Proteasomes Biology Diagrams The above findings led to our prediction that S16-phosphorylated α5 functions outside the proteasome with other proteins to influence mitosis. Among dozens of proteins that were identified by IP/MS to selectively interact with phospho-α5, PLK1 stood out as one of the most abundant interacting proteins with a clearly defined role in mitosis.
ated and uncontrolled mitosis, characteristic of cancer development and spread (2). Inhibition of the proteasome may therefore arrest or retard can-cer progression by interfering with the ordered degradation of cell-cycle proteins. Indeed, the inhi-bition of proteasome function results in pro-grammed cell death (apoptosis) (3-9). Preclinical Fulcher et al. show that MDM2 times mitosis through self-catalysed ubiquitination and proteasomal destruction, triggering G1 arrest following delays in mitosis associated with chromosome CDK1 activation downstream of PLK1 activity was delayed in S16A mutant cells, suggesting an important role of α5-S16 phosphorylation in regulating PLK1 and mitosis. These data have revealed an unappreciated function of "exo-proteasome" phosphorylation of a proteasome subunit and may bring new insights to our understanding of cell cycle control.
The proteasome: Overview of structure and functions Biology Diagrams
Throughout mitosis the proteasome remained predominantly at the nuclear periphery. During meiosis the proteasome was found to undergo dramatic changes in its localization. Throughout the first meiotic division, the signal is more dispersed over the nucleus. Tanaka K, Tsurumi C. The 26S proteasome: subunits and functions. Mol Biol Rep. 1997
Strikingly, nuclear import of the proteasome in late mitosis takes place even faster than free diffusion of GFP molecules Because proteasome function is required in both nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments, how cells determine when enough proteasomes have entered the nucleus remains to be addressed. Although relative expression levels of
Localization of the 26S proteasome during mitosis and meiosis in ... Biology Diagrams
The interaction between Rpn3 and Rpn5 connects these two clusters, implying a hierarchy in the incorporation of Rpn subunits into the lid complex. 117) Recently, it was proposed that the 20S proteasome functions as an assembly factor for the RP due to aberrant RP formation in the presence of defective 20S proteasomes in yeast. 105) It was also The primary function of the proteasome is to degrade proteins (1). Proteasome substrates include signaling molecules, tumor suppressors, cell-cycle regulators, transcription factors, inhibitory molecules (whose degradation activate other proteins), and anti-apoptotic proteins (e.g., Bcl-2), among others (1).
