Yeast G1 cyclins are unstable in G1 phase

Schneider, B. L., Patton, E. E., Lanker, S., Mendenhall, M. D., Wittenberg, C., Futcher, B., Tyers, M. (September 1998) Yeast G1 cyclins are unstable in G1 phase. Nature, 395 (6697). pp. 86-9. ISSN 0028-0836 (Print)

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9738503
DOI: 10.1038/25774

Abstract

In most eukaryotes, commitment to cell division occurs in late G1 phase at an event called Start in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and called the restriction point in mammalian cells. Start is triggered by the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28 and three rate-limiting activators, the G1 cyclins Cln1, Cln2 and Cln3. Cyclin accumulation in G1 is driven in part by the cell-cycle-regulated transcription of CLN1 and CLN2, which peaks at Start. CLN transcription is modulated by physiological signals that regulate G1 progression, but it is unclear whether Cln protein stability is cell-cycle-regulated. It has been suggested that once cells pass Start, Cln proteolysis is triggered by the mitotic cyclins Clb1, 2, 3 and 4. But here we show that G1 cyclins are unstable in G1 phase, and that Clb-Cdc28 activity is not needed fgr G1 cyclin turnover. Cln instability thus provides a means to couple Cln-Cdc28 activity to transcriptional regulation and protein synthetic rate in pre-Start G1 cells.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cyclins/ metabolism G1 Phase Ligases/metabolism Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology/ metabolism Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
Subjects: organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organelles, types and functions > anaphase
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > cell division
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > enzymes
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > enzymes > ubiquitin ligase
organism description > yeast
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Communities: CSHL labs > Futcher lab
Depositing User: Kathleen Darby
Date: 3 September 1998
Date Deposited: 01 May 2014 15:17
Last Modified: 07 May 2014 13:08
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/29927

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