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WARTS tumor suppressor is phosphorylated by Cdc2/cyclin B at spindle poles during mitosis

  • Tetsuro Morisaki
  • , Toru Hirota
  • , Shin ichi Iida
  • , Tomotoshi Marumoto
  • , Toshihiro Hara
  • , Yasuyuki Nishiyama
  • , Michio Kawasuzi
  • , Takehisa Hiraoka
  • , Tatsuyuki Mimori
  • , Norie Araki
  • , Ichiro Izawa
  • , Masaki Inagaki
  • , Hideyuki Saya

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Abstract

Identification of physiological substrates for Cdc2/cyclin B is crucial for understanding the functional link between mitotic events and Cdc2/cyclin B activation. A human homologue of the Drosophila warts tumor suppressor, termed WARTS, is a serine/threonine kinase and a dynamic component of the mitotic apparatus. We have found that Cdc2/cyclin B forms a complex with a fraction of WARTS in the centrosome and phosphorylates the Ser613 site of WARTS during mitosis. Immunocytochemical analysis has shown that the S613-phosphorylated WARTS appears in the spindle poles at prometaphase and disappears at telophase. Our findings suggest that Cdc/cyclin B regulates functions of WARTS on the mitotic apparatus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-324
Number of pages6
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume529
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 09-10-2002
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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