3.1 Cell Cycle Flashcards
What is the 4 phases of the cell cycle?
G1, S, G2, M
What happens in S phase?
DNA synthesis
What happens in M phase?
Separate chromosomes and divide cells
What are GAP phases used for?
Allows more time for growth
What are the 3 checkpoints in the cell cycle?
Checkpoint I Start, Checkpoint II G2/M, Checkpoint III metaphase to anaphase
What are the 3 checkpoints in the cell cycle?
Checkpoint I Start, Checkpoint II G2/M, Checkpoint III metaphase to anaphase
What does Checkpoint I Start do?
Cell commits to cell cycle entry and chromosome duplication
What does checkpoint II G2/M do?
Chromosome alignment on spindle in metaphase
What does checkpoint III do?
Trigger sister chromatid separation and cytokinesis
The cell cycle control system uses a series of biochemical switches made of what?
Cdks
What do Cdks turn on and do?
Turn on various steps of the cell cycle and P proteins downstream to activate them and regulate cell cycle events
What is the heart of the cell-cycle control system?
Cdks
True or False? Cdks levels remain constant during cell cycle
False. Rise and fall
The cell cycle is governed by what?
Cdks
True or False? Cdks activities remain constant during cell cycle
False. Rise and fall
What proteins regulate cdks?
cyclins
Cdks are dependent on what?
cyclins
Cdks must be bound to cyclin to have what type of activity?
protein kinase
True or False? Without cyclin, cdk inactive
True
cyclin expression in cells controls what?
what step cell is in the cell cycle
What directs cdks to their specific target?
cyclins
What directs cdks to their specific target?
cyclins
what are the 4 classes of cyclins?
G1/S, S, M and G1
What 4 things do the G1/S cyclins do?
Activate Cdks in late G1. Help trigger progression through START. Commitment made to cell cycle entry. Levels drop in S phase
What 4 things do S cyclins do?
duplicate DNA, bind Cdks after progression through START, help stimulate chromosome duplication, S-cyclin levels remain high until mitosis
What do the M-Cyclins do?
Activate cdks that stimulate entry into mitosis at G2/M checkpoint. M-cyclins removed at mid-mitosis
What do G1 cyclins do?
Govern activity of G1/S cyclins
What of cdks rise and fall during the cell cycle?
Activities
What of cyclins rise and fall during the cell cycle?
Levels
What of cyclins rise and fall during the cell cycle?
Levels
Without cyclin bound, the active site of cdk is blocke by a region of the protein called what?
T loop
What causes the T-loop to move out of the active site?
Binding of cyclin to cdk