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cellsalive/cell_cycle.htm

http://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm. http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/archive/animations/hires/a_cancer5_h.html. http://www.sinauer.com/cooper5e/animation1603.html. Regulation of the Cell Cycle

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cellsalive/cell_cycle.htm

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  1. http://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/archive/animations/hires/a_cancer5_h.html http://www.sinauer.com/cooper5e/animation1603.html

  2. Regulation of the Cell Cycle • Cyclins-different cyclins are produced and degraded during different phases of the Cell Cycle • CDK's are cyclin dependent protein kinases • activated when bound to a cyclin • phosphorylate target proteins to either activate or inactivate them • Cdk1 is best known • MPF (Mitosis Promoting Factor) formed when bound to Cyclin B • MPF induces mitosis by phosphorylating nuclear laminin, Histone H1 and other proteins • Other Cdk's are activated by different cyclins at other stages of the cell cycle; e.g. Cdk2 + G1 Cyclins • Cell Division in multicellular organisms is controlled by Growth Factors secreted by other cells

  3. 1. DNA is damaged by some mutagen during G1 2. This inhibits the activity of CDK-cyclin complexes 3. The protein responsible for this inhibition is named p53 (and the gene that encodes it, p53); it senses mismatches in the DNA strand. 4. In the presence of such mismatches, p53 protein activates another protein named p21 (encoded by a gene named p21). 5. When p21 is present in high concentration, it binds to CDK-cyclin complexes in the cell, inhibiting their kinase activity and preventing phosphorylation of proteins. 6. Without proper protein phosphorylation, the cell cycle cannot continue until DNA mismatches have been repaired. 7. Inhibitory processes are reversed once the DNA mismatches are repaired, as p53 levels drop in response to lowered levels of DNA mismatches. 8. As p53 levels drop, the binding capacity of p21 also drops. 9. As p21 levels drop, these proteins diffuse off the cyclin-CDK proteins, which then can resume their normal activity.

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