lectures 13-15 Flashcards
cyclin characteristics
-positive CDK regulator
-degraded after each cycle
cell cycle regulation (3)
- CDK/cyclin synthesis/degradation
- CDK inhibitors
- phosphorylation of CDK’s
checkpoint kinases
-negative CDK regulators
-hold cell cycle until repair completed
G1 function
growth and preparation for next mitosis
S function
DNA replication
G2 function
grow and prepare for mitosis
mitosis function
segregate 1 copy of each chromosome to daughter cells
model organisms cell cycle studies
-budding/fission yeasts (S. Cerevisiae, S. Pombe)
observe cell cycle in fission yeast by:
changes in cell size
mating pheromone arrest yeasts in:
late G1
nocodazole function
-disrupt mitotic spindle formation
-arrest in pro-metaphase
hydroxyurea/thymidine function
-inhibit dNTP synthesis
-arrest in early S phase
flow cytometry steps (3)
- ethanol - degrade DNA
- DNA dye (propidium iodide)
- capillary, lasers detect amount of DNA in each cell
1C flow cytometry graph phase
G1
2C flow cytometry graph phase
G2
study leading to CDK discovery
temperature sensitive mutants in S.Cerevisiae
enzymes used to regulate cell cycle progression (3)
- cyclin-CDK protein kinases
- protein phosphatases
- ubiquitin-protein ligases
S phase initiation enzyme and function
SCF ubiquitin-protein ligase
-ubiquitinates S phase inhibitors
mitosis - anaphase initiating enzyme and function
anaphase-promoting complex (APC)
-ubiquinates inhibitors and mitotic cyclins
CDK inhibitors (3) and removal
INK, CIP, KIP
-removed by phosphorylation by previous CDK-cyclin
protein-ubiquitin ligases (2)
-SCF - G1->S
-APF - early M
CDK-activating kinase function
-phosphorylate Thr at active site of CDK’s