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Instabilities in phosphorylation-dephosphorylation cascades and cell cycle checkpoints.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10362255     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The G2-M checkpoint in the cell cycle is identified with a set of phosphorylation-dephosphorylation (PD) cycles involving Cdc25 and the maturation-promoting factor (MPF); these PD cycles are coupled in a way that generates an instability. This instability arises out of a transcritical bifurcation which could be exploited by the G2 DNA damage checkpoint pathway in order to arrest or delay entry into mitosis. The coupling between PD cycles involving Wee1 and MPF does not lead to an instability and therefore Wee1 may not be a crucial target of the checkpoint pathway. A set of PD cycles exhibiting transcritical bifurcation also possesses the integrative ability of a checkpoint for 'checking' that prerequisites are satisfied prior to the next cell cycle event. Such a set of coupled PD cycles is suggested to be a core mechanism of cell cycle checkpoints.
Authors:
B D Aguda
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Oncogene     Volume:  18     ISSN:  0950-9232     ISO Abbreviation:  Oncogene     Publication Date:  1999 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-06-25     Completed Date:  1999-06-25     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8711562     Medline TA:  Oncogene     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2846-51     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Catalysis
Cell Cycle / physiology*
Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism
Kinetics
Maturation-Promoting Factor / metabolism
Models, Molecular*
Nuclear Proteins*
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / metabolism
Phosphorylation
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
cdc25 Phosphatases
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cell Cycle Proteins; 0/Nuclear Proteins; EC 2.7.10.1/Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; EC 2.7.11.22/Maturation-Promoting Factor; EC 3.1.3.16/Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; EC 3.1.3.48/cdc25 Phosphatases

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