, Structural Biology Division, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The NNF Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Chester Beatty Laboratories, Structural Biology Division, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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- Cancer Institute, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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Rojas J, Oz T, Jonak K, Lyzak O, Massaad V, Biriuk O, Zachariae W. Spo13/MEIKIN ensures a Two-Division meiosis by preventing the activation of APC/C Ama1 at meiosis I. EMBO J 2023; 42:e114288. [PMID: 37728253 PMCID: PMC10577557 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023114288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Genome haploidization at meiosis depends on two consecutive nuclear divisions, which are controlled by an oscillatory system consisting of Cdk1-cyclin B and the APC/C bound to the Cdc20 activator. How the oscillator generates exactly two divisions has been unclear. We have studied this question in yeast where exit from meiosis involves accumulation of the APC/C activator Ama1 at meiosis II. We show that inactivation of the meiosis I-specific protein Spo13/MEIKIN results in a single-division meiosis due to premature activation of APC/CAma1 . In the wild type, Spo13 bound to the polo-like kinase Cdc5 prevents Ama1 synthesis at meiosis I by stabilizing the translational repressor Rim4. In addition, Cdc5-Spo13 inhibits the activity of Ama1 by converting the B-type cyclin Clb1 from a substrate to an inhibitor of Ama1. Cdc20-dependent degradation of Spo13 at anaphase I unleashes a feedback loop that increases Ama1's synthesis and activity, leading to irreversible exit from meiosis at the second division. Thus, by repressing the exit machinery at meiosis I, Cdc5-Spo13 ensures that cells undergo two divisions to produce haploid gametes.
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- Julie Rojas
- Laboratory of Chromosome BiologyMax Planck Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
- Present address:
Laboratory of GeneticsUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWIUSA
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- Laboratory of Chromosome BiologyMax Planck Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
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- Laboratory of Chromosome BiologyMax Planck Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
- Present address:
Institute of Biochemistry and BiophysicsPolish Academy of SciencesWarsawPoland
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- Laboratory of Chromosome BiologyMax Planck Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
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- Laboratory of Chromosome BiologyMax Planck Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
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- Laboratory of Chromosome BiologyMax Planck Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
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- Laboratory of Chromosome BiologyMax Planck Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
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Girke P, Seufert W. Targeting of Hmo1 to subcompartments of the budding yeast nucleolus. Mol Biol Cell 2023; 34:ar22. [PMID: 36696177 PMCID: PMC10011721 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-07-0261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The nucleolus is a multilayered, membraneless organelle made up of liquidlike biogenesis compartments surrounding an array of ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA). Biogenesis factors accumulate in the outer compartments through RNA binding and phase separation promoted by intrinsically disordered protein regions. In contrast, the nucleolar localization of rDNA-binding proteins, which reside in the central chromatin compartment, is less well characterized. To gain mechanistic insight, we analyzed the localization, mitotic segregation, nucleic acid binding, and nuclear dynamics of the budding yeast rDNA-binding protein Hmo1. Deletion of the main DNA-binding domain, the HMG boxB, compromised Hmo1 transfer to daughter cells in mitosis and transcription-independent rDNA association but still allowed nucleolar localization. The C-terminal lysine-rich region turned out to be a combined nuclear and nucleolar localization sequence (NLS-NoLS). Its integrity was required for maximal enrichment and efficient retention of Hmo1 in the nucleolus and nucleolar localization of the ΔboxB construct. Moreover, the NLS-NoLS region was sufficient to promote nucleolar accumulation and bound nucleic acids in vitro with some preference for RNA. Bleaching experiments indicated mobility of Hmo1 inside the nucleolus but little exchange with the nucleoplasm. Thus, a bilayered targeting mechanism secures proper localization of Hmo1 to the nucleolus.
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- Philipp Girke
- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Leite AC, Barbedo M, Costa V, Pereira C. The APC/C Activator Cdh1p Plays a Role in Mitochondrial Metabolic Remodelling in Yeast. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24044111. [PMID: 36835555 PMCID: PMC9967508 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24044111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Cdh1p is one of the two substrate adaptor proteins of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a ubiquitin ligase that regulates proteolysis during cell cycle. In this work, using a proteomic approach, we found 135 mitochondrial proteins whose abundance was significantly altered in the cdh1Δ mutant, with 43 up-regulated proteins and 92 down-regulated proteins. The group of significantly up-regulated proteins included subunits of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, enzymes from the tricarboxylic acid cycle and regulators of mitochondrial organization, suggesting a metabolic remodelling towards an increase in mitochondrial respiration. In accordance, mitochondrial oxygen consumption and Cytochrome c oxidase activity increased in Cdh1p-deficient cells. These effects seem to be mediated by the transcriptional activator Yap1p, a major regulator of the yeast oxidative stress response. YAP1 deletion suppressed the increased Cyc1p levels and mitochondrial respiration in cdh1Δ cells. In agreement, Yap1p is transcriptionally more active in cdh1Δ cells and responsible for the higher oxidative stress tolerance of cdh1Δ mutant cells. Overall, our results unveil a new role for APC/C-Cdh1p in the regulation of the mitochondrial metabolic remodelling through Yap1p activity.
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- Ana Cláudia Leite
- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- IBMC—Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- IBMC—Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- IBMC—Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS—Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- IBMC—Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-220408800
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Jaiswal N, Nandi D, Cheema PS, Nag A. The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome co-activator, Cdh1, is a novel target of human papillomavirus 16 E7 oncoprotein in cervical oncogenesis. Carcinogenesis 2022; 43:988-1001. [PMID: 35738876 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgac057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The transforming properties of the high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) E7 oncoprotein are indispensable for driving the virus life cycle and pathogenesis. Besides inactivation of the retinoblastoma family of tumor suppressors as part of its oncogenic endeavors, E7-mediated perturbations of eminent cell cycle regulators, checkpoint proteins and proto-oncogenes are considered to be the tricks of its transformative traits. However, many such critical interactions are still unknown. In the present study, we have identified the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC) co-activator, Cdh1, as a novel interacting partner and a degradation target of E7. We found that HPV16 E7-induced inactivation of Cdh1 promoted abnormal accumulation of multiple Cdh1 substrates. Such a mode of deregulation possibly contributes to HPV-mediated cervical oncogenesis. Our mapping studies recognized the C-terminal zinc-finger motif of E7 to associate with Cdh1 and interfere with the timely degradation of FoxM1, a bona fide Cdh1 substrate and a potent oncogene. Importantly, the E7 mutant with impaired interaction with Cdh1 exhibited defects in its ability for overriding typical cell cycle transition and oncogenic transformation, thereby validating the functional and pathological significance of the E7-Cdh1 axis during cervical carcinoma progression. Altogether, the findings from our study discover a unique nexus between E7 and APC/C-Cdh1, thereby adding to our understanding of the mechanism of E7-induced carcinogenesis and provide a promising target for the management of cervical carcinoma.
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- Neha Jaiswal
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi, India
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Rathi S, Polat I, Pereira G. The budding yeast GSK-3 homologue Mck1 is an essential component of the spindle position checkpoint. Open Biol 2022; 12:220203. [PMID: 36321416 PMCID: PMC9627454 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.220203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) is a mitotic surveillance mechanism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that prevents cells from completing mitosis in response to spindle misalignment, thereby contributing to genomic integrity. The kinase Kin4, one of the most downstream SPOC components, is essential to stop the mitotic exit network (MEN), a signalling pathway that promotes the exit from mitosis and cell division. Previous work, however, suggested that a Kin4-independent pathway contributes to SPOC, yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we established the glycogen-synthase-kinase-3 (GSK-3) homologue Mck1, as a novel component that works independently of Kin4 to engage SPOC. Our data indicate that both Kin4 and Mck1 work in parallel to counteract MEN activation by the Cdc14 early anaphase release (FEAR) network. We show that Mck1's function in SPOC is mediated by the pre-replication complex protein and mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase (M-Cdk) inhibitor, Cdc6, which is degraded in a Mck1-dependent manner prior to mitosis. Moderate overproduction of Cdc6 phenocopies MCK1 deletion and causes SPOC deficiency via its N-terminal, M-Cdk inhibitory domain. Our data uncover an unprecedented role of GSK-3 kinases in coordinating spindle orientation with cell cycle progression.
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- Siddhi Rathi
- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School (HBIGS) and Faculty of Biosciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,Centre for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
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Rathi S, Polat I, Pereira G. The budding yeast GSK-3 homologue Mck1 is an essential component of the spindle position checkpoint. Open Biol 2022. [PMID: 36321416 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6261880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) is a mitotic surveillance mechanism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that prevents cells from completing mitosis in response to spindle misalignment, thereby contributing to genomic integrity. The kinase Kin4, one of the most downstream SPOC components, is essential to stop the mitotic exit network (MEN), a signalling pathway that promotes the exit from mitosis and cell division. Previous work, however, suggested that a Kin4-independent pathway contributes to SPOC, yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we established the glycogen-synthase-kinase-3 (GSK-3) homologue Mck1, as a novel component that works independently of Kin4 to engage SPOC. Our data indicate that both Kin4 and Mck1 work in parallel to counteract MEN activation by the Cdc14 early anaphase release (FEAR) network. We show that Mck1's function in SPOC is mediated by the pre-replication complex protein and mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase (M-Cdk) inhibitor, Cdc6, which is degraded in a Mck1-dependent manner prior to mitosis. Moderate overproduction of Cdc6 phenocopies MCK1 deletion and causes SPOC deficiency via its N-terminal, M-Cdk inhibitory domain. Our data uncover an unprecedented role of GSK-3 kinases in coordinating spindle orientation with cell cycle progression.
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- Siddhi Rathi
- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School (HBIGS) and Faculty of Biosciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Centre for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
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Role of phosphorylation of Cdc20 in the regulation of the action of APC/C in mitosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2210367119. [PMID: 36001690 PMCID: PMC9436321 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210367119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The ubiquitin ligase APC/C (anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome) is essential for the control of mitosis, and its activity is subject to tight regulation. In early mitosis, APC/C is inhibited by the mitotic checkpoint system, but subsequently it regains activity and promotes metaphase-anaphase transition by targeting cyclin B and securin for degradation. The phosphorylation of APC/C by the mitotic protein kinase Cdk1-cyclin B facilitates its interaction with its coactivator Cdc20, while the phosphorylation of Cdc20 inhibits its binding to APC/C. This raises the question of how Cdc20 binds to APC/C under conditions of high Cdk1 activity. It seemed possible that the opposing action of protein phosphatases produces a fraction of unphosphorylated Cdc20 that binds to APC/C. We found, however, that while inhibitors of protein phosphatases PP2A and PP1 increased the overall phosphorylation of Cdc20 in anaphase extracts from Xenopus eggs, they did not decrease the levels of Cdc20 bound to APC/C. Searching for alternative mechanisms, we found that following the binding of Cdc20 to APC/C, it became significantly protected against phosphorylation by Cdk1. Protection was mainly at threonine sites at the N-terminal region of Cdc20, known to affect its interaction with APC/C. A model is proposed according to which a pool of unphosphorylated Cdc20, originating from initial stages of mitosis or from phosphatase action, combines with phosphorylated APC/C and thus becomes stabilized against further phosphorylation, possibly by steric hindrance of Cdk1 action. This pool of APCCdc20 appears to be required for the regulation of APC/C activity at different stages of mitosis.
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Stepwise assembly of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) complex. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101583. [PMID: 35031321 PMCID: PMC8844851 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) has key functions in the initiation step of protein synthesis. eIF2 guides the initiator tRNA to the ribosome, participates in scanning of the mRNA molecule, supports selection of the start codon, and modulates the translation of mRNAs in response to stress. eIF2 comprises a heterotrimeric complex whose assembly depends on the ATP-grasp protein Cdc123. Mutations of the eIF2γ subunit that compromise eIF2 complex formation cause severe neurological disease in humans. To this date, however, details about the assembly mechanism, step order, and the individual functions of eIF2 subunits remain unclear. Here, we quantified assembly intermediates and studied the behavior of various binding site mutants in budding yeast. Based on these data, we present a model in which a Cdc123-mediated conformational change in eIF2γ exposes binding sites for eIF2α and -β subunits. Contrary to an earlier hypothesis, we found that the associations of eIF2α and -β with the γ-subunit are independent of each other, but the resulting heterodimers are non-functional and fail to bind the guanosine exchange factor eIF2B. In addition, levels of eIF2α influence the rate of eIF2 assembly. By binding to eIF2γ, eIF2α displaces Cdc123 and thereby completes the assembly process. Experiments in human cell culture indicate that the mechanism of eIF2 assembly is conserved between yeast and humans. This study sheds light on an essential step in eukaryotic translation initiation, the dysfunction of which is linked to human disease.
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Schuyler SC, Chen HY. Using Budding Yeast to Identify Molecules That Block Cancer Cell 'Mitotic Slippage' Only in the Presence of Mitotic Poisons. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22157985. [PMID: 34360748 PMCID: PMC8347345 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Research on the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has yielded fundamental discoveries on highly conserved biological pathways and yeast remains the best-studied eukaryotic cell in the world. Studies on the mitotic cell cycle and the discovery of cell cycle checkpoints in budding yeast has led to a detailed, although incomplete, understanding of eukaryotic cell cycle progression. In multicellular eukaryotic organisms, uncontrolled aberrant cell division is the defining feature of cancer. Some of the most successful classes of anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents are mitotic poisons. Mitotic poisons are thought to function by inducing a mitotic spindle checkpoint-dependent cell cycle arrest, via the assembly of the highly conserved mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC), leading to apoptosis. Even in the presence of mitotic poisons, some cancer cells continue cell division via 'mitotic slippage', which may correlate with a cancer becoming refractory to mitotic poison chemotherapeutic treatments. In this review, knowledge about budding yeast cell cycle control is explored to suggest novel potential drug targets, namely, specific regions in the highly conserved anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) subunits Apc1 and/or Apc5, and in a specific N-terminal region in the APC/C co-factor cell division cycle 20 (Cdc20), which may yield molecules which block 'mitotic slippage' only in the presence of mitotic poisons.
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- Scott C. Schuyler
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan;
- Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-03-211-8800 (ext. 3596)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan;
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Zhao Y, Wang D, Zhang Z, Lu Y, Yang X, Ouyang Q, Tang C, Li F. Critical slowing down and attractive manifold: A mechanism for dynamic robustness in the yeast cell-cycle process. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:042405. [PMID: 32422801 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.042405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Biological processes that execute complex multiple functions, such as the cell cycle, must ensure the order of sequential events and maintain dynamic robustness against various fluctuations. Here, we examine the mechanisms and fundamental structure that achieve these properties in the cell cycle of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show that this process behaves like an excitable system containing three well-decoupled saddle-node bifurcations to execute DNA replication and mitosis events. The yeast cell-cycle regulatory network can be divided into three modules-the G1/S phase, early M phase, and late M phase-wherein both positive feedback loops in each module and interactions among modules play important roles. Specifically, when the cell-cycle process operates near the critical points of the saddle-node bifurcations, a critical slowing down effect takes place. Such interregnum then allows for an attractive manifold and sufficient duration for cell-cycle events, within which to assess the completion of DNA replication and mitosis, e.g., spindle assembly. Moreover, such arrangement ensures that any fluctuation in an early module or event will not transmit to a later module or event. Thus, our results suggest a possible dynamical mechanism of the cell-cycle process to ensure event order and dynamic robustness and give insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cell-cycle processes.
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- Yao Zhao
- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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piRNA-independent function of PIWIL1 as a co-activator for anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome to drive pancreatic cancer metastasis. Nat Cell Biol 2020; 22:425-438. [PMID: 32203416 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-020-0486-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Piwi proteins are normally restricted in germ cells to suppress transposons through associations with Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), but they are also frequently activated in many types of human cancers. A great puzzle is the lack of significant induction of corresponding piRNAs in cancer cells, as we document here in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs), which implies that such germline-specific proteins are somehow hijacked to promote tumorigenesis through a different mode of action. Here, we show that in the absence of piRNAs, human PIWIL1 in PDAC functions as an oncoprotein by activating the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) E3 complex, which then targets a critical cell adhesion-related protein, Pinin, to enhance PDAC metastasis. This is in contrast to piRNA-dependent PIWIL1 ubiquitination and removal by APC/C during late spermiogenesis. These findings unveil a piRNA-dependent mechanism to switch PIWIL1 from a substrate in spermatids to a co-activator of APC/C in human cancer cells.
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Bansal S, Tiwari S. Mechanisms for the temporal regulation of substrate ubiquitination by the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome. Cell Div 2019; 14:14. [PMID: 31889987 PMCID: PMC6927175 DOI: 10.1186/s13008-019-0057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a multi-subunit, multifunctional ubiquitin ligase that controls the temporal degradation of numerous cell cycle regulatory proteins to direct the unidirectional cell cycle phases. Several different mechanisms contribute to ensure the correct order of substrate modification by the APC/C complex. Recent advances in biochemical, biophysical and structural studies of APC/C have provided a deep mechanistic insight into the working of this complex ubiquitin ligase. This complex displays remarkable conformational flexibility in response to various binding partners and post-translational modifications, which together regulate substrate selection and catalysis of APC/C. Apart from this, various features and modifications of the substrates also influence their recognition and affinity to APC/C complex. Ultimately, temporal degradation of substrates depends on the kind of ubiquitin modification received, the processivity of APC/C, and other extrinsic mechanisms. This review discusses our current understanding of various intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms responsible for 'substrate ordering' by the APC/C complex.
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- Shivangee Bansal
- School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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Mizrak A, Morgan DO. Polyanions provide selective control of APC/C interactions with the activator subunit. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5807. [PMID: 31862931 PMCID: PMC6925294 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13864-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Transient interactions between the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) and its activator subunit Cdc20 or Cdh1 generate oscillations in ubiquitylation activity necessary to maintain the order of cell cycle events. Activator binds the APC/C with high affinity and exhibits negligible dissociation kinetics in vitro, and it is not clear how the rapid turnover of APC/C-activator complexes is achieved in vivo. Here, we describe a mechanism that controls APC/C-activator interactions based on the availability of substrates. We find that APC/C-activator dissociation is stimulated by abundant cellular polyanions such as nucleic acids and polyphosphate. Polyanions also interfere with substrate ubiquitylation. However, engagement with high-affinity substrate blocks the inhibitory effects of polyanions on activator binding and APC/C activity. We propose that this mechanism amplifies the effects of substrate affinity on APC/C function, stimulating processive ubiquitylation of high-affinity substrates and suppressing ubiquitylation of low-affinity substrates.
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- Arda Mizrak
- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
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Liu J, Yao Q, Xiao L, Li F, Ma W, Zhang Z, Xie X, Yang C, Cui Q, Tian Y, Zhang C, Lai B, Wang N. APC/Cdh1 targets PECAM-1 for ubiquitination and degradation in endothelial cells. J Cell Physiol 2019; 235:2521-2531. [PMID: 31489637 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily and is expressed by hematopoietic and endothelial cells (ECs). Recent studies have shown that PECAM-1 plays a crucial role in promoting the development of the EC inflammatory response in the context of disturbed flow. However, the mechanistic pathways that control PECAM-1 protein stability remain largely unclear. Here, we identified PECAM-1 as a novel substrate of the APC/Cdh1 E3 ubiquitin ligase. Specifically, lentivirus-mediated Cdh1 depletion stabilized PECAM-1 in ECs. Conversely, overexpression of Cdh1 destabilized PECAM-1. The proteasome inhibitor MG132 blocked Cdh1-mediated PECAM-1 degradation. In addition, Cdh1 promoted K48-linked polyubiquitination of PECAM-1 in a destruction box-dependent manner. Furthermore, we demonstrated that compared with pulsatile shear stress (PS), oscillatory shear stress decreased the expression of Cdh1 and the ubiquitination of PECAM-1, therefore stabilizing PECAM-1 to promote inflammation in ECs. Hence, our study revealed a novel mechanism by which fluid flow patterns regulate EC homeostasis via Cdh1-dependent ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of PECAM-1.
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- Jia Liu
- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.,College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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Interplay between Phosphatases and the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome in Mitosis. Cells 2019; 8:cells8080814. [PMID: 31382469 PMCID: PMC6721574 DOI: 10.3390/cells8080814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Accurate division of cells into two daughters is a process that is vital to propagation of life. Protein phosphorylation and selective degradation have emerged as two important mechanisms safeguarding the delicate choreography of mitosis. Protein phosphatases catalyze dephosphorylation of thousands of sites on proteins, steering the cells through establishment of the mitotic phase and exit from it. A large E3 ubiquitin ligase, the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) becomes active during latter stages of mitosis through G1 and marks hundreds of proteins for destruction. Recent studies have revealed the complex interregulation between these two classes of enzymes. In this review, we highlight the direct and indirect mechanisms by which phosphatases and the APC/C mutually influence each other to ensure accurate spatiotemporal and orderly progression through mitosis, with a particular focus on recent insights and conceptual advances.
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Genome Wide Analysis of WD40 Proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Their Orthologs in Candida albicans. Protein J 2019; 38:58-75. [PMID: 30511317 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-018-9804-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The WD40 domain containing proteins are present in the lower organisms (Monera) to higher complex metazoans with involvement in diverse cellular processes. The WD40 repeats fold into β propeller structure due to which the proteins harbouring WD40 domains function as scaffold by offering platform for interactions, bring together diverse cellular proteins to form a single complex for mediating downstream effects. Multiple functions of WD40 domain containing proteins in lower eukaryote as in Fungi have been reported with involvement in vegetative and reproductive growth, virulence etc. In this article insilico analysis of the WDR proteins in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was performed. By WDSP software 83 proteins in S. cerevisiae were identified with at least one WD40 motif. WD40 proteins with 6 or more WD40 motifs were considered for further studies. The WD40 proteins in yeast which are involved in various biological processes show distribution on all chromosomes (16 chromosomes in yeast) except chromosome 1. Besides the WD40 domain some of these proteins also contain other protein domains which might be responsible for the diversity in the functions of WD40 proteins in the budding yeast. These proteins in budding yeast were analysed by DAVID and Blast2Go software for functional and domains categorization. Candida albicans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen also have orthologs of these WD40 proteins with possible similar functions. This is the first time genome wide analysis of WD40 proteins in lower eukaryote i.e. budding yeast. This data may be useful in further study of the functional diversity of yeast proteomes.
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Girke P, Seufert W. Compositional reorganization of the nucleolus in budding yeast mitosis. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:591-606. [PMID: 30625028 PMCID: PMC6589692 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-08-0524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The nucleolus is a membraneless organelle of the nucleus and the site of rRNA synthesis, maturation, and assembly into preribosomal particles. The nucleolus, organized around arrays of rRNA genes (rDNA), dissolves during prophase of mitosis in metazoans, when rDNA transcription ceases, and reforms in telophase, when rDNA transcription resumes. No such dissolution and reformation cycle exists in budding yeast, and the precise course of nucleolar segregation remains unclear. By quantitative live-cell imaging, we observed that the yeast nucleolus is reorganized in its protein composition during mitosis. Daughter cells received equal shares of preinitiation factors, which bind the RNA polymerase I promoter and the rDNA binding barrier protein Fob1, but only about one-third of RNA polymerase I and the processing factors Nop56 and Nsr1. The distribution bias was diminished in nonpolar chromosome segregation events observable in dyn1 mutants. Unequal distribution, however, was enhanced by defects in RNA polymerase I, suggesting that rDNA transcription supports nucleolar segregation. Indeed, quantification of pre-rRNA levels indicated ongoing rDNA transcription in yeast mitosis. These data, together with photobleaching experiments to measure nucleolar protein dynamics in anaphase, consolidate a model that explains the differential partitioning of nucleolar components in budding yeast mitosis.
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- Philipp Girke
- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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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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Curtis NL, Bolanos-Garcia VM. The Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C): A Versatile E3 Ubiquitin Ligase. Subcell Biochem 2019; 93:539-623. [PMID: 31939164 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28151-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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In the present chapter we discuss the essential roles of the human E3 ubiquitin ligase Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) in mitosis as well as the emerging evidence of important APC/C roles in cellular processes beyond cell division control such as regulation of genomic integrity and cell differentiation of the nervous system. We consider the potential incipient role of APC/C dysregulation in the pathophysiology of the neurological disorder Alzheimer's disease (AD). We also discuss how certain Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) viruses take control of the host's cell division regulatory system through harnessing APC/C ubiquitin ligase activity and hypothesise the plausible molecular mechanisms underpinning virus manipulation of the APC/C. We also examine how defects in the function of this multisubunit protein assembly drive abnormal cell proliferation and lastly argue the potential of APC/C as a promising therapeutic target for the development of innovative therapies for the treatment of chronic malignancies such as cancer.
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- Natalie L Curtis
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, England, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, England, UK.
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Nagai M, Shibata A, Ushimaru T. Cdh1 degradation is mediated by APC/C-Cdh1 and SCF-Cdc4 in budding yeast. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 506:932-938. [PMID: 30396569 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.10.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cdh1, a substrate-recognition subunit of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), is a tumor suppressor, and it is downregulated in various tumor cells in humans. APC/C-Cdh1 is activated from late M phase to G1 phase by antagonizing Cdk1-mediated inhibitory phosphorylation. However, how Cdh1 protein levels are properly regulated is ill-defined. Here we show that Cdh1 is degraded via APC/C-Cdh1 and Skp1-Cullin1-F-box (SCF)-Cdc4 in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cdh1 degradation was promoted by forced localization of Cdh1 into the nucleus, where APC/C and SCF are present. Cdk1 promoted APC/C-Cdh1-mediated Cdh1 degradation, whereas polo kinase Cdc5 elicited SCF-Cdc4-mediated degradation. Thus, Cdh1 degradation is controlled via multiple pathways.
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- Masayoshi Nagai
- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
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Schuyler SC, Wu YFO, Chen HY, Ding YS, Lin CJ, Chu YT, Chen TC, Liao L, Tsai WW, Huang A, Wang LI, Liao TW, Jhuo JH, Cheng V. Peptide inhibitors of the anaphase promoting-complex that cause sensitivity to microtubule poison. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198930. [PMID: 29883473 PMCID: PMC5993284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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There is an interest in identifying Anaphase Promoting-Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) inhibitors that lead to sensitivity to microtubule poisons as a strategy for targeting cancer cells. Using budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, peptides derived from the Mitotic Arrest Deficient 2 (Mad2)-binding motif of Cell Division Cycle 20 (Cdc20) were observed to inhibit both Cdc20- and CDC20 Homology 1 (Cdh1)-dependent APC/C activity. Over expression of peptides in vivo led to sensitivity to a microtubule poison and, in a recovery from a microtubule poison arrest, delayed degradation of yeast Securin protein Precocious Dissociation of Sisters 1 (Pds1). Peptides with mutations in the Cdc20 activating KILR-motif still bound APC/C, but lost the ability to inhibit APC/C in vitro and lost the ability to induce sensitivity to a microtubule poison in vivo. Thus, an APC/C binding and activation motif that promotes mitotic progression, namely the Cdc20 KILR-motif, can also function as an APC/C inhibitor when present in excess. Another activator for mitotic progression after recovery from microtubule poison is p31comet, where a yeast predicted open-reading frame YBR296C-A encoding a 39 amino acid predicted protein was identified by homology to p31comet, and named Tiny Yeast Comet 1 (TYC1). Tyc1 over expression resulted in sensitivity to microtubule poison. Tyc1 inhibited both APC/CCdc20 and APC/CCdh1 activities in vitro and bound to APC/C. A homologous peptide derived from human p31comet bound to and inhibited yeast APC/C demonstrating evolutionary retention of these biochemical activities. Cdc20 Mad2-binding motif peptides and Tyc1 disrupted the ability of the co-factors Cdc20 and Cdh1 to bind to APC/C, and co-over expression of both together in vivo resulted in an increased sensitivity to microtubule poison. We hypothesize that Cdc20 Mad2-binding motif peptides, Tyc1 and human hp31 peptide can serve as novel molecular tools for investigating APC/C inhibition that leads to sensitivity to microtubule poison in vivo.
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- Scott C. Schuyler
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
- Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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APC/C FZR-1 Controls SAS-5 Levels To Regulate Centrosome Duplication in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2017; 7:3937-3946. [PMID: 29030390 PMCID: PMC5714490 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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As the primary microtubule-organizing center, centrosomes play a key role in establishing mitotic bipolar spindles that secure correct transmission of genomic content. For the fidelity of cell division, centrosome number must be strictly controlled by duplicating only once per cell cycle. Proper levels of centrosome proteins are shown to be critical for normal centrosome number and function. Overexpressing core centrosome factors leads to extra centrosomes, while depleting these factors results in centrosome duplication failure. In this regard, protein turnover by the ubiquitin-proteasome system provides a vital mechanism for the regulation of centrosome protein levels. Here, we report that FZR-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of Cdh1/Hct1/Fzr, a coactivator of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, functions as a negative regulator of centrosome duplication in the C. elegans embryo. During mitotic cell division in the early embryo, FZR-1 is associated with centrosomes and enriched at nuclei. Loss of fzr-1 function restores centrosome duplication and embryonic viability to the hypomorphic zyg-1(it25) mutant, in part, through elevated levels of SAS-5 at centrosomes. Our data suggest that the APC/CFZR-1 regulates SAS-5 levels by directly recognizing the conserved KEN-box motif, contributing to proper centrosome duplication. Together, our work shows that FZR-1 plays a conserved role in regulating centrosome duplication in C. elegans.
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Taming the Beast: Control of APC/C Cdc20-Dependent Destruction. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2017; 82:111-121. [PMID: 29133301 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2017.82.033712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a large multisubunit ubiquitin ligase that triggers the metaphase-to-anaphase transition in the cell cycle by targeting the substrates cyclin B and securin for destruction. APC/C activity toward these two key substrates requires the coactivator Cdc20. To ensure that cells enter mitosis and partition their duplicated genome with high accuracy, APC/CCdc20 activity must be tightly controlled. Here, we discuss the mechanisms that regulate APC/CCdc20 activity both before and during mitosis. We focus our discussion primarily on the chromosomal pathways that both accelerate and delay APC/C activation by targeting Cdc20 to opposing fates. The findings discussed provide an overview of how cells control the activation of this major cell cycle regulator to ensure both accurate and timely cell division.
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Alfieri C, Zhang S, Barford D. Visualizing the complex functions and mechanisms of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). Open Biol 2017; 7:170204. [PMID: 29167309 PMCID: PMC5717348 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.170204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The anaphase promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) is a large multi-subunit E3 ubiquitin ligase that orchestrates cell cycle progression by mediating the degradation of important cell cycle regulators. During the two decades since its discovery, much has been learnt concerning its role in recognizing and ubiquitinating specific proteins in a cell-cycle-dependent manner, the mechanisms governing substrate specificity, the catalytic process of assembling polyubiquitin chains on its target proteins, and its regulation by phosphorylation and the spindle assembly checkpoint. The past few years have witnessed significant progress in understanding the quantitative mechanisms underlying these varied APC/C functions. This review integrates the overall functions and properties of the APC/C with mechanistic insights gained from recent cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) studies of reconstituted human APC/C complexes.
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- Claudio Alfieri
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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O'Connor HF, Huibregtse JM. Enzyme-substrate relationships in the ubiquitin system: approaches for identifying substrates of ubiquitin ligases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:3363-3375. [PMID: 28455558 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2529-6] [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: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protein ubiquitylation is an important post-translational modification, regulating aspects of virtually every biochemical pathway in eukaryotic cells. Hundreds of enzymes participate in the conjugation and deconjugation of ubiquitin, as well as the recognition, signaling functions, and degradation of ubiquitylated proteins. Regulation of ubiquitylation is most commonly at the level of recognition of substrates by E3 ubiquitin ligases. Characterization of the network of E3-substrate relationships is a major goal and challenge in the field, as this expected to yield fundamental biological insights and opportunities for drug development. There has been remarkable success in identifying substrates for some E3 ligases, in many instances using the standard protein-protein interaction techniques (e.g., two-hybrid screens and co-immunoprecipitations paired with mass spectrometry). However, some E3s have remained refractory to characterization, while others have simply not yet been studied due to the sheer number and diversity of E3s. This review will discuss the range of tools and techniques that can be used for substrate profiling of E3 ligases.
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- Hazel F O'Connor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
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Lee SJ, Rodriguez-Bravo V, Kim H, Datta S, Foley EA. The PP2A B56 phosphatase promotes the association of Cdc20 with APC/C in mitosis. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:1760-1771. [PMID: 28404789 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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PP2A comprising B56 regulatory subunit isoforms (PP2AB56) is a serine/threonine phosphatase essential for mitosis. At the kinetochore, PP2AB56 both stabilizes microtubule binding and promotes silencing of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) through its association with the SAC protein BubR1. Cells depleted of the B56 regulatory subunits of PP2A are delayed in activation of Cdc20-containing APC/C (APC/CCdc20), which is an essential step for mitotic exit. It has been hypothesized that this delay arises from increased production of the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC), an APC/CCdc20 inhibitor formed at unattached kinetochores through SAC signaling. In contrast to this prediction, we show that depletion of B56 subunits does not increase the amount or stability of the MCC. Rather, delays in APC/CCdc20 activation in B56-depleted cells correlate with impaired Cdc20 binding to APC/C. Stimulation of APC/CCdc20 assembly does not require binding between PP2AB56 and BubR1, and thus this contribution of PP2AB56 towards mitotic exit is distinct from its functions at kinetochores. PP2AB56 associates with APC/C constitutively in a BubR1-independent manner. A mitotic phosphorylation site on Cdc20, known to be a substrate of PP2AB56, modulates APC/CCdc20 assembly. These results elucidate the contributions of PP2AB56 towards completion of mitosis.
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- Sun Joo Lee
- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Cdc20: At the Crossroads between Chromosome Segregation and Mitotic Exit. Trends Biochem Sci 2017; 42:193-205. [PMID: 28202332 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 11/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cell-division cycle protein 20 homologue (Cdc20) has important functions in chromosome segregation and mitotic exit. Cdc20 is the target of the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) and a key cofactor of the anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) E3 ubiquitin ligase, thus regulating APC/C ubiquitin activity on specific substrates for their subsequent degradation by the proteasome. Here we discuss the roles of Cdc20 in SAC signalling and mitotic exit, describe how the integration of traditional approaches with emerging technologies has revealed new details of Cdc20 functions, comment about the potential of Cdc20 as a therapeutic target for the treatment of human malignancies, and discuss recent advances and controversies in the mechanistic understanding of the control of chromosome segregation during cell division.
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Wang R, Burton JL, Solomon MJ. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of Cdc20 during the spindle assembly checkpoint in S. cerevisiae. Cell Signal 2017; 33:41-48. [PMID: 28189585 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Revised: 01/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The anaphase-promoting complex (APC) is a ubiquitin ligase responsible for promoting the degradation of many cell cycle regulators. One of the activators and substrate-binding proteins for the APC is Cdc20. It has been shown previously that Cdc20 can promote its own degradation by the APC in normal cycling cells mainly through a cis-degradation mode (i.e. via an intramolecular mechanism). However, how Cdc20 is degraded during the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is still not fully clear. In this study, we used a dual-Cdc20 system to investigate this issue and found that the cis-degradation mode is also the major pathway responsible for Cdc20 degradation during the SAC. In addition, we found that there is an inverse relationship between APCCdc20 activity and the transcriptional activity of the CDC20 promoter, which likely occurs through feedback regulation by APCCdc20 substrates, such as the cyclins Clb2 and Clb5. These findings contribute to our understanding of how the inhibition of APCCdc20 activity and enhanced Cdc20 degradation are required for proper spindle checkpoint arrest.
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- Ruiwen Wang
- Institute of Life Sciences, College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province 350108, China.
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA.
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Wan L, Chen M, Cao J, Dai X, Yin Q, Zhang J, Song SJ, Lu Y, Liu J, Inuzuka H, Katon JM, Berry K, Fung J, Ng C, Liu P, Song MS, Xue L, Bronson RT, Kirschner MW, Cui R, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. The APC/C E3 Ligase Complex Activator FZR1 Restricts BRAF Oncogenic Function. Cancer Discov 2017; 7:424-441. [PMID: 28174173 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-16-0647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BRAF drives tumorigenesis by coordinating the activation of the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK oncogenic signaling cascade. However, upstream pathways governing BRAF kinase activity and protein stability remain undefined. Here, we report that in primary cells with active APCFZR1, APCFZR1 earmarks BRAF for ubiquitination-mediated proteolysis, whereas in cancer cells with APC-free FZR1, FZR1 suppresses BRAF through disrupting BRAF dimerization. Moreover, we identified FZR1 as a direct target of ERK and CYCLIN D1/CDK4 kinases. Phosphorylation of FZR1 inhibits APCFZR1, leading to elevation of a cohort of oncogenic APCFZR1 substrates to facilitate melanomagenesis. Importantly, CDK4 and/or BRAF/MEK inhibitors restore APCFZR1 E3 ligase activity, which might be critical for their clinical effects. Furthermore, FZR1 depletion cooperates with AKT hyperactivation to transform primary melanocytes, whereas genetic ablation of Fzr1 synergizes with Pten loss, leading to aberrant coactivation of BRAF/ERK and AKT signaling in mice. Our findings therefore reveal a reciprocal suppression mechanism between FZR1 and BRAF in controlling tumorigenesis.Significance: FZR1 inhibits BRAF oncogenic functions via both APC-dependent proteolysis and APC-independent disruption of BRAF dimers, whereas hyperactivated ERK and CDK4 reciprocally suppress APCFZR1 E3 ligase activity. Aberrancies in this newly defined signaling network might account for BRAF hyperactivation in human cancers, suggesting that targeting CYCLIN D1/CDK4, alone or in combination with BRAF/MEK inhibition, can be an effective anti-melanoma therapy. Cancer Discov; 7(4); 424-41. ©2017 AACR.See related commentary by Zhang and Bollag, p. 356This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 339.
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- Lixin Wan
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. .,Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Corbett KD. Molecular Mechanisms of Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Activation and Silencing. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 56:429-455. [PMID: 28840248 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58592-5_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In eukaryotic cell division, the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint (SAC) plays a key regulatory role by monitoring the status of chromosome-microtubule attachments and allowing chromosome segregation only after all chromosomes are properly attached to spindle microtubules. While the identities of SAC components have been known, in some cases, for over two decades, the molecular mechanisms of the SAC have remained mostly mysterious until very recently. In the past few years, advances in biochemical reconstitution, structural biology, and bioinformatics have fueled an explosion in the molecular understanding of the SAC. This chapter seeks to synthesize these recent advances and place them in a biological context, in order to explain the mechanisms of SAC activation and silencing at a molecular level.
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- Kevin D Corbett
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Departments of Cellular & Molecular Medicine and Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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The mitotic checkpoint is a specialized signal transduction pathway that contributes to the fidelity of chromosome segregation. The signaling of the checkpoint originates from defective kinetochore-microtubule interactions and leads to formation of the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC), a highly potent inhibitor of the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C)—the E3 ubiquitin ligase essential for anaphase onset. Many important questions concerning the MCC and its interaction with APC/C have been intensively investigated and debated in the past 15 years, such as the exact composition of the MCC, how it is assembled during a cell cycle, how it inhibits APC/C, and how the MCC is disassembled to allow APC/C activation. These efforts have culminated in recently reported structure models for human MCC:APC/C supra-complexes at near-atomic resolution that shed light on multiple aspects of the mitotic checkpoint mechanisms. However, confusing statements regarding the MCC are still scattered in the literature, making it difficult for students and scientists alike to obtain a clear picture of MCC composition, structure, function and dynamics. This review will comb through some of the most popular concepts or misconceptions about the MCC, discuss our current understandings, present a synthesized model on regulation of CDC20 ubiquitination, and suggest a few future endeavors and cautions for next phase of MCC research.
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- Song-Tao Liu
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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Höckner S, Neumann-Arnold L, Seufert W. Dual control by Cdk1 phosphorylation of the budding yeast APC/C ubiquitin ligase activator Cdh1. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:2198-212. [PMID: 27226481 PMCID: PMC4945139 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-11-0787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The antagonism between cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) and the ubiquitin ligase APC/C-Cdh1 is central to eukaryotic cell cycle control. APC/C-Cdh1 targets cyclin B and other regulatory proteins for degradation, whereas Cdks disable APC/C-Cdh1 through phosphorylation of the Cdh1 activator protein at multiple sites. Budding yeast Cdh1 carries nine Cdk phosphorylation sites in its N-terminal regulatory domain, most or all of which contribute to inhibition. However, the precise role of individual sites has remained unclear. Here, we report that the Cdk phosphorylation sites of yeast Cdh1 are organized into autonomous subgroups and act through separate mechanisms. Cdk sites 1-3 had no direct effect on the APC/C binding of Cdh1 but inactivated a bipartite nuclear localization sequence (NLS) and thereby controlled the partitioning of Cdh1 between cytoplasm and nucleus. In contrast, Cdk sites 4-9 did not influence the cell cycle-regulated localization of Cdh1 but prevented its binding to the APC/C. Cdk sites 4-9 reside near two recently identified APC/C interaction motifs in a pattern conserved with the human Cdh1 orthologue. Thus a Cdk-inhibited NLS goes along with Cdk-inhibited APC/C binding sites in yeast Cdh1 to relay the negative control by Cdk1 phosphorylation of the ubiquitin ligase APC/C-Cdh1.
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- Sebastian Höckner
- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Zhang S, Chang L, Alfieri C, Zhang Z, Yang J, Maslen S, Skehel M, Barford D. Molecular mechanism of APC/C activation by mitotic phosphorylation. Nature 2016; 533:260-264. [PMID: 27120157 PMCID: PMC4878669 DOI: 10.1038/nature17973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In eukaryotes, the anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C, also known as the cyclosome) regulates the ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of specific cell-cycle proteins to coordinate chromosome segregation in mitosis and entry into the G1 phase. The catalytic activity of the APC/C and its ability to specify the destruction of particular proteins at different phases of the cell cycle are controlled by its interaction with two structurally related coactivator subunits, Cdc20 and Cdh1. Coactivators recognize substrate degrons, and enhance the affinity of the APC/C for its cognate E2 (refs 4-6). During mitosis, cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) and polo-like kinase (Plk) control Cdc20- and Cdh1-mediated activation of the APC/C. Hyperphosphorylation of APC/C subunits, notably Apc1 and Apc3, is required for Cdc20 to activate the APC/C, whereas phosphorylation of Cdh1 prevents its association with the APC/C. Since both coactivators associate with the APC/C through their common C-box and Ile-Arg tail motifs, the mechanism underlying this differential regulation is unclear, as is the role of specific APC/C phosphorylation sites. Here, using cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical analysis, we define the molecular basis of how phosphorylation of human APC/C allows for its control by Cdc20. An auto-inhibitory segment of Apc1 acts as a molecular switch that in apo unphosphorylated APC/C interacts with the C-box binding site and obstructs engagement of Cdc20. Phosphorylation of the auto-inhibitory segment displaces it from the C-box-binding site. Efficient phosphorylation of the auto-inhibitory segment, and thus relief of auto-inhibition, requires the recruitment of Cdk-cyclin in complex with a Cdk regulatory subunit (Cks) to a hyperphosphorylated loop of Apc3. We also find that the small-molecule inhibitor, tosyl-l-arginine methyl ester, preferentially suppresses APC/C(Cdc20) rather than APC/C(Cdh1), and interacts with the binding sites of both the C-box and Ile-Arg tail motifs. Our results reveal the mechanism for the regulation of mitotic APC/C by phosphorylation and provide a rationale for the development of selective inhibitors of this state.
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- Suyang Zhang
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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Chromosome segregation and mitotic exit are initiated by the 1.2-MDa ubiquitin ligase APC/C (anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome) and its coactivator CDC20 (cell division cycle 20). To avoid chromosome missegregation, APC/C(CDC20) activation is tightly controlled. CDC20 only associates with APC/C in mitosis when APC/C has become phosphorylated and is further inhibited by a mitotic checkpoint complex until all chromosomes are bioriented on the spindle. APC/C contains 14 different types of subunits, most of which are phosphorylated in mitosis on multiple sites. However, it is unknown which of these phospho-sites enable APC/C(CDC20) activation and by which mechanism. Here we have identified 68 evolutionarily conserved mitotic phospho-sites on human APC/C bound to CDC20 and have used the biGBac technique to generate 47 APC/C mutants in which either all 68 sites or subsets of them were replaced by nonphosphorylatable or phospho-mimicking residues. The characterization of these complexes in substrate ubiquitination and degradation assays indicates that phosphorylation of an N-terminal loop region in APC1 is sufficient for binding and activation of APC/C by CDC20. Deletion of the N-terminal APC1 loop enables APC/C(CDC20) activation in the absence of mitotic phosphorylation or phospho-mimicking mutations. These results indicate that binding of CDC20 to APC/C is normally prevented by an autoinhibitory loop in APC1 and that its mitotic phosphorylation relieves this inhibition. The predicted location of the N-terminal APC1 loop implies that this loop controls interactions between the N-terminal domain of CDC20 and APC1 and APC8. These results reveal how APC/C phosphorylation enables CDC20 to bind and activate the APC/C in mitosis.
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Liu J, Wan L, Liu J, Yuan Z, Zhang J, Guo J, Malumbres M, Liu J, Zou W, Wei W. Cdh1 inhibits WWP2-mediated ubiquitination of PTEN to suppress tumorigenesis in an APC-independent manner. Cell Discov 2016; 2:15044. [PMID: 27462441 PMCID: PMC4860961 DOI: 10.1038/celldisc.2015.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome/Cdh1 is a multi-subunit ubiquitin E3 ligase that drives M to G1 cell cycle progression through primarily earmarking various substrates for ubiquitination and subsequent degradation by the 26S proteasome. Notably, emerging evidence suggested that Cdh1 could also function in various cellular processes independent of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome. To this end, we recently identified an anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome-independent function of Cdh1 in modulating osteoblast differentiation through activating Smurf1, one of the NEDD4 family of HECT domain-containing E3 ligases. However, it remains largely unknown whether Cdh1 could exert its tumor suppressor role through similarly modulating the E3 ligase activities of other NEDD4 family members, most of which have characterized important roles in tumorigenesis. Here we report that in various tumor cells, Cdh1, conversely, suppresses the E3 ligase activity of WWP2, another NEDD4 family protein, in an anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome-independent manner. As such, loss of Cdh1 activates WWP2, leading to reduced abundance of WWP2 substrates including PTEN, which subsequently activates PI3K/Akt oncogenic signaling to facilitate tumorigenesis. This study expands the non-anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome function of Cdh1 in regulating the NEDD4 family E3 ligases, and further suggested that enhancing Cdh1 to inhibit the E3 ligase activity of WWP2 could be a promising strategy for treating human cancers.
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- Jia Liu
- Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China; Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Sichuan University/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Cell Division and Cancer group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) , Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology and Frontier Institute of Life Science, FIST, Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA
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Cronin NB, Yang J, Zhang Z, Kulkarni K, Chang L, Yamano H, Barford D. Atomic-Resolution Structures of the APC/C Subunits Apc4 and the Apc5 N-Terminal Domain. J Mol Biol 2015; 427:3300-3315. [PMID: 26343760 PMCID: PMC4590430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Many essential biological processes are mediated by complex molecular machines comprising multiple subunits. Knowledge on the architecture of individual subunits and their positions within the overall multimeric complex is key to understanding the molecular mechanisms of macromolecular assemblies. The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a large multisubunit complex that regulates cell cycle progression by ubiquitinating cell cycle proteins for proteolysis by the proteasome. The holo-complex is composed of 15 different proteins that assemble to generate a complex of 20 subunits. Here, we describe the crystal structures of Apc4 and the N-terminal domain of Apc5 (Apc5(N)). Apc4 comprises a WD40 domain split by a long α-helical domain, whereas Apc5(N) has an α-helical fold. In a separate study, we had fitted these atomic models to a 3.6-Å-resolution cryo-electron microscopy map of the APC/C. We describe how, in the context of the APC/C, regions of Apc4 disordered in the crystal assume order through contacts to Apc5, whereas Apc5(N) shows small conformational changes relative to its crystal structure. We discuss the complementary approaches of high-resolution electron microscopy and protein crystallography to the structure determination of subunits of multimeric complexes.
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- Nora B Cronin
- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom; Division of Biochemical Sciences, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, Paul O'Gorman Building, 72 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
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Tsunematsu T, Arakaki R, Yamada A, Ishimaru N, Kudo Y. The Non-Canonical Role of Aurora-A in DNA Replication. Front Oncol 2015; 5:187. [PMID: 26380219 PMCID: PMC4548192 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Aurora-A is a well-known mitotic kinase that regulates mitotic entry, spindle formation, and chromosome maturation as a canonical role. During mitosis, Aurora-A protein is stabilized by its phosphorylation at Ser51 via blocking anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome-mediated proteolysis. Importantly, overexpression and/or hyperactivation of Aurora-A is involved in tumorigenesis via aneuploidy and genomic instability. Recently, the novel function of Aurora-A for DNA replication has been revealed. In mammalian cells, DNA replication is strictly regulated for preventing over-replication. Pre-replication complex (pre-RC) formation is required for DNA replication as an initiation step occurring at the origin of replication. The timing of pre-RC formation depends on the protein level of geminin, which is controlled by the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway. Aurora-A phosphorylates geminin to prevent its ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis at the mitotic phase to ensure proper pre-RC formation and ensuing DNA replication. In this review, we introduce the novel non-canonical role of Aurora-A in DNA replication.
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- Takaaki Tsunematsu
- Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School , Tokushima , Japan
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- Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School , Tokushima , Japan
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- Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School , Tokushima , Japan
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- Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School , Tokushima , Japan
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- Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School , Tokushima , Japan
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Luo G, Kim J, Song K. The C-terminal domains of human neurofibromin and its budding yeast homologs Ira1 and Ira2 regulate the metaphase to anaphase transition. Cell Cycle 2015; 13:2780-9. [PMID: 25486365 PMCID: PMC4615033 DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2015.945870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The human tumor suppressor neurofibromin contains a cysteine and serine-rich domain/Ras-GTPase activating protein domain (CSRD/RasGAP) and a C-terminal domain (CTD). Domain studies of neurofibromin suggest it has other functions in addition to being a RasGAP, but the mechanisms underlying its tumor suppressor activity are not well understood. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a good model system for studying neurofibromin function because it possesses Ira1 and Ira2, which are homologous to human neurofibromin in both sequence and function. We found that overexpression of CTD or a neurofibromin CTD-homologous domain (CHD) of Ira1/2 in budding yeast delayed degradation of the securin protein Pds1, whereas overexpression of CSRD/RasGAP did not affect Pds1 degradation. We also found that when CTD or CHD was overexpressed, the number of cells in metaphase was higher than in the control. These results demonstrate that CTD and CHD function in the metaphase to anaphase transition. In addition, Δira1Δira2 cells bypassed mitotic arrest in response to spindle damage, indicating that Ira1 and Ira2 may be involved in the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). However, Δira1Δira2Δmad2 cells are more sensitive to spindle damage than Δmad2 or Δira1Δira2 cells are, suggesting that Ira1/2 and Mad2 function in different pathways. Overexpression of CTD but not CSRD/RasGAP partially rescued the hypersensitivity of Δira1Δira2Δmad2 cells to microtubule-destabilizing drugs, indicating a role for CTD in the SAC pathway. Taken together, independently of RasGAP activity, the C-terminal domains of neurofibromin, Ira1, and Ira2 regulate the metaphase to anaphase transition in a Mad2-independent fashion.
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- Guangming Luo
- a Department of Biochemistry; College of Life Science and Biotechnology ; Yonsei University ; Seoul , Korea
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Zhang T, Qi ST, Huang L, Ma XS, Ouyang YC, Hou Y, Shen W, Schatten H, Sun QY. Cyclin B3 controls anaphase onset independent of spindle assembly checkpoint in meiotic oocytes. Cell Cycle 2015; 14:2648-54. [PMID: 26125114 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1064567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cyclin B3 is a relatively new member of the cyclin family whose functions are little known. We found that depletion of cyclin B3 inhibited metaphase-anaphase transition as indicated by a well-sustained MI spindle and cyclin B1 expression in meiotic oocytes after extended culture. This effect was independent of spindle assembly checkpoint activity, since both Bub3 and BubR1 signals were not observed at kinetochores in MI-arrested cells. The metaphase I arrest was not rescued by either Mad2 knockdown or cdc20 overexpression, but it was rescued by securin RNAi. We conclude that cyclin B3 controls the metaphase-anaphase transition by activating APC/C(cdc20) in meiotic oocytes, a process that does not rely on SAC activity.
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- Teng Zhang
- a Institute of Reproductive Sciences; College of Animal Science and Technology; Qingdao Agricultural University ; Qingdao , China
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Barford D. Understanding the structural basis for controlling chromosome division. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2015; 373:20130392. [PMID: 25624511 PMCID: PMC4308986 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The process of chromosome division, termed mitosis, involves a complex sequence of events that is tightly controlled to ensure that the faithful segregation of duplicated chromosomes is coordinated with each cell division cycle. The large macromolecular complex responsible for regulating this process is the anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C). In humans, the APC/C is assembled from 20 subunits derived from 15 different proteins. The APC/C functions to ubiquitinate cell cycle regulatory proteins, thereby targeting them for destruction by the proteasome. This review describes our research aimed at understanding the structure and mechanism of the APC/C. We have determined the crystal structures of individual subunits and subcomplexes that provide atomic models to interpret density maps of the whole complex derived from single particle cryo-electron microscopy. With this information, we are generating pseudo-atomic models of functional states of the APC/C that provide insights into its overall architecture and mechanisms of substrate recognition, catalysis and regulation by inhibitory complexes.
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- David Barford
- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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Arnold L, Höckner S, Seufert W. Insights into the cellular mechanism of the yeast ubiquitin ligase APC/C-Cdh1 from the analysis of in vivo degrons. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 26:843-58. [PMID: 25540434 PMCID: PMC4342022 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-09-1342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) controls a variety of cellular processes through its ability to target numerous protein substrates for timely degradation. Substrate selection by this ubiquitin ligase depends on related activator proteins, Cdc20 and Cdh1, which bind and activate the APC/C at distinct cell cycle stages. Biochemical and structural studies revealed that Cdc20 and Cdh1 carry conserved receptor domains to recognize specific sequence motifs in substrates, such as D and KEN boxes. The mechanisms for ordered degradation of APC/C substrates, however, remain incompletely understood. Here we describe minimal degradation sequences (degrons) sufficient for rapid APC/C-Cdh1-specific in vivo degradation. The polo kinase Cdc5-derived degron contained an essential KEN motif, whereas a single RxxL-type D box was the relevant signal in the Cdc20-derived degradation domain, indicating that either motif may support specific recognition by Cdh1. In both degrons, the APC/C recognition motif was flanked by a nuclear localization sequence. Forced localization of the degron constructs revealed that proteolysis mediated by APC/C-Cdh1 is restricted to the nucleus and maximally active in the nucleoplasm. Levels of Iqg1, a cytoplasmic Cdh1 substrate, decreased detectably later than the nucleus-localized Cdh1 substrate Ase1, indicating that confinement to the nucleus may allow for temporal control of APC/C-Cdh1-mediated proteolysis.
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- Lea Arnold
- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Chang L, Barford D. Insights into the anaphase-promoting complex: a molecular machine that regulates mitosis. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2014; 29:1-9. [PMID: 25174288 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a large multimeric complex that functions as a RING domain E3 ubiquitin ligase to regulate ordered transitions through the cell cycle. It does so by controlling the ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis of cell cycle proteins, notably cyclins and securins, whose degradation triggers sister chromatid disjunction and mitotic exit. Regulation of APC/C activity and modulation of its substrate specificity are subject to intricate cell cycle checkpoints and control mechanisms involving the switching of substrate-specifying cofactors, association of regulatory protein complexes and post-translational modifications. This review discusses the recent progress towards understanding the overall architecture of the APC/C, the molecular basis for degron recognition and ubiquitin chain synthesis, and how these activities are regulated.
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- Leifu Chang
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
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Synergistic blockade of mitotic exit by two chemical inhibitors of the APC/C. Nature 2014; 514:646-9. [PMID: 25156254 DOI: 10.1038/nature13660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protein machines are multi-subunit protein complexes that orchestrate highly regulated biochemical tasks. An example is the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a 13-subunit ubiquitin ligase that initiates the metaphase-anaphase transition and mitotic exit by targeting proteins such as securin and cyclin B1 for ubiquitin-dependent destruction by the proteasome. Because blocking mitotic exit is an effective approach for inducing tumour cell death, the APC/C represents a potential novel target for cancer therapy. APC/C activation in mitosis requires binding of Cdc20 (ref. 5), which forms a co-receptor with the APC/C to recognize substrates containing a destruction box (D-box). Here we demonstrate that we can synergistically inhibit APC/C-dependent proteolysis and mitotic exit by simultaneously disrupting two protein-protein interactions within the APC/C-Cdc20-substrate ternary complex. We identify a small molecule, called apcin (APC inhibitor), which binds to Cdc20 and competitively inhibits the ubiquitylation of D-box-containing substrates. Analysis of the crystal structure of the apcin-Cdc20 complex suggests that apcin occupies the D-box-binding pocket on the side face of the WD40-domain. The ability of apcin to block mitotic exit is synergistically amplified by co-addition of tosyl-l-arginine methyl ester, a small molecule that blocks the APC/C-Cdc20 interaction. This work suggests that simultaneous disruption of multiple, weak protein-protein interactions is an effective approach for inactivating a protein machine.
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Nagai M, Ushimaru T. Cdh1 is an antagonist of the spindle assembly checkpoint. Cell Signal 2014; 26:2217-22. [PMID: 25025567 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) monitors unsatisfied connections of microtubules to kinetochores and prevents anaphase onset by inhibition of the ubiquitin ligase E3 anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) in association with the activator Cdc20. Another APC/C activator, Cdh1, exists permanently throughout the cell cycle but it becomes active from telophase to G1. Here, we show that Cdh1 is partially active and mediates securin degradation even in SAC-active metaphase cells. Additionally, Cdh1 mediates Cdc20 degradation in metaphase, promoting formation of the APC/C-Cdh1. These results indicate that Cdh1 opposes the SAC and promotes anaphase transition.
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- Masayoshi Nagai
- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
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The zinc-binding region (ZBR) fragment of Emi2 can inhibit APC/C by targeting its association with the coactivator Cdc20 and UBE2C-mediated ubiquitylation. FEBS Open Bio 2014; 4:689-703. [PMID: 25161877 PMCID: PMC4141206 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2014.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Overexpression of the ZBR fragment of Emi2, but not of Emi1, induces abnormal cell division. The Emi2 ZBR fragment impairs the association of the coactivator Cdc20 with APC/C. The Emi2 ZBR fragment inhibits ubiquitylation by the cullin-RING of APC/C and E2C. The Emi2 ZBR-specific residues for APC/C inhibitory activity have been identified.
Anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) is a multisubunit ubiquitin ligase E3 that targets cell-cycle regulators. Cdc20 is required for full activation of APC/C in M phase, and mediates substrate recognition. In vertebrates, Emi2/Erp1/FBXO43 inhibits APC/C-Cdc20, and functions as a cytostatic factor that causes long-term M phase arrest of mature oocytes. In this study, we found that a fragment corresponding to the zinc-binding region (ZBR) domain of Emi2 inhibits cell-cycle progression, and impairs the association of Cdc20 with the APC/C core complex in HEK293T cells. Furthermore, we revealed that the ZBR fragment of Emi2 inhibits in vitro ubiquitin chain elongation catalyzed by the APC/C cullin-RING ligase module, the ANAPC2–ANAPC11 subcomplex, in combination with the ubiquitin chain-initiating E2, E2C/UBE2C/UbcH10. Structural analyses revealed that the Emi2 ZBR domain uses different faces for the two mechanisms. Thus, the double-faced ZBR domain of Emi2 antagonizes the APC/C function by inhibiting both the binding with the coactivator Cdc20 and ubiquitylation mediated by the cullin-RING ligase module and E2C. In addition, the tail region between the ZBR domain and the C-terminal RL residues [the post-ZBR (PZ) region] interacts with the cullin subunit, ANAPC2. In the case of the ZBR fragment of the somatic paralogue of Emi2, Emi1/FBXO5, these inhibitory activities against cell division and ubiquitylation were not observed. Finally, we identified two sets of key residues in the Emi2 ZBR domain that selectively exert each of the dual Emi2-specific modes of APC/C inhibition, by their mutation in the Emi2 ZBR domain and their transplantation into the Emi1 ZBR domain.
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Activation of the APC/C ubiquitin ligase by enhanced E2 efficiency. Curr Biol 2014; 24:1556-62. [PMID: 24930963 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is a protein-ubiquitin ligase (E3) that initiates the final events of mitosis by catalyzing the ubiquitination and proteasomal destruction of securin, cyclins, and other substrates [1, 2]. Like other members of the RING family of E3s [3, 4], the APC/C catalyzes direct ubiquitin transfer from an E2-ubiquitin conjugate (E2-Ub) to lysine residues on the protein substrate. The APC/C is activated at specific cell-cycle stages by association with an activator subunit, Cdc20 or Cdh1, which provides binding sites for specific substrate sequence motifs, or degrons. Activator might also stimulate catalytic activity [5, 6], but the underlying mechanisms are not known. Here, we dissected activator function using an artificial fusion substrate in which the N-terminal region of securin was linked to an APC/C core subunit. This fusion substrate bound tightly to the APC/C and was ubiquitinated at a low rate in the absence of activator. Ubiquitination of this substrate was stimulated by activator, due primarily to a dramatic stimulation of E2 sensitivity (Km) and catalytic rate (kcat), which together resulted in a 670-fold stimulation of kcat/Km. Thus, activator is not simply a substrate adaptor, but also enhances catalysis by promoting a more efficient interaction with the E2-Ub. Interestingly, full E2 stimulation required activator interaction with degron motifs on the substrate. We conclude that formation of a complete APC/C-activator-substrate complex leads to a major enhancement of E2 efficiency, providing an unusual substrate-assisted catalytic mechanism that limits efficient ubiquitin transfer to specific substrates.
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Hein JB, Nilsson J. Stable MCC binding to the APC/C is required for a functional spindle assembly checkpoint. EMBO Rep 2014; 15:264-72. [PMID: 24464857 DOI: 10.1002/embr.201337496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) delays progression into anaphase until all chromosomes have aligned on the metaphase plate by inhibiting Cdc20, the mitotic co-activator of the APC/C. Mad2 and BubR1 bind and inhibit Cdc20, thereby forming the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC), which can bind stably to the APC/C. Whether MCC formation per se is sufficient for a functional SAC or MCC association with the APC/C is required remains unclear. Here, we analyze the role of two conserved motifs in Cdc20, IR and C-Box, in binding of the MCC to the APC/C. Mutants in both motifs assemble the MCC normally, but IR motif integrity is particularly important for stable binding to the APC/C. Cells expressing Cdc20 with a mutated IR motif have a compromised SAC, as uninhibited Cdc20 can compete with the MCC for APC/C binding and activate it. We thus show that stable MCC association with the APC/C is critical for a functional SAC.
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- Jamin B Hein
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tank JG, Pandya RV, Thaker VS. Phytohormones in regulation of the cell division and endoreduplication process in the plant cell cycle. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45367g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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