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XB-ART-4548
Genes Dev 2003 Oct 15;1720:2520-5. doi: 10.1101/gad.267603.
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The spindle checkpoint requires cyclin-dependent kinase activity.

D'Angiolella V , Mari C , Nocera D , Rametti L , Grieco D .


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The spindle checkpoint prevents anaphase onset until completion of mitotic spindle assembly by restraining activation of the ubiquitin ligase anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome-Cdc20 (APC/CCdc20). We show that the spindle checkpoint requires mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) activity. Inhibiting cdk activity overrides checkpoint-dependent arrest in Xenopus egg extracts and human cells. Following inhibition, the interaction between APC/C and Cdc20 transiently increases while the inhibitory checkpoint protein Mad2 dissociates from Cdc20. Cdk inhibition also overcomes Mad2-induced mitotic arrest. In addition, in vitro cdk1-phosphorylated Cdc20 interacts with Mad2 rather than APC/ C. Thus, cdk activity is required to restrain APC/CCdc20 activation until completion of spindle assembly.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: cdc20 cdk1 mad2l1

References [+] :
Chen, Association of spindle assembly checkpoint component XMAD2 with unattached kinetochores. 1996, Pubmed, Xenbase