Xenopus oocytes and the biochemistry of cell division.
Xenopus oocytes and the biochemistry of cell division.
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非洲爪蟾卵母细胞和细胞分裂的生物化学。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00465a001
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发表时间:
1990
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Maller,JL
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作者:
Maller,JL
Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80262 Received September 19, 1989; Revised Manuscript Received October 27, 1989 abstract: The control of cell proliferation involves bothregulatory events initiated at theplasma membrane that control reentry into thecell cycle and intracellular biochemical changes that direct the process of cell division itself. Both of these aspects of cell growth control can be studied in Xenopus oocytes undergoing meiotic maturation in response to mitogenic stimulation. All mitogenic signaling pathways so far identified lead to the phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 on serine residues, and the biochemistry of this event has been investigated. Insulin and other mitogens activate ribosomal protein S6 kinase II, which has been cloned and sequenced in oocytes and other cells. This enzyme is activated by phosphorylation on serine and threonine residues by an insulin-stimulated protein kinase known as MAP-2 kinase. MAP kinase itself is also activated bydirect phosphorylation on threonine and tyrosine residues in vivo. These results reconstitute one step of the insulin signaling pathway evident shortly after insulin receptor binding at the membrane. Several hours after mitogenic stimulation, a cell cycle cytoplasmic control element is activated that is sufficient to cause entry into M phase. This control element, known as maturation-promoting factor or MPF, has been purified to near homogeneity and shown to consist of a complex between p34cdc2 protein kinase and cyclin B2. In addition to apparent phosphorylation of cyclin, regulation of MPF activity involves synthesis of the cyclin subunit and its periodic degradation at the metaphaseanaphase transition. The p34edc2 kinase subunit is regulated by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation on threonine and tyrosine residues, being inactive when phosphorylated and active when dephosphorylated. Analysis of phosphorylation sites in histone HI for p34cdc2 has revealed a consensus sequence of (K/R) s/xP (X) K/R, where the elements in parentheses are present in some but not all sites. Sites with such a consensus are specifically phosphorylated in mitosis and by MPF in the protooncogene pp60<>, rc. These results provide a link between cell cycle control and cell growth control and suggest that changes in cell adhesion and the cytoskeleton in mitosismay be regulated indirectly by MPF via protooncogene activation. S6 kinase II is also activated upon expression of MPF in cells, indicating that MPF is upstream of S6 kinase on the mitogenic signaling pathway. Further study both of the signaling events that lead to MPF activation and of the substrates for phosphorylationby MPF should lead to a comprehensive understanding of the biochemistry of cell division.