scholarly journals Cdc6 is sequentially regulated by PP2A-Cdc55, Cdc14 and Sic1 for origin licensing in S. cerevisiae

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmin Philip ◽  
Mihkel Ord ◽  
Andriele Silva ◽  
Shaneen Singh ◽  
John F.X. Diffley ◽  
...  

Cdc6, a subunit of the pre-replicative complex, contains multiple regulatory Cdk1 consensus sites, SP or TP motifs. In S. cerevisiae, Cdk1 phosphorylates Cdc6-T7 to recruit Cks1, the Cdk1 phospho-adaptor in S-phase, for subsequent multisite phosphorylation and protein degradation. Cdc6 accumulates in mitosis and is tightly bound by Clb2 through N-terminal phosphorylation in order to prevent premature origin licensing and degradation. It has been extensively studied how Cdc6 phosphorylation is regulated by the Cyclin-Cdk1 complex. However, a detailed mechanism on how Cdc6 phosphorylation is reversed by phosphatases has not been elucidated. Here, we show that PP2ACdc55 dephosphorylates Cdc6 N-terminal sites to release Clb2. Cdc14 dephosphorylates the C-terminal phospho-degron, leading to Cdc6 stabilization in mitosis. In addition, the Cdk1 inhibitor, Sic1, releases Clb2-Cdk1-Cks1 from Cdc6 to load Mcm2-7 on the chromatin upon mitotic exit. Thus, pre-RC assembly and origin licensing is promoted by the attenuation of distinct CDK-dependent Cdc6 inhibitory mechanisms.

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (21) ◽  
pp. 4203-4211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Hwan Kim ◽  
Deanna M. Koepp

The ubiquitin proteasome system plays a pivotal role in controlling the cell cycle. The budding yeast F-box protein Dia2 is required for genomic stability and is targeted for ubiquitin-dependent degradation in a cell cycle–dependent manner, but the identity of the ubiquitination pathway is unknown. We demonstrate that the Hect domain E3 ubiquitin ligase Tom1 is required for Dia2 protein degradation. Deletion of DIA2 partially suppresses the temperature-sensitive phenotype of tom1 mutants. Tom1 is required for Dia2 ubiquitination and degradation during G1 and G2/M phases of the cell cycle, whereas the Dia2 protein is stabilized during S phase. We find that Tom1 binding to Dia2 is enhanced in G1 and reduced in S phase, suggesting a mechanism for this proteolytic switch. Tom1 recognizes specific, positively charged residues in a Dia2 degradation/NLS domain. Loss of these residues blocks Tom1-mediated turnover of Dia2 and causes a delay in G1–to–S phase progression. Deletion of DIA2 rescues a delay in the G1–to–S phase transition in the tom1Δ mutant. Together our results suggest that Tom1 targets Dia2 for degradation during the cell cycle by recognizing positively charged residues in the Dia2 degradation/NLS domain and that Dia2 protein degradation contributes to G1–to–S phase progression.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. e14029 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Marjan Varedi K. ◽  
Alejandra C. Ventura ◽  
Sofia D. Merajver ◽  
Xiaoxia Nina Lin

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (48) ◽  
pp. 23891-23893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana N. Moiseeva ◽  
Chenao Qian ◽  
Norie Sugitani ◽  
Hatice U. Osmanbeyoglu ◽  
Christopher J. Bakkenist

WEE1 kinase is a key regulator of the G2/M transition. The WEE1 kinase inhibitor AZD1775 (WEE1i) induces origin firing in replicating cells. We show that WEE1i induces CDK1-dependent RIF1 phosphorylation and CDK2- and CDC7-dependent activation of the replicative helicase. WEE1 suppresses CDK1 and CDK2 kinase activities to regulate the G1/S transition after the origin licensing is complete. We identify a role for WEE1 in cell cycle regulation and important effects of AZD1775, which is in clinical trials.


2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Devault ◽  
Simonetta Piatti

ABSTRACT At mitotic exit the cell cycle engine is reset to allow crucial processes, such as cytokinesis and replication origin licensing, to take place before a new cell cycle begins. In budding yeast, the cell cycle clock is reset by a Hippo-like kinase cascade called the mitotic exit network (MEN), whose activation is triggered at spindle pole bodies (SPBs) by the Tem1 GTPase. Yet, MEN activity must be extinguished once MEN-dependent processes have been accomplished. One factor contributing to switching off the MEN is the Amn1 protein, which binds Tem1 and inhibits it through an unknown mechanism. Here, we show that Amn1 downregulates Tem1 through a dual mode of action. On one side, it evicts Tem1 from SPBs and escorts it into the nucleus. On the other, it promotes Tem1 degradation as part of a Skp, Cullin and F-box-containing (SCF) ubiquitin ligase. Tem1 inhibition by Amn1 takes place after cytokinesis in the bud-derived daughter cell, consistent with its asymmetric appearance in the daughter cell versus the mother cell. This dual mechanism of Tem1 inhibition by Amn1 may contribute to the rapid extinguishing of MEN activity once it has fulfilled its functions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 725-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danit Wasserman ◽  
Sapir Nachum ◽  
Meital Cohen ◽  
Taylor P. Enrico ◽  
Meirav Noach-Hirsh ◽  
...  

We uncovered interlocking mechanisms regulating the temporal proteolysis of the transcriptional repressor E2F8 in cycling cells including SCFCyclin F in G2, dephosphorylation of Cdk1 sites, and activation of APC/CCdh1, but not APC/CCdc20 during mitotic exit and G1. Differential stabilization under limited APC/C activity allows E2F8 to reaccumulate during late G1 and coregulate S-phase entry.


2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (7) ◽  
pp. 2169-2184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Peter Matson ◽  
Amy M. House ◽  
Gavin D. Grant ◽  
Huaitong Wu ◽  
Joanna Perez ◽  
...  

To maintain tissue homeostasis, cells transition between cell cycle quiescence and proliferation. An essential G1 process is minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM) loading at DNA replication origins to prepare for S phase, known as origin licensing. A p53-dependent origin licensing checkpoint normally ensures sufficient MCM loading before S phase entry. We used quantitative flow cytometry and live cell imaging to compare MCM loading during the long first G1 upon cell cycle entry and the shorter G1 phases in the second and subsequent cycles. We discovered that despite the longer G1 phase, the first G1 after cell cycle re-entry is significantly underlicensed. Consequently, the first S phase cells are hypersensitive to replication stress. This underlicensing results from a combination of slow MCM loading with a severely compromised origin licensing checkpoint. The hypersensitivity to replication stress increases over repeated rounds of quiescence. Thus, underlicensing after cell cycle re-entry from quiescence distinguishes a higher-risk first cell cycle that likely promotes genome instability.


Cell ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 107 (7) ◽  
pp. 819-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond J. Deshaies ◽  
James E. Ferrell

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (13) ◽  
pp. 4737-4744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingfei Luo ◽  
Yvonne Uerlings ◽  
Nicole Happel ◽  
Naisana S. Asli ◽  
Hendrik Knoetgen ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The geminin protein functions both as a DNA rereplication inhibitor through association with Cdt1 and as a repressor of Hox gene transcription through the polycomb pathway. Here, we report that the functions of avian geminin are coordinated with and regulated by cell cycle-dependent nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling. In S phase, geminin enters nuclei and inhibits both loading of the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex onto chromatin and Hox gene transcription. At the end of mitosis, geminin is exported from nuclei by the exportin protein Crm1 and is unavailable in the nucleus during the next G1 phase, thus ensuring proper chromatin loading of the MCM complex and Hox gene transcription. This mechanism for regulating the functions of geminin adds to distinct mechanisms, such as protein degradation and ubiquitination, applied in other vertebrates.


Genetics ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 151 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A Vallen ◽  
Frederick R Cross

Abstract The completion of DNA synthesis in yeast is monitored by a checkpoint that requires MEC1 and RAD53. Here we show that deletion of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae G1 cyclins CLN1 and CLN2 suppressed the essential requirement for MEC1 function. Wild-type levels of CLN1 and CLN2, or overexpression of CLN1, CLN2, or CLB5, but not CLN3, killed mec1 strains. We identified RNR1, which encodes a subunit of ribonucleotide reductase, as a high-copy suppressor of the lethality of mec1 GAL1-CLN1. Northern analysis demonstrated that RNR1 expression is reduced by CLN1 or CLN2 overexpression. Because limiting RNR1 expression would be expected to decrease dNTP pools, CLN1 and CLN2 may cause lethality in mec1 strains by causing initiation of DNA replication with inadequate dNTPs. In contrast to mec1 mutants, MEC1 strains with low dNTPs would be able to delay S phase and thereby remain viable. We propose that the essential function for MEC1 may be the same as its checkpoint function during hydroxyurea treatment, namely, to slow S phase when nucleotides are limiting. In a cln1 cln2 background, a prolonged period of expression of genes turned on at the G1-S border, such as RNR1, has been observed. Thus deletion of CLN1 and CLN2 could function similarly to overexpression of RNR1 in suppressing mec1 lethality.


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